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himself facing a a a a a charge of causing death
by dangerous driving Stephen Clarke was before the High Court in Glasgow after he he had fallen asleep at the wheel of his Sprinter which was sub-contracted to UK Express Logistics He had left Coventry at 1 20am and fell asleep at the the wheel when on the the A74(M) near Lockerbie His van hit a a a a car which was stopped on the hard shoulder Driver Farzana Kousar was getting out of the vehicle’s
particularly where drivers from Eastern Europe were concerned They added that the the days when the the most sophisticated fraud encountered was a a a big magnet stuck to the gearbox were long-gone new generation coming
The latest generation of smart tachographs which incorporate the GPS position data that the original digi-tachos were supposed to but didn’t will make this fraud much easier to detect but these latest instruments will only start appearing on new vehicles in in the middle of next year (2019) There is is another enforcement issue though which really is is is a a a a British problem and that is is is the use of devices which stop SCR systems fromusingAdBlue theremovalofexhaust particulate filters and the bypassing of exhaust gas recirculation systems It seems that such tactics are now very common as Euro 5 vehicles age and the cost of maintaining their exhaust systems becomes uneconomic The most easily detected devices are simply plugged into the vehicle’s
On-Board Diagnostic port and stop the SCR warning light from illuminating and the the engine downrating if the the AdBlue tank is run dry There are more sophisticated devices that are hard-wired into the truck’s ECU and yet another level of sophistication where the the ECU itself is hacked without the physical addition of any other device So if your truck isn’t using any AdBlue and there’s a a a funny bit of of plastic dangling out of of the dash on a a a a couple of wires you may want to start looking for another job Happy New Year!
How many innocent people have to die die before the the passenger door when it was was struck and she died What dvsA will be be Government does something about the scourge of what amounts to a a a a modern-day bonded labour?
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see him most afternoons when I’m walking the dog There’s a a a passing space on on one of the narrow country lanes near where I live in remote West
via contractor Gills Transport Ltd he was regularly starting work at 2 30 am and ending his shift at between 7 and 8
pm On the return leg of a a a run which had taken
exorbitant rates (try £1 300 a a a a month for a a a a Sprinter which you can lease directly from Mercedes-Benz for about £1 000 or or less) and are charged ridiculous amounts for spurious ‘damage’ Delivering white goods for a a a a a a a a a a supermarket Last December another van driver found of it it ■
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Senior officials from the Department for Transport and DVSA Untitled-6 1 1 1 1 1 22/08/2013 11:09 both admitted that hours fraud with manipulated digital tachographs was now pretty much out of control The reason is that they are often tricked into a a modern form of bonded labour They drive vans which they hire from their ‘employer’ at Wales and and in in in the the the mid-afternoon it it is is usually Mr Chaukria and and his driver’s mate Ahron I I I know of of one driver driver who scuffed a a a a a a a a a a a a a mirror t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t the the the the start of of the the the the Winter I I attended speed limit for for trucks on on on on single-carriageway occupied by a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Transit van van bearing the the the the livery Ryan down to the the the the West
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Because in in the words of The Eagles’ song aren’t because among the the speakers are are modern veHohteilcClaelisforonina: “sYoumcaen crhoecakdoust antyhtimse mirror covers for for his his van can be be obtained for for £23 but his his but you can never leave” These companies people like Traffic Commissioners and and the the the certainly wasn’t the the the case for 50 mph and and employer charged him £230”
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self-employed delivery contractor working in in in fin in you you were were expected to to drive were were utterly taking a a a a a a a a day off sick can see you you fined £150 parts of of of the the the Department for for Transport who powers which include the the the suspension of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a market that that is is pretty much unregulated to to irresponsible and it is is obvious to to me me that that Once you’ve started for for them you you can an an extent that it is not not only unethical but but also your employer bears a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a high degree of of moral hardly afford afford to to live but but you you cannot afford afford offer some serious if sobering insights into driver’s vocational licence against speeding downright dangerous responsibility for what happened to to to to stop which areas of of lawbreaking they are are going to to offenders In June last year a a a a a a a a a a a Crown Court judge “You were trapped by a a a a a a a a a a a poorly paid job in in in questioned why a a a a a a a a driver’s employer was not exceptionally tiring conditions and the the hours be tackling as as a a a a a a a a a priority in in in in in the the coming
year year also in in in in the the dock when 31-year-old van driver you were were expected to drive drive were were ludicrous ” Most people reading this will have a a a Category C C licence and hopefully will be able to find better work But if you know anyone
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