Helpful move ends in fine
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• Moving his reefer because the noise o. fridge motor was disturbing other drivers cost a Norfolk lorry driver £250 in fines costs.
Appearing before Leyland Magisti Donald Hannan, of Thetford, pleaded guil taking insufficient daily rest and removing a chart fron tachograph before the end of the working day. Prosecuting for the Department of Transport Ve Inspectorate, Bryan Green said that Hannan's artic had stopped in a check on the A59 at Salmesbury on December.
When a traffic examiner inspected his tachograph char found a gap of 54km between 14-15 December. Har could not explain the discrepancy. Defending, Andrew Woolfall said that on the 14th Hor had stopped and parked up at a truckstop. He was hauli refrigerated trailer and the noise of the fridge motor was c ing a nuisance to other drivers. He was asked to move so he drove 33 miles without a in his tachograph to the next service area. He accepted 11 had been a stupid thing to do. Hannan had in fact had a of 11hr 10min rest, said Woolfall, but it had been broke the 40 minutes of unlawful driving. He had had nine lcontinuous rest before starting driving again, but unfortun not within the required 24-hour period. The magistrates fined Hannan £100 for each offence £50 costs.