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Four lose licences following crackdown in North Wales
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Drivers banned for between seven days and three years, as Operation Mona reveals worst case of almost 24 hours before taking break
FOUR DRIVERS caught falsifying tachograph records and/or committing hours and tacho offences during Operation Mona in North Wales have lost their HGV driving licences for periods ranging from seven days to three years.
The four had been called before Welsh Deputy Traffic Commissioner Roger Seymour at a Chester disciplinary inquiry.
Traffic examiner Geoffrey Whitley told the TC that BleddynW■,,n Dorkins,of Morfa Nefyn, Pwllheli, was employed by Dundalk-based Portway Trailers. He had been ordered to pay £3,200 in fines and costs after admitting three offences of falsification in March and April 2004 (CM 5 May).
Falsified tachograph In one case his daily rest was likely to have been as little as three hours,immediately followed by a full day's work.
In May 2004 Dorkins' vehicle had been checked again and two more falsified tachograph records were found. Of the 10 charts examined in the two roadside checks. five were found to be false.
The DTC revoked Dark ins' HGV licence and disqualified him from holding a licence for three years.
Whitley said a second Partway Trailers driver, Steven Jones, of Holyhead, had been ordered to pay fines and costs of £300 after admitting two offences of falsification, one of exceeding the daily driving limit and one of insufficient daily rest.
In the worst case, Jones had driven for 23 hours and 40 minutes before taking the required daily rest. The DTC revoked Jones HGV licence and disqualified him from holding a licence for four months. Whitley said the other two drivers were employed part-time by Holyhead haulier Dylan Wyn Parry.
Gareth Evans, of Bryngwran. Isle of Anglesey, was ordered to pay fines and costs of £375 after admitting eight offences of insufficient daily rest and two of insufficient weekly rest. Evans had been working for his principal employer, Jewsons, during the day and driving for Parry at night. The DTC revoked Evans' HGV driving licence and disqualified him from holding a licence for nine months.
Whitley said the second Parry driver, Mark Robinson. of Llanfaelog, Isle of Anglesey, was ordered to pay fines and costs of £285 after admitting four offences of failing to produce tachograph records at the roadside, two of failing to return charts to his employer within 21 days and one of insufficient weekly rest.
The DTC suspended Robinson's HGV driving licence for seven days •