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It's fourth time unlucky for tachograph chart fiddler
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A driver whose record includes four offences of falsifying his tacho
charts in six years is given a hefty fine. Mike Jewell reports.
USING A device to falsify tachograph records has left Northern Irish driver Robert Reid facing fines and costs of £1,150.
Reid. of Tullyhogue, Cookestown, pleaded guilty before the Leyland magistrates to using a vehicle equipped with a device to manipulate the recording equipment and to falsifying a tachograph record.
Prosecuting for Vosa, John Heaton told the court that when Reid's vehicle was stopped in a check at Cuerden, Lancs, the traffic examiner noticed wires protruding from the seal on the back of the tachograph head. Examination revealed a sophisticated device that simultaneously broke the continuity of the electrical circuit and the diagnostic sensor. Its use also disabled the speed limiter.
A police officer found a holdall containing personal belongings and tools,wire and batteries similar in nature to those incorporated into the tachograph equiprnent.When interviewed, Reid denied any knowledge of the interrupter switch or of the tools, wire and batteries in the bag.
Daily rest offence Reid had been caught red-handed with a false tachograph chart where he had omitted driving at the beginning of the day in order to conceal a daily rest offence, said Heaton. Reid already had three previous sets of convictions for tachograph falsification: he had been given a 150-hour Community Punishment Order in 2004.
Appearing for Reid, James Flackhouse said there were no allegations that Reid had fitted the device. He had worked for Co Monaghan haulier Sean Campbell for just over a year and did not get paid if he did not work. He currently earned £400 a week doing European work and he had lost a week's work by having to fly over and attend the court. He had had to pay the cost of the flight and car hire to get to the court.
He had been arrested when the offences were discovered and detained for six hours and he had had to answer bail again, which haC made an impression on him.
Blatant disregard Fining Reid £500 for each offence with 15C costs, the magistrates said the tachograph regs were there to protect the defendant and the public. Reid now had a record of four sets of offences involving false tachograph records in six years.This showed a blatant disregard of the regulations. •