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Had No Test Certificate
A County Londonderry operator was convicted at Newry Magistrates Court and fined a total of £400 after DVA Enforcement Officers stopped a 3 axle Volvo and heavy goods vehicle in combination with a 3 axle Montracon trailer.
The tachograph unit within the vehicle and the driver’s tachograph digital driver’s card were downloaded and analysed. This analysis showed the vehicle’s tachograph head unit had not been downloaded within the required regulated timeframe of 90 days. The number of days since the previous download was 182 calendar days. Therefore, the download deadline had been missed by 92 days. Checks against departmental records indicated the trailer did not have a valid test certificate. The previous certificate had expired more than seven months earlier.
Tachograph Download Deadline Missed
A Belfast operator has been convicted at Belfast Magistrates Court and fined a total of £400 for several tachograph offences. The conviction arose when DVA Enforcement Officers stopped a stopped a DAF 2 axled rigid goods vehicle.
The vehicle unit and the driver card were downloaded. The number of days since the previous download of the vehicle unit was 182 calendar days. A vehicle unit must be downloaded every 90 days, so the download deadline had been missed by 92 days. The driver card was also downloaded and analysed. The data showed the card had not been downloaded before. A driver card must be downloaded every 28 days.
Recorded False Data on Tachograph Card
A County Londonderry operator was convicted at Belfast Magistrates’ Court and fined a total of £750. The conviction arose when DVA Enforcement Officers stopped a Scania Large Goods Vehicle in combination with semi-trailer in Belfast Docks.
An examination of the vehicle took place. The driver was asked to produce his digital tachograph card for inspection. However, the card he produced from the vehicle unit and which he had been using was not his. On analysis of the tachograph data, it was confirmed that this card had just been used. At the time of the stop, the driver should have been taking his mandatory daily rest but instead he was driving an HGV using a card on which he was not identified as the holder. He was fined £500 for this offence. Furthermore, he had recorded false data on his own card namely he recorded himself having a daily rest when in fact he was driving on another person’s card. He was fine £250 for this offence.
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