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31st October 2002
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Worcestershire operator has last its bid to have one of eight Impounded vehicles returned to it after the West Midland Traffic Commissioner rejected its appeal.

A truck driver who pretended that he had lost his original tachograph chart and then falsified the substi tute manual record has been rdered to pay fines and costs of £350.

Graham Earley, of Glen Gormley, Co Antrim, Omitted making a false record and taking insuffi:lent daily rest before Leyland Magistrates.

Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, John leaton said Earley's 38-tonne artic had been ;hecked at Fleetwood. One of the tachograph :harts produced was handwritten and showed a otal journey of 1,093km.

The vehicle's speed was limited to 90km/h so it vas calculated Earley drove for at least 12.5 hours o cover the distance. The traffic examiner sus)ected that he had disposed of the original chart Rcause it also showed excessive hours.

When questioned, Earley had said it had been ost whilst cleaning the vehicle. He admitted he had made a mistake in the distance he had entered.

The prosecution was unable to say by how much the daily driving limit had been exceeded. said Heaton, because the original chart was unavailable. However, the excess must have been substantial.

For Earley, Peter McCaughley said that when he first saw the traffic examiner he had panicked and gven an incorrect explanation. Earley had suffered from deadlines imposed by his employer. He had exceeded his driver's hours and had crudely tried to cover up the offences.

It was not a sophisticated attempt to hide offences but a clumsy one.

McCaughley said Earley had held an HGV licence since 1977 without any other convictions.

He was currently working as a bus driver in London and earned £275 a week. He sent £200 a week to his wife and son in Northern Ireland.

Fining Earley the magis. trates said that they had taken account of his previous good record and limited earnings.

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