Ms Moyagh Murdock:

I fully accept that things can happen a few days or a week later and the roads can cause a vehicle to have a steering problem or a damaged tyre. However, there is still a legal obligation on the driver to do a daily walk around check and to pick that up. There is no excuse. They must do that, and keep a record that they have done that every day before they take it into operation. That is how to avoid a vehicle with a dangerous defect being in service.