Fine for haulage company over driver' hours

Patrick Bradley Limited, a Londonderry haulage company, has been fined over £1,500 for 15 charges relating to tachograph and drivers hours offences.

Enforcement Officers of the Driver and Vehicle Agency carried out a targeted investigation into the operation of vehicles by the company, who were requested to produce drivers’ hours records for analysis. On examination of these, several offences were noted.

The company was convicted at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court and fined £100 each for the following offences:

• one count of failing to produce record sheets;
• two counts of failing to carry out regular checks;
• one count of failing to organise driver’s work;
• three counts of causing or permitting the failure to record data; and
• eight counts of employing drivers while there were infringements relating to daily and weekly rest.

For more information, see the:

• Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 1996/145.