1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194 
radio charts led to discovery of disabled speed limiter
Page 32
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
INTERFERING WITH his speed limiter has cost an Irish owner-driver £580 in fines and costs Richard Lynch, of Oberstown, Ardea, Co Louth, pleaded guilty before the Isle ofAnglesey magistrates to one offence of interfering with the speed limiter and three of using a vehicle when the speed limiter was not restricting its maximum speed.
Traffic examiner Geoffrey Whitley said Lynch's 40-tonne artic had been stopped in a check on the A55 at Dalar Hir while on a journey between Dublin and St Albans, carrying shelving. An examination of Lynch's tachograph charts revealed the speeding offences. He examined the dashboard and saw that an additional red wire with a bare soldered end had been introduced into the ashtray.
When the fascia panel was removed it was seen that the wire extended to a terminal block alongside the wire that transmitted signals from the tachograph to the electronic unit controlling the speed limiter. The effect of that wire being short circuited to earth was to render the speed limiter inoperative.
When interviewed Lynch had denied installing the red wire, saying it must have been there from the previous owners. Asked how he explained the speeds recorded, he had replied it must have been earthing itself out at the back of the dash because the Limiter was cutting in and out, It had only happened that week and he had thought he had seven days in which to get it fixed.
The magistrates fined Lynch a total of 1525 with .05 costs.