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Fines for unlimited speed
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A North Wales company and its managing director who knowingly used a vehicle with a defective speed limiter have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £955.
Flintshire Transport Services, of Flint, pleaded guilty before the Wrexham magistrates to 20 offences of using the vehicle when the speed limiter was not controlling its speed, and one offence of using it with a defective speed limiter.
They told the court that they had attempted to have it repaired three times since the defect was first reported but each time the garage ordered the wrong part, Asked why he had continued to use the vehicle, managing director David Brasier said: "It was just a case of waiting for parts for it. I don't think road safety was ever compromised by the actions of our driver John Muir."
Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, Peter Edwards said that the vehicle was seen by a traffic examiner in May travelling on the Wrexham to Chester road at a speed calculated to be in excess of 55mph. The vehicle was followed to its base where Broster admitted that he had just driven it. An examination of tachograph charts produced showed that the vehicle had regularly been driven by Muir in excess of the limit.
The company was fined 2450 with 285 costs. Broster pleaded guilty to one offence of using the vehicle when the speed limiter was defective. He was fined 2350 with 270 costs. Muir admitted to 20 offences of using it when the speed limiter was not operating: he was given a conditional discharge with 270 costs.