Drivers face charges

18th October 1980, Page 21

18th October 1980

Page 21

Page 21, 18th October 1980 — Drivers face charges

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'OTAL of 164 charges alleging breaches of drivers' hours, records ulations and the 450km distance limit have been adjourned by -mock Magistrates because the defence was not ready to proceed h its case.

Irian Samuel Squire, trading Squires Transport of WillenI faced 82 charges of making ;e entries in drivers records, ing to keep records, causing drivers to exceed nine hours ling in a day, four and a half continuous driving hours, and 121/2 hours driving in a day without the required rest, and causing them to exceed 450km in a day.

The five drivers — Christopher Whittingham, Terence Northwood, Christopher Blythe, Gary William Squire, and Christopher Francis O'Halloran — faced corresponding charges.