TRUCKING company Cootes Transport is considering taking legal action over a NSW government threat to ban it from the state's roads.
Roads Minister Duncan Gay has given the company 14 days to explain why its trucks shouldn't be suspended or banned after 179 of about 320 vehicles checked received a formal warning or defect notice.
The focus on Cootes followed two people being killed when a Cootes tanker rolled on its side, burst into flames and collided with several cars in Sydney's north in October last year.
The government in February called for Cootes' 400-strong NSW fleet to be re-inspected after problems were found in a number of trucks during routine checks.
Cootes' parent company McAleese Group says it is disappointed with the decision.
"Cootes Transport strongly rejects any suggestion that it is demonstrating a blatant disregard for community safety," McAleese said in a statement on Friday.
Cootes believes it will be show why it should continue to operate on NSW roads.
The company says it is now considering "all options", including legal action.
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said his government had no choice but to act, as lives were at risk.
"The state government cannot ignore repeated infringements by any businesses but particularly those businesses involved in haulage on roads," he told reporters in Sydney.
"Dangerous trucks, dangerous trucking practices can cost lives."
The premier was speaking in Bungarribee, in Sydney's west, after launching an Arnott's Foods warehouse run by transport company Linfox.
Linfox is expected to sign a fuel transport contract with BP after the energy group decided not to renew its deal with Cootes.
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