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slams drivers Magistrates take note a
driver's 'brilliant' record
• by Pete Swinger A driver was given a conditional discharge by Wolverhampton magistrates on tachograph charges after telling them he had a "brilliant" 15-year driving record.
But his employer, haulier A&GM McGarrie from Wolverhampton, was fined a total of £500 with £200 costs for similar offences.
Driver Simon Farr from Cannock, Staffordshire, wiped tears from his eyes as he was told he would only have to pay £200 costs after admitting seven charges of failing to use a tachograph and one count of making a false record.
McGarrie had admitted three charges of failing to produce a tachograph record. David James, prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, told the magistrates that a total of 319km were found to be missing from Farr's dri ving records when checks were carried out on his 38-tonne attic during a check in Staffordshire.
Michael Carless, defending, said that Farr had made the mistake of not continuing to use his tachograph when driving from McGarrie's base to his home at Cannock at the end of a day's work. These distances, he added, accounted for the missing 319km over several days.
"The Freight Transport regu lations stipulate that a c must use the tachograph he reaches home," Carless. He stressed that had an unsullied driving CE dating back some 15 year McGarrie, and because o be deserved lobe given a c tional discharge.
One of the magistrateE Farr: "We are going to give conditional discharge after sidering your driving rec