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Case No. 15017Road traffic offences (tachograph misuse, defective brakes) · Co. Louth · 6 Jan 2025

HGV stopped at Dundalk checkpoint with faulty brakes and misused tachograph card

On 6 January 2025, Dundalk Roads Policing Unit, working with the Road Safety Authority, stopped an HGV at a checkpoint in Dundalk, County Louth. Checks found that no brakes were working on the trailer and that the driver had been using another driver's tachograph card to record driver hours. The vehicle was prohibited from the road, and the driver is to be prosecuted, as reported on 7 January 2025. No arrest, court date or sentence has been reported.

  1. Reported7 Jan
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • The driver had been using another driver's tachograph card to record driver hours.
  • No brakes were working on the trailer.
Where
The HGV was stopped at a checkpoint in Dundalk, County Louth.
When
The stop took place on 6 January 2025, and the incident was reported on 7 January 2025.
Cause
The stop was part of checkpoints run by the Dundalk Roads Policing Unit with the Road Safety Authority.
Weapon
No weapon is mentioned in the reports.
Investigation
Officers examined the HGV at the checkpoint and found the tachograph misuse and the brake defect.
Charges
The driver is to be prosecuted, as reported.
Other details
  • The vehicle was prohibited from using the road.
  • The driver's name, age and nationality are not given in the reports.
5 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe driver had been using another driver's tachograph card to record driver hours. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
  • whereThe HGV was stopped at a checkpoint in Dundalk. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
  • causeNo brakes were working on the trailer. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
  • chargeThe driver will be prosecuted. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
  • otherThe vehicle was prohibited from using the road. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 7 Jan2025
    Reporteddundalkdemocrat.ie, first report
    Dundalk gardaí stop HGV with faulty brakes and fraudulent tachograph use

    Report of a single HGV stop at a Dundalk checkpoint on the day before publication, with the driver's tachograph misuse and the trailer's brake defect.

    suspect