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Italian driver has vehicle confiscated
AN ITALIAN truck driver has been ined £1,000 and had his vehicle, estimated to be worth £46,000, coniscated for falsifying tachograph records.
Carlisle Magistrates’ Court was told how on 30 June a Volvo FH12 artic – owned and operated by Autuori Trasporti, based in south-west Italy – was stopped by a Vosa oficer in the Penrith area.
The oficer suspected that the vehicle was itted with a device that interfered with the correct function of the tachograph.
It was prevented from going back on the road for 24 hours and parked up at Penrith truckstop.
On 1 July, the driver, Riccardo Poliandri, 39, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to make a false tachograph record.
The LGV was seized and police discovered that a manipulation had occurred in the recording equipment, which allowed the driver to record rest while driving. Poliandri pleaded guilty to four offences, including one of falsifying a tacho record, and was ined £250 for each offence with £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge. The prosecution made an application for a coniscation order on the FH12 Poliandri had been driving, and the order was granted by District Judge Chalk.
Unfair competition
Manipulation of the tachograph gives an unfair competitive advantage to some firms and effects the safety of all road users.