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Rebuilt truck's tach had never been calibrated
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John Stewart Bulk Haulage of Warrington
• POLICE CHECKS on a tachograph in a vehicle operated by John Stewart Bulk Haulage Ltd, of Apply Bridge, Warrington, showed that it was consistently recording speeds Ilmph slower than the actual speed of the vehicle.
This was revealed when Robert Crossland, a driver employed by the company, admitted exceeding a 40mph speed limit, exceeding his permitted daily driving time by 24 minutes, and removing his tachograph chart before completing his duty, before Winsford magistrates. The company admitted using the vehicle with a defective tachograph on three dates in July.
The court was told that Crossland's vehicle had been stopped when travelling at 68 to 69mph and the accuracy of the tachograph was checked after Crossland had maintained that he had not been going that fast. The chart had been removed from Crossland's tachograph approximately an hour before he reached the daily driving limit.
Crossland said that he had been on a round trip to South Wales. He had intended stopping at Shrewsbury on the way back, but he had felt ill and had decided to carry on home.
For the company, John Backhouse said that the vehicle concerned had not belonged to them at the time. It had been off the road for a major rebuild, following an accident, and Stewart's had hired it for a trial period with a view to purchasing it. During the rebuild, a completely new tachograph had been installed and it transpired that it had never been calibrated.
Director John Gray said that he had not checked that the tachograph had been calibrated, as he had assumed that it would be after major work had been carried out to the vehicle.
Crossland was fined a total of £250 and the company £300. They were each ordered to pay £10 prosecution costs.