Traffic Commissioner

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The Traffic Commissioner ( German traffic commissioner ) is responsible for the issuing of permits to, as well as the control and monitoring of freight forwarders, transporters and bus companies. He works for the organization Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain , which is part of the division of the Department for Transport of the United Kingdom and is financed by it. It is as tribunal non-departmental public body (NDPB) not an integral part of a ministry, but a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization ( quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations , including Quango ), the respective ministers for it funds activities in the last resort responsible for.

Traffic areas

For the purpose of the traffic commissioner's administration of public transport, Great Britain has been divided into different traffic areas as set out in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, Chapter 14 . The eleven areas were called Metropolitan , Northern , Yorkshire , North-Western , West Midland , East Midland , Eastern , South Wales , Western , South-Eastern, and Scottish Traffic Area. The Transport Act 1985 transferred the division of the areas into the hands of the Minister of Transport, who later reduced the number of traffic areas to eight.

Traffic Area	Traffic Commissioner	Deputy Traffic Commissioners	Seat
Eastern	Richard Turfitt	Marcia Davies, Gillian Ekins	Cambridge
North Eastern	Kevin Rooney	Liz Perrett	Leeds
North Western	Beverly Bell	Patrick Mulvenna, Simon Evans	Warrington
South Eastern and Metropolitan	Nick Denton	John Baker, Mary Kane	Eastbourne
West Midlands	Nick Jones	James Astle, Miles Dorrington, Anthony Seculer	Birmingham
Western film	Sarah Bell	Fiona Harrington, Tim Hayden	Bristol
Scotland	Joan Aitken	Richard McFarlane	Edinburgh
Wales	Nick Jones	James Astle, Miles Dorrington, Anthony Seculer	Birmingham

The main office is located in Leeds in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire , there are seven other sites for the offices of each of Traffic Commissioners.

tasks

Sometimes the traffic commissioners are supported by auxiliary commissioners, who in turn have supervisory duties in occasional civil proceedings. They exercise their areas of responsibility for their respective areas of responsibility (counties, states, or districts). These include:

Issuance of national and international (joint) licenses for road haulage , long-distance bus services and scheduled services .
Issuing and revocation of driving licenses for professional drivers
Monitoring of the environmental suitability of parking spaces that are to be used as truck parking spaces

Additional tasks:

monitoring the reliability, competence and financial support of license holders.
the support and further development of fair competition between the companies and the safe operation of all heavy vehicles (trucks and buses)
the monitoring of the professional behavior of all commercial drivers in the goods and passenger transport sector.
determining the need for and implementing new traffic facilities or regulations to ensure the flow of traffic, avoiding or reducing traffic jams and avoiding or reducing environmental pollution.
looking after investors in the transport industry, having an open ear for the transport industry, talks with the local responsible persons (transport associations and end users), holding information days and seminars

Traffic Commissioners

Since 1990, one of the Traffic Commissioners has been selected in addition to the Senior Traffic Commissioner in order to ensure the uniformity of the application process for operating license holders. The Traffic Commissioners are deputy Deputy Traffic Commissioners.

Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
North-Western Traffic Area
Beverley Bell	April 2000
Western Traffic Area
Philip Brown		April 30, 2007
Sarah Bell	June 12, 2007
South-Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Area
Christopher Heaps		April 30, 2007
Philip Brown	May 1, 2007	October 24, 2011
Nick Denton	March 26, 2012
Eastern Traffic Area
Geoffrey Simms		March 31, 2007
Richard Turfitt	May 2008
Scotland Traffic Area
Michael Betts	November 9, 1992
Joan Aitken
Wales and West Midlands Traffic Area
David Dixon		March 31, 2007
Nick Jones	May 1, 2007
North Eastern Traffic Area
Tom Macartney		October 3, 2011
Kevin Rooney	March 5, 2012

criticism

The traffic commissioners were described by the Cyclists' Touring Club as "toothless tigers" because they lack any investigative powers. They cannot take action until a matter has been brought to them. This can lead to long delays.

Web links

Official website of the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

Individual evidence

↑ Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain - GOV.UK. In: www.gov.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
↑ Traffic Commissioner biographies. (HTTPS; PDF (40.5 KB)) November 7, 2012, p. 1 , accessed on October 8, 2016 (English): "Beverley Bell was appointed as Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England in April 2000."
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Two new Traffic Commissioners appointed | Commercial engine. In: www.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b New traffic commissioners to be recruited - Press releases - GOV.UK. In: www.gov.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b New traffic commissioners appointed - Press releases - GOV.UK. In: www.gov.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .
↑ Traffic Commissioner biographies. (HTTPS; PDF (40.5 KB)) November 7, 2012, p. 1 , accessed on October 8, 2016 (English): "Richard Turfitt was appointed as Traffic Commissioner for the East of England in May 2008."
↑ NEW SENIOR TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER APPOINTED / PR Newswire UK /. In: PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC, accessed October 8, 2016 .
^ Duncan Dollimore: HGV operator loses license after cyclists' deaths. In: Cycling UK. Cyclists' Touring Club, November 17, 2015, accessed on October 8, 2016 : “The Traffic Commissioners are toothless tigers in regulatory terms until rogue operators are brought to their attention. They are not investigators. They consider the evidence put before them. "

[1] Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain - GOV.UK. In: www.gov.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .

[2] Traffic Commissioner biographies. (HTTPS; PDF (40.5 KB)) November 7, 2012, p. 1 , accessed on October 8, 2016 (English): "Beverley Bell was appointed as Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England in April 2000."

[:0-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Two new Traffic Commissioners appointed | Commercial engine. In: www.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .

[:1-4] New traffic commissioners to be recruited - Press releases - GOV.UK. In: www.gov.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .

[:2-5] New traffic commissioners appointed - Press releases - GOV.UK. In: www.gov.uk. Retrieved June 22, 2016 .

[6] Traffic Commissioner biographies. (HTTPS; PDF (40.5 KB)) November 7, 2012, p. 1 , accessed on October 8, 2016 (English): "Richard Turfitt was appointed as Traffic Commissioner for the East of England in May 2008."

[7] NEW SENIOR TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER APPOINTED / PR Newswire UK /. In: PR Newswire. PR Newswire Association LLC, accessed October 8, 2016 .

[8] Duncan Dollimore: HGV operator loses license after cyclists' deaths. In: Cycling UK. Cyclists' Touring Club, November 17, 2015, accessed on October 8, 2016 : “The Traffic Commissioners are toothless tigers in regulatory terms until rogue operators are brought to their attention. They are not investigators. They consider the evidence put before them. "