Home runs cost hours Allison, who trades as BA Transport,
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of Didsbury, pleaded guilty before the Manchester City magistrates to five daily driving limit offences, two of insufficient daily rest and one of exceeding 4% hours driving without taking the required break.
Prosecuting on behalf of the requested tachograph charts for August and September following a silent check in Heywood.
The charts showed that Allison was driving the maximum weight vehicle he was allowed on British roads, at high speeds, for long distances, and for excessive hours.
Heaton said that Allison was entitled to use his tractive unit as a private vehicle, but when he did so his working day started as soon as he left home.
Allison said that he was having serious financial problems. Between 1983 and 1990 he built up Puma Transport. The company had been owed £27,000 and went into liquidation. The vehicles were repossessed. He was now running an old vehicle to try and get back on his feet again. He had debts of £60,000 which he was paying off under a voluntary agreement with his creditors.