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Driver fined for hours breaches
Breaches of the drivers hours and tachograph regulations have cost a Northern Irish driver £865 in fines and costs.
William Gordon of Portstewart, Northern Island pleaded guilty to failing to produce tachograph records or driver card and printouts at the roadside and to taking insufficient daily rest before the Ynys Mon Magistrates, The magistrates were told that in June. a 40-tonne artic driven by Gordon on a journey to Welham Green was stopped at Dalahir, Holyhead. Gordon was only able to produce one tachograph chart, which was dated the previous day, 12 June. He told the traffic examiner he didn't have any other tacho records with him, and that they had been disposed of Analysis of the tachograph chart produced showed that on 12 June, Gordon had started work at 0845 hours. That meant he should have taken a daily rest period at 2345 hours, but he was still on duty when his artic was stopped at 0035 hours on 13 June. He was fined 1695 and ordered to pay £170 prosecution costs.
Magistrates rules for operator
A Middlesex operator was found not guilty of unauthorised use after Uxbridge Magistrates accepted ballast weights on a trailer did not constitute -transporting goods".
John Dodds of Chalfont St Peter pleaded not guilty to a charge of having no 0-licence for transporting his own goods.
Prosecuting for Vosa, Jaqueline Devonish said Dodds had not been the holder of a restricted 0-licence when he was stopped for carrying a one-tonne sieve as ballast weight on the back of his trailer.
Producing photographs, Dodd maintained it was not a carriage of goods, since the weight had been secured to the vehicle with bolts and cages in order to prevent rolling for the sole purpose of adding stability to the vehicle.
Finding Dodds not guilty, the magistrates said they were satisfied that the sieve was a machine part and that it fell within the 0-licence exemptions.
Defective brakes prove costly
Using a vehicle with defective brakes has cost Isle of Anglesey driver Andree Challis-Jones £729 in fines and costs, plus three penalty points on his driving licence. Challis-Jones of Newborough, Llanfairpw11, failed to appear to answer the charge before the Wrexham Magistrates.
Prosecuting for Vosa, Nia Lloyd said a Leyland Daf-derived drilling rig, driven by Challis-Jones, was stopped at the Ewloe check site on the A494 in June. When the vehicle was examined, it was found the nearside brake actuator on the second axle had become detached from its mounting rendering the brake inoperative. The actuator had been pushed up between the axle and the chassis to prevent it dragging on the floor. The attached air pipes had been taped up in an attempt to prevent the chamber from falling down. This was deemed a deliberate act to assist the driving of the vehicle on the public road while in a dangerous condition.
In Challis-Jones' absence, the magistrates fined him £525 and ordered him to pay £204 prosecution costs.