Haulage firm to pay almost £2,500 after admitting drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Jan 2015
D Jenkins and Son and five of the company’s drivers appeared in court on charges of failing to take the regulatory required rest breaks following an inspection by the DVSA. All admitted charges of fa
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Dig deeper into unaccounted distance
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Nov 2014
Smartanalysis users can now dig deeper into unaccounted distance with a brand new Tachograph Analysis Report.
In response to requests from customers the existing Descartes Smartanalysis DTCO Vehicle
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Gist Expands Use of Cloud-Based Descartes Smartanalysis™ for European Road Transport Compliance
Posted by AndrewT on 4th Nov 2014
Descartes Systems Group today announced that Gist, a leading supply chain services provider, has expanded its use of Descartes Smartanalysis™, a tachograph analysis and compliance management solution,
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National speed limit for HGVs to be increased
Posted by AndrewT on 25th Jul 2014
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Claire Perry, announced yesterday that the government is proposing to increase the national speed limit for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes on single car
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Transport Manager disqualified for 5 years
Posted by AndrewT on 8th Jul 2014
Stephen Drever-Marshall, the nominated Transport Manager on two licences - in the North of England was disqualified by North East Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney for five years after making a false
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Haulier suspended for drivers’ hours offences & false records
Posted by AndrewT on 3rd Jul 2014
A Telford haulage operator has been suspended from running HGVs after Traffic Commissioner Nick Jones found that drivers had driven excessive hours, broken speed limits and created false records.
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DfT consults on proposals to make historical drivers’ hours offences subject to fixed penalty notices.
Posted by AndrewT on 16th Jun 2014
The Department for Transport is seeking comments on their proposals to change the legislation to allow roadside enforcement officers to issue fixed penalty notices and financial penalty deposits when
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ILT increases fines for tachograph infringements in Netherlands
Posted by AndrewT on 10th Jun 2014
The Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) recently announced that the fines for manipulation of the tachograph will go up sharply. TLN the Dutch Association for Transport and Logistics support
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Transport Manager loses his repute over CPC training & drivers’ hours infringements
Posted by AndrewT on 5th Jun 2014
A Transport Manager recently lost his repute indefinitely for failing to make sure his drivers had started their Driver CPC training and the drivers’ hours infringements that occurred as a result.
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HGV Road User Levy Act starts 1 April 2014
Posted by AndrewT on 31st Mar 2014
The HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 imposes charges for vehicles over 12 tonnes gross vehicle weight for using UK roads. The act applies to UK and non-UK registered vehicles. The charges vary from £85 to
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“Truckcam” results in 180 offences being reported in two weeks.
Posted by AndrewT on 7th Mar 2014
Merseyside Police target HGV drivers in covert operation.
Merseyside Police issued 180 road traffic offence reports, 17-fixed penalty notices and seized four vehicles during operation ‘Truckcam’, a ca
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HGV Driver banned for false tachograph records and drivers' hours infringements
Posted by AndrewT on 19th Feb 2014
The HGV driver was called to the Deputy Traffic Commissioner in Edinburgh in February after the authorities reported him for drivers’ hours infringements. He was originally pulled over by inspectors f
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HGV drivers fined £34,410 in crack down on drivers’ hours and tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 14th Jan 2014
A partnership operation by the police and VOSA over three weeks during November and December 2013 in Devon and Cornwall called Operation Fatigue resulted in fines of £34,410.
The operation involved t
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Cash-in-transit Company fined £600 for tachograph offences
Posted by AndrewT on 18th Oct 2013
Following an investigation by DVA Enforcement Officers into the operation of 19 vehicles owned by Brinks Ireland Ltd, the company was fined £600 on 15 October 2013 for failing to produce tachograph re
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Fixed penalties increased from 16 August
Posted by AndrewT on 15th Aug 2013
Department for Transport announced that fixed penalty levels will increase from 16 August 2013. Graduated fixed penalties and financial deposits for vans, trucks and buses are also increased as a resu
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Lifetime ban for haulier after tampering with tachograph for a second time
Posted by AndrewT on 1st Aug 2013
Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken informed George Davidson that he would be disqualified from driving HGVs and could not re-apply for his professional licence until his 75th birthday after he was found
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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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HGV driver jailed for tampering with tachograph
Posted by AndrewT on 29th May 2013
A Belgian HGV driver was jailed on Tues 28 May for attempting to hide the fact that he had not taken the required rest period before driving again.
Nico Demeyer attached a magnet to interfere with the
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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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North Wales Police use of HGV is a real eye opener
Posted by AndrewT on 14th May 2013
North Wales Police’ Commercial Vehicle Unit worked in partnership with VOSA and Roads Policing Officers to target HGV drivers flouting the law. Using a HGV enabled the police to spot offences that ot
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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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£2,500 fine for failing to produce drivers’ hours and tachograph records
Posted by AndrewT on 12th Feb 2013
A Co Armagh haulage company was fined £2,500 at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court on Monday 11 February 2013 for failing to produce tachograph and drivers’ hours records relating to twenty vehicles.
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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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Progress in Europe on the Smart Tachograph
Posted by AndrewT on 31st Oct 2012
Euro Ministers reached agreement on 29 October for new regulations on the tachograph used in road transport across the EU. The objective of the new draft legislation is to make fraud more difficult an
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£50,000 fine for drivers' hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 31st Oct 2012
Following a VOSA led investigation, Liskeard company Darley Ford Transport (HGV) and Darley Ford Travel (PSV) were fined a total of £50,000 for drivers' hour’s offences. They were also ordered to pay
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Prison for driver after pleading guilty to 79 drivers’ hours offences
Posted by AndrewT on 28th Aug 2012
The RHA’s recent call for tougher sentences for drivers that deliberately falsify their tachograph records provoked plenty of comment. The United Road Transport Union were quick to point out that some
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RHA and URTU agreement on tougher sentences for breaches of drivers' hours law
Posted by AndrewT on 21st Aug 2012
The Road Haulage Association has amended its position on mandatory prison sentences for drivers defying drivers' hours laws after the United Road Transport Union commented on the issue and opposed the
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