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Missed Tacho Download Deadline
Investigation Leads to Fines
A County Armagh operator was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court and fined a total of £1000 after DVA enforcement officers stopped a 2 axle Scania, in combination with a 3 axle trailer in the Larne area.
Fines totalling £1,500 have been imposed on a County Armagh operator convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court after the Driver and Vehicle Agency instigated an in-depth tachograph investigation with the operator.
During an examination of the vehicle, an analysis of the tachograph unit identified that the number of days since the previous download of the vehicle was 247 calendar days. A vehicle must be downloaded every 90 days. The download deadline had therefore been missed by 157 days.
The investigation involved all tachograph data from the vehicle units in the fleet together with the driver cards of any driver who drove the vehicles during the control period.
The enforcement officer further identified that the vehicle had been driven without a driver card being used which is an offence.
No Driver Card Inserted A fine of £600 was imposed on a County Tyrone operator who was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court after DVA Enforcement Officers stopped a 3+3axle articulated heavy goods vehicle in the Larne area. During an examination of the vehicle, an analysis of the tachograph unit identified the operator has failed to download the data within the prescribed time limit. It was further noted that the vehicle had been driven the previous day whilst no driver card was inserted in the recording equipment.
Convicted of Multiple Offences
The offences identified were failure to download the relevant data, failure to use the recording equipment, two occasions of causing/permitting a driver to fail to take their daily rest, once occasion of permitting a driver to exceed their daily driving limit, failing to provide data from a vehicle unit, two instances of failing to provide data from a driver’s card, failure to download the relevant data and failing to organise the driver’s work.
Had No Current Road Levy in Force A Republic of Ireland haulage driver has been convicted of two offences at Belfast Magistrates court and fined a total of £585.
A County Tyrone operator has been convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court of a multiple tachograph offences and fined a total of £1800.
The convictions arose when DVA Enforcement Officers observed a Volvo 3 axle articulated lorry and curtain sided trailer which was redirected to the DVA Weighbridge at Loughbrickland.
The Driver and Vehicle Agency instigated an in-depth tachograph investigation with the operator. The investigation involved all tachograph data from the vehicle units in the fleet together with the driver cards of any driver who drove the vehicles during the control period. The offences included failure to produce driver card data, two occasions where a driver was permitted to exceed the daily driving limit, two occasions where the driver was permitted to fail to take their daily rest, three occasions where the driver was allowed to drive without taking a break after four and half hours driving and one occasion where the driver failed to take his weekly rest.
When subsequent checks were carried out it was noted that the vehicle had no current road levy in force for the journey within Northern Ireland. During further examination of the tachograph unit, it was identified the driver had failed to take a daily rest of 11 hours.
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