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Morris guilty of hours offences
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• A series of drivers hours and tachograph offences have been uncovered at Cheltenham-based S C Morris — including one case of a driver working 181/2 hours without the required rest.
The company and eight of its drivers have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling almost .0,000 by Chipping Campden Magistrates.
The drivers pleaded guilty to a series of offences of exceeding the daily driving limit; exceeding 41/2 hours' driving without the required breaks, and taking insufficient daily rest.
The company admitted permitting 15 of the offences.
Edward Lyons, prosecuting for the Western Licensing Authority, said that the company had faced 69 alleged offences. Guilty pleas had been accepted for 15 of them.
The Department of Transport uncovered irregularities after a spot check on one of the firm's vehicles. Examiners visited the company and took away 617 tachograph charts for analysis.
Paying drivers an hourly rate could have provided them with sufficient incentive to work excessive hours, the court heard.
Transport manager Andrew Lee said that warning notices had now been placed in the cabs of the vehicles and the drivers were provided with electronic aids to remind them to take breaks. Tachograph charts were being regularly screened to spot careless drivers, he said.