Fined over £40,000 for drivers' hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Jul 2013
Following a VOSA investigation, Ian John Trussler, a partner and transport manager; and Kenneth Trussler, a partner of Goldline Taxis and Coaches both received suspended prison sentences for admitting
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Fees to be increased for graduated fixed penalties
Posted by AndrewT on 13th Jun 2013
The Department for Transport have announced that fixed penalty levels will increase from July 2013.
The increases affects most motoring fixed penalties offences, graduated fixed penalties and financi
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£300,000 fine and £150,000 in costs for falsifying driver records
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2013
Former Director of Alba Transport of Halifax, Danny Steven Sawrij, was fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £150,000 in costs for falsifying driver records at Kirklees Magistrates Court on 23 May 2013.
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Smart tachograph specification informally agreed
Posted by AndrewT on 17th May 2013
Improving road safety and ensuring fair competition in road transport in the EU.
The Specification for a new generation of digital tachograph for trucks and buses was agreed informally by the Irish p
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Optimised Route Planning, Mobile Tracking & Compliance Management - £1 per driver per day.
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Apr 2013
Route. Track. Comply.
Descartes, world leaders in uniting the people and technology that move the world have launched On Demand Route Planning, Mobile Tracking and Compliance Management for just £1 pe
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£1,500 fine for tachograph and drivers' hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 26th Mar 2013
A haulage company was fined a total of £1,500 and ordered to pay court courts at North Antrim Magistrates’ Court on Fri 1st March.
Patrick Bradley Limited was convicted on 15 charges relating to tac
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Route, Track, Comply - Descartes at the Commercial Vehicle Show, NEC Birmingham, 9 to 11 April 2013
Posted by AndrewT on 7th Mar 2013
Integrated route planning, mobile tracking and compliance management available in the cloud, visit Descartes, stand 3H81 at the CV Show.
Descartes acquired Exentra Transport Solutions in November 2012
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The HGV Road User Levy Act becomes law
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Mar 2013
On 28 February 2013 the HGV Road User Levy Act became law. The Department for Transport says that this will pave the way for a fairer deal for UK hauliers. Most EU states already charge HGVs for using
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Breathalyser fines delayed indefinitely in France
Posted by AndrewT on 20th Feb 2013
The French Minister of Interior has announced an indefinite delay on the fines for motorists that do not carry a breathalyser kit with them in their vehicle.
Fines of €11 were due to come into effect
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Convictions for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences fall
Posted by AndrewT on 25th Jan 2013
According to the latest figures from VOSA the number of convictions for drivers’ hours and tachograph offences has almost halved since 2009.
However, breaches of drivers’ hours regularly tops the li
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6 months in jail for tachograph fraud & abuse of drivers’ hours.
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Jan 2013
On Friday 4 January 2013 Mr G. Davidson from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire was jailed for six months at Carlisle Crown Court for tachograph fraud.
The defendant was first stopped by the VOSA on 28 June 2
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Suspended custodial sentence for tachograph cheat
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Dec 2012
On Monday 17th December 2012, Richard Samuel Dewart, 44, owner of Dewart Transport, Waringstown, Northern Ireland was convicted of forgery and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for 3 year
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HGV Road User Levy Bill passes second reading
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Nov 2012
Secretary of State for Transport, Mr Patrick McLoughlin, introduced the second reading of the HGV Road User Levy Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday 20 November 2012.
The Bill was passed and will
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