V; CASE TWO
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Company and driver fined by magistrates
LSERIES of offences, including the nauthorised use of a 12-tonne vehicle, have cost Liverpool-based IC Tarmac and the river of the vehicle, Anthony Williams, in fines and costs. The company pleaded guilty before Wrexham Magistrates to using a vehicle with a defective suspension, using a vehicle without an 0-licence, and not having a valid test ertificate. It also admitted that it allowed
Rheims to drive the vehicle, even though he 'd not hold the appropriate driving licence.
Williams pleaded guilty to failing to produce tachograph records, failing to use a tacho and driving a vehicle without the appropriate riving licence.
The magistrates were told that on 17 ecember, the vehicle, being driven by Williams, was checked on the A494 Mold
bypass. There was no 0-licence disc shown in the truck, and when asked to show his tacho records, Williams could only produce six charts. Regulations say a driver has to produce a tacho chart for the current day and the previous 28 days. Williams said the rest of the records were at Northop Hall Farm. He also said he had been in the yard the previous day and hadn't kept a record of that work.
Further enquiries showed that Williams only held a Cl+E driving licence with a 107 restriction. This only entitled him to drive medium-sized vehicles up to a weight of 8,250kg. The vehicle being driven by Williams on the day he was stopped had a gross train weight of 15,500kg.
The company was fined a total of £360 and ordered to pay £100 towards the costs of the prosecution. Williams was fined a total of £160 and ordered to pay £60 towards the costs of the prosecution.
Following the rules
When drivers are unable to use a tachograph, have not been allocated a vehicle, or are working away from the vehicle, they are required to manually record their activities.