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Six-month ban for driver„'r;5h
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who used false identities 1/4 Iv RI A SERIES of offences. including making a false tachograph record and obstructing a traffic examiner, has brought a Middlesex driver a six-month driving ban and £500 in fines and costs.
Paul Townsend. of Hicks Avenue, Greenford, pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates to obstructing a traffic examiner, making a false record, driving a vehicle without the appropriate licence and using it without insurance.As well as the fines and ban he also had his licence endorsed with six points.
Anthony Ostrin, prosecuting for VOSA, said Townsend was the driver of a Mercedes two-axled box van directed into a VOSA check site. The vehicle was laden with bubble wrap sheeting and a trolley.
Townsend produced a number of tachograph charts in different names. When a check was made of the first name given, the description in the DVLA information did not correspond with the obvious description of Townsend. When that was put to him, he gave a second name. Further enquiries revealed that again the description in the DVLA records did not matchTownsend.
When later challenged, Townsend gave his proper name and address, but by then a substantial amount of time had been wasted on investigations. That amounted to obstructing the traffic examiner in the execution of his powers.
Mr Ostrin said that at least one chart was in someone else's name which amounted to creating a false record. It was later established that Townsend did not have a driving licence to cover driving the vehicle on the day in question, which meant any insurance that might have been in force would automatically become invalid.