Leyland Daf defends fuse
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• Leyland Daf Trucks has dismissed claims that it is tempting hauliers to interfere with speed limiters by marking their fuses with yellow paint.
Scottish Traffic Commissioner Michael Betts has recently taken the matter up with the manufacturer after hearing a case in which drivers had been inserting defective fuses to bypass the speed limiters.
The haulier involved, Dumfries & Galloway-based Robert Houston had his Operator's Licence suspended for four weeks at a Public Inquiry earlier this month (see Legal, page 14). During a spot check of tachographs at the firm's premises, 20% clearly showed repeated speeding.
Leyland Daf argues that its aim is to seal the fuse and not to draw attention to it
Marketing director Tony Pain says: "Jr. is ironic that somebody assumes we are highlighting it when the seal is an effort to deter drivers from tampering— if they do, there is clear evidence of that."