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21 hours' driving without rest
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AN OWNER-DRIVER guilty of serious hours offences drove more than 21 hours without rest. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge as magistrates recognised he could not afford a substantial fine.
Affreton-based Steven Attwater pleaded guilty at Leyland magistrates to falsifying a tachograph chart. two offences of failing to make entries on a tachograph chart, driving for more than 41/2 hours without the required break, exceeding the daily driving limit and taking insufficient daily rest. John Heaton, prosecuting for Vosa, said the offences came to light when a vehicle operated by Co Wexford-based O'Leary International was stopped at Cuerden in October. The hours offences committed from 11.45pm on the Friday night until Sunday lunchtime were fairly horrendous.withAttwater driving for 21hr 6min with no proper daily rest.
For Attwater,John Roberts said inAutumn 2005 he decided to try his hand at being self-employed and it was the worst decision he had ever made. Attwater alleged that while working for O'Leary International he was expected to break the hours regulations if that was what it took to get the job done. He was in the contract two to three months and terminated it after the roadside check. He was £8,000 in debt as money was withheld from him by O'Leary. Roberts claimed.
The magistrates did not comment on A ttwater's mitigation plea hut took into account his early plea of guilty, his previously good character and the fact that he was unable to pay a heavy fine.