Poor Tachograph compliance and monitoring is marked by a 14 day suspension and curtailment by 1 vehicle at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry

When a driver was found to have pulled his tachograph card at a DVSA check, Murray Oliver provided
representation at the Public Inquiry. The problem had not been identified by the Transport Manager because the
digital data from the vehicles was not being reviewed and acted upon. At the inquiry the operator was able to
demonstrate that it had acted to improve monitoring and the relationship that it had with its transport manager to
prove that it was an operator that could be trusted to be compliant in the future. The failings were considered to be
serious in this case but the Traffic Commissioner marked this with an immediate suspension of the entire fleet for
14 days and an overall reduction to 2 vehicles from 3 to allow the opportunity for the operator to prove that the
steps they had taken to improve compliance were effective.