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19th February 2004
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FOURTEEN DRIVERS with Staffordshire driving agency Future Driving Services (FDS) have been ordered to pay more than £12,000 in fines and costs for a series of hours offences.

Newcastle-under-Lyme magistrates heard how they had failed to take adequate rest periods. They were fined between £150 and £2,000 each plus costs: four more drivers' cases were adjourned.

The prosecutions are a result of a police investigation into an acci dent on the A50 at Doveridge last August in which a cyclist died after colliding with a truck.

The truck driver and senior FDS management are on bail while inquires continue.

DS John Briggs of Derbyshire police, senior investigating officer for Operation Jaguar, says he is pleased the sentence has reflected the gravity of some of the offending in this case: "I would hope that drivers, operators and agencies take note of the results of this part of the case and consider their practices accordingly.

"The whole purpose of regulating drivers' hours is to ensure that the driver operates safely and not in a state of fatigue," he adds. "It is not unreasonable to ensure that road users are afforded the safest environment in which to drive.

Each time these regulations are breached there is a substantial and real risk to other road users. Our in-depth investigation into FDS is very much ongoing.

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