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P LEGAL BRIEFS Decision upheld THE REVOCATION of the HGV
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licence held by Carlisle driver Greg Hartness. and his disqualification from holding such a licence for three years, with a direction he retake his driving test, including initial CPC training and theory test, has been upheld by District Judge Gerald Chalk at Carlisle Magistrates Court.
Hartness, of Newfield Park, Carlisle. was ordered to pay VOSA's appeal costs of £2,200. He was one of 13 drivers employed by Tyne and Wear-based M&M Haulage, who were disqualified for varying periods by NorthEastern Traffic Commissioner Tom Macartney for falsifying tacho records. Another three had their licences suspended for varying periods.
Company director and transport manager Mark Howden and two drivers were jailed for conspiring to falsify tacho records. (CM 10 April 2008.) Al an earlier hearing, which was held at Penrith Magistrates Court, District Judge Chalk rejected appeals by another six former drivers. (CM 5 February.)
Nine vehicles off for four months
MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS have resulted in the licence held by Peterhead-based Direct Waste Management being cut from 18 vehicles and 18 trailers to nine vehicles and 18 trailers for four months by Joan Aitken, the Scottish Traffic Commissioner.
The Tc was informed that a number of prohibitions had been imposed on the firm's vehicles and trailers. There was also a poor annual vehicle test pass rate.
Outlining the steps taken to put matters right, director and transport manager Brenda Horne said she had been let down by her brother.
The TC wanted to ensure there was no expansion of the business until the annual test history presentation improved and that the fleet was free of prohibitions.
Offences cost £651
INSUFFICIENT DAILY rest breaks and failing to enter details on a tacho record sheet have cost London truck driver Colin O'Brien £651 in fines and costs. O'Brien admitted the offences at Holyhead Magistrates Court.
The offences came to light in May, when a 40-tonne artic driven by O'Brien was stopped in a check at Dalar Hir. O'Brien was fined £470 and ordered to pay £166 prosecution costs, plus a £15 victim surcharge.