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Law's arm longer than you think
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IE ARTICLE "Hours Regs Are 3unted" (CM, September 27, i) must have understandably yen your readers cause for incern.
They will feel that though they e subject to the law when welling on foreign roads, their reign friends appear to be get
away with it when commitig offences on British roads. Unfortunately there is some J t h in this, but, by and large, ith the co-operation of agistrates' clerks and agistrates, this only happens frequently.
In Gwent, and I am sure in lost other areas, foreign-regisred vehicles and drivers are aing stopped daily, and ofnces connected with hours of ork, overloading and defective ahicles are being detected.
All areas have courts sitting Jring the five working days, id once our colleagues in the epartment of Transport place a rohibition of movement on a ?hide, documents for prosecuon are drawn up and served on le driver, who then appears beare a Court; if necessary an inwpreter is provided.
If the case is proved, a fine is nposed with a condition of imlediate payment or remand to rison if it is not paid. Without uI the driver, owner or UK gent arrange for it to be paid. The difficulty arises at weeknds and Bank Holidays when 'Jere is no court sitting, and it is n these occasions, when apart pm the prohibition of movelent, no penalty for an offence an be imposed.
The answer may be for addional powers to be given to Deartment of Transport examinrs to extend the notices of rohibition to enable drivers to e taken before the court or even n-the-spot fines.
I. P. KEOHANE :hief Superintendent, ;went Traffic Department