Driver with 4 tachograph offences receives only 4-week suspension at Driver Conduct Hearing

Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this driver before the Traffic Commissioner following a conviction for 4 false record offences. The starting point in false record offences is a 4-week suspension for each offence; this driver therefore faced a starting point of a 16-week suspension.

Millicent was able to persuade the Traffic Commissioner that these 4 offences, all occurring in the same week, could be dealt with as a single course of action. The Traffic Commissioner agreed and imposed a suspension of only 4 weeks.

The Traffic Commissioner deals with false record offences very strictly, and can look more broadly at any offences, even if they have not continued to a conviction. If you have been called in to a Driver Conduct Hearing, get in touch with one of our lawyers today.