Defective tachographs cost firms £300 fines
9th July 1998, Page 12
9th July 1998
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Page 12, 9th July 1998
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• TA Anders & Co of Salford was fined £300 with £65 costs by West Bromwich magistrates after pleading guilty to having a defective tachograph.
Traffic examiner Malcolm Seward told the court that the offence was found when a 7.5tanner was checked at a parking bay off the M6 at Perry Barr, Birmingham, on II March, The firm wrote to the court saying it had not been aware of the defect, but it had since been corrected.
At the same court, G&G Transport (1988) of Claydon, Suffolk, was fined £300 with £65 costs after admitting having an inoperative tachograph on a 32.5-tormer.
Seward said Vehicle Inspectorate officials found the tachograph was not working properly during an inspection at Perry Bar on 19 February.