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Insufficient breaks cost driver

30th April 2009, Page 26
30th April 2009
Page 26
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Driving for more than 4.5 hours without taking the required breaks have cost Corwen lorry driver Garry Jones £477 in fines and costs.

He pleaded guilty to four offences before Wrexham Magistrates.

The court was told that a drawbar outfit laden with biofuel and driven by Jones on a journey from Bramouth to Shotton was stopped in a check on the Mold Bypass.

An examination of Jones' tachograph records showed he had driven for five hours 25 minutes with only a 20-minute break; for six hours 54 minutes with a 31-minute break: for seven hours 10 minutes with a 35-minute break; and for six hours 18 minutes with a 20-minute break.

The magistrates fined Jones a total of £220 and ordered him to pay £257 prosecution costs.

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People: Driving, Garry Jones

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