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Blitz nets continental drivers

4th May 1995, Page 5
4th May 1995
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• Continental drivers and operators were blitzed on the M1 in a stop and check operation which revealed that two thirds of the foreigners were flouting loading and tacho laws. A specially convened local magistrates court struggled to deal with the numbers of offenders.

Almost half the foreign trucks stopped in the spot-check were prohibited from moving last week after officials found 66% of them committing vehicle and tacho offences Northern Thames Valley traffic police were stunned to discover 24 illegal vehicles among 35 foreign trucks they stopped at Junction 14. The joint operation involved police, Vehicle Inspectorate, Trading Standards Officers and Customs and Excise. One Dutch driver was fined £1,800 for 18 tacho offences after driving nine consecutive days with no daily breaks.

Among a series of overloading, defective brakes, smuggling and tacho offences, police discovered one vehicle with a drive axle overloaded by 24% and a mole grip clamping shut a defective brake line.

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