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Driver 'routinely' failed to record

23rd March 2000, Page 35
23rd March 2000
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employed by Blackpool-based RP Winder (Wholesale Meats) admitted falsifying tachograph charts when he appeared before magistrates in Leyland, Lancashire,

John Montgomery, of Lynton Avenue, Marton, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to 12 offences and was fined £300 for the first offence. No sepa

rate penalty was imposed for the remainder but he was ordered to pay £50 costs.

Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, John Heaton said the offences had come to light after a routine check of tachograph charts on a 17tonne rigid that was driven by Montgomery.

Analysis revealed discrepancies in the distance shown on the centre field compared with the distance traces. Heaton said Montgomery had routinely falsified his records by failing to record distances varying between 30km and 151km, with the average being 87km a day.

There was evidence that showed the vehicle had been moving in and out of a plant at Hatfield when the tachograph charts indicated that it had been at rest.

Montgomery had alleged that his employers had put pressure on him to return the vehicle to base, said Heaton. In particular the transport manager had instructed him to do so despite difficulties with the drivers' hours limits. This allegation was denied by the company, which had explained Montgomery's schedule.

Montgomery told the court that he was no longer working for Winder—he declined to give an explanation for falsifying his records.

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