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Licence revoked after failure to disclose tacho convictions
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AN OPERATOR with undisclosed convictions for tachograph offences has had his licence revoked after his defence that he believed police would inform the Traffic Commissioner was rejected.
Christopher Heaps, Deputy Traffic Commissioner For the South-Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Area, -evoked the international licence for two vehicles and .wo trailers held by Chris Chappell, trading as Chris :happen Transport of Egham, Surrey.
A Vosa inspection revealed magistrates' court conActions relating to four tacho offences in 2007, i ncludng driving without a tachograph and making false -ecords.Traffic examiner Keith Pearson's study of 63 achograph charts suggested daily and weekly rest ind centrefield offences, but Chappell had not broken he 41/2-hour rule.The offences were in spring 2007.
A vehicle examiner's report revealed excessive ;aps in preventive maintenance inspections,no driver lefect reporting system and MoT failures, initially and on re-presentation for one vehicle.The vehicle examiner issued an immediate prohibition for three items.
Chappell, the sole driver of the vehicle at the time, admitted he had assumed the police would inform the TC of his convictions. He habitually opened the tachograph head to check his remaining driving time and continued to do so, not realising it was illegal.
Chappell said the prohibition had been lifted within seven minutes following an immediate repair. and the vehicle which had failed its MoT had been checked on a Daf garage's rolling road equipment immediately before its test and passed. Maintenance and defect checks had since been put in place.
Heaps found "a clear failure" by Chappell to fulfil his undertakings regarding drivers' hours. describing the offences as serious and deliberate. He revoked the licence from 1 March 2008 and disqualified Chappell in all Traffic Areas for six months, concluding the operator had damaged, but not lost, his repute.