Meld-driver fined £150
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• Oswestry Magistrates have ordered Shropshire ownerdriver Robert lark Jones, trading as Mark mes Transport, to pay fines nd costs totalling £750 for a eries of offences that came to ght after he was seen speedig on the M5 by Western .icensing Authority Major'ieneral John Carpenter.
Jones, of Argoed, Kilmerley dmitted two offences of using vehicle without an Operator's ,icence, one offence of failing o display a manufacturer's 'late on a trailer, one offence if taking insufficient weekly est, one offence of failing to ise a tachograph correctly, and nie offence of failing to proluce a tachograph chart.
Prosecuting for the West Midland Traffic Area, Patrick McKnight said that when Jones had applied for a licence the LA had declined to issue an interim licence, and the substantive licence was not granted until 12 July.
On 23 February Jones's vehicle was stopped in a check and was found to have no li cence authority. There was no identification on the trailer, and Jones said the manufacturer's plate had been removed so the trailer could be resprayed ready for its annual test.
The other offences were found after Jones's vehicle was seen in June by Carpenter. Tachograph charts were sent for, and an analysis made.
Defending, Stuart Jones said the manufacturer's plate had been taken off the trailer without Jones's knowledge. He had waited over six months for his licence to be issued, and had thought it was just a matter of it being processed.
Jones had taken his vehicle in for a service on 3 June, driving for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening, and he had regarded that as his rest day.