Case study: Carol Allen
5th May 2011, Page 22
5th May 2011
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Keywords :
Transport, Land Transport, Traffic Law, Road Safety, Road Transport, Tachograph, Downham, Vehicle And Operator Services Agency, Law / Crime
CM recently reported (CM 7 April) on a company that had been subject to a two-year VOSA investigation relating to tachograph fiddling offences committed in 2007 and 2008. Three container drivers were sent to prison and two others received 150-hour community service each for falsifying a total of 76 tachograph records, following a trial at Norwich Crown Court.
The five worked for sole trader Carol Allen, based in Downham Market, Norfolk.
Offences included driving without a tachograph chart, pulling the fuse of the tachograph to prevent it working, and “wind-backs” – winding back the clock to give a false impression of the times.