Overloaded and not rested
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Hours and overloading offences led to Erith-based driver William Sullivan being ordered to pay 1,500 in fines and costs by the Barking magistrates.
Sullivan, who failed to appear in court, was accused of four offences of taking insufficient daily rest, one offence of taking insufficient weekly rest and one of exceeding the per m tted weight of the first axle.
Prosecuting for the Vehicle Inspectorate, Anthony Ostrin said that in October 2000 a vehicle driven by Sullivan was stopped in roadside check. When Sullivan produced his tachograph records it was noted that the longest continuous rest was 6hr 59min on the first chart.
Examination of further charts showed two rests of only 6hr 35min and one of Ahr 20min. Sullivan had also driven for six consecutive days without taking a weekly rest period.
When the vehicle was weighed, it was seen that the maximum permitted first axle weight of /,100k had been exceeded by 820kg, an overload of some11.5%.
The magistrates fined Sullivan E1,400 and ordered him to pay £100 costs.