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Court Report
by 4SMNI
Truck Not Specified on Operator’s Licence
The conviction arose when DVA enforcement officers stopped a 4 axle Volvo heavy goods vehicle in the Coleraine area. An examination of Departmental records identified that the vehicle was not specified on the company’s operator’s licence; the operator had previously been warned regarding a similar offence. Analysis of the drivers’ tachograph records identified that the vehicle VDU had not been downloaded for 52 calendar days thereby breeching the relevant EU regulations and missing the download deadline by 24 days.
Didn’t Have Valid Road User Levy
An ROI driver was convicted at Newry Magistrates’ Court and fined a total of £600 after DVA enforcement officers stopped a Volvo 3axle articulated goods vehicle in combination with a SDC box trailer in the Loughbrickland area.
An analysis of the vehicle’s tachograph data found that it had been driven whilst the driver had failed to take a daily rest of 9 hours. In addition, the vehicle did not have a valid road user levy in place for the journey within Northern Ireland.
Operator Refuses to Comply
A County Armagh operator was convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court and fined a total of £2000 after DVA requested tachograph data from a company in relation to 10 vehicles in their possession.
The operator refused to comply and the matter will now be referred to the Transport Regulator for further consideration.
Fined on Six Tachograph Charges
A County Londonderry operator has been convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court and fined a total of £1000 for six tachograph offences.
The conviction arose when DVA enforcement officers stopped a 2 axle Volvo in combination with a 3 axle Cartwright trailer in the Belfast area. Analysis of the vehicle’s tachograph revealed that the vehicle had been driven on 6 occasions with no data recorded, it was also noted that the operator had failed to download the tachograph unit within the requisite 90 day period in accordance with EU regulations in that the deadline had been exceeded by 511 days.
£3000 Fine on Tachograph Charges
A County Armagh operator was convicted at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court and fined a total of £3000 on tachograph charges.
The conviction arose when DVA enforcement officers stopped a 3 axle Volvo in the Larne area. During an examination of the vehicle’s tachograph data it was noted that the vehicle had been driven without the driver taking sufficient daily rest on four occasions, insufficient weekly rest on one occasion and without a tachograph card on four further occasions. In addition, the VDU had not been downloaded within the 90 day limit required under EU regulations in that 406 days had lapsed since its previous download.
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