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Hours fines

26th February 1983
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Page 7, 26th February 1983 — Hours fines
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VERS' HOURS and records onces cost Heywood Haulier :harlson and Sons (Haulage) a director of the company I three of its drivers E430 an they appeared before :hdale magistrates.

obert Charlson, a director, flitted one charge of exces3 hours 'and one of having Jfficient rest. George Gil1st admitted three offences of essive hours, Alec Earnshaw I Gary Buckley two such ofes each.

The company admitted mining the drivers to exceed ir hours together with one irge of failing to issue suffiit tachograph charts and six irges of failing to produce ords.

6 further six charges of exces3 hours against the drivers, corresponding charges linst the company, and six :her charges of failing to duce records and 12 of using ides when the tachographs 3 not used correctly against

company were all withwn.

'rosecuting for the North stern Licensing Authority, istopher Worthy said the pure of the hours and records islation was to prevent drivof heavy goods vehicles drivwhile suffering from fatigue. tre had been several inIces recently of tired drivers ifling into stationary vehicles the motorways.

"here were gaps in the dates en vehicles were shown to re been used and in the ometer readings on the chart ich were not covered by ords. Because charts were 3sing it was impossible to tell ether the hours limits had 3n exceeded on those days. he defendents were fined £10 each charge with the cornly being ordered to pay £200

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