Question for Geebee45

We’re in a Credit Crunch. At a going rate of 5K, you’re definately on your own. :smiley:

geebee45:
Short answer, Yes, particularly if done repeatedly. The Good Book says that you are prohibited from further driving and reported for summons.

Even though it might be a ‘continuing’ offence.

Travelling down a road at speed x when the limit is y, and trigger a handful of cameras (on that same road), then there is a valid argument that a ‘continuous’ offence has been committed, and the criteria as to whether a prosecution should follow (or not), and any penalty that follows, should reflect only one of those trangressions.

We are talking here of Start and Finish locations. For the majority of us that will be the UK. There is no other option to select (until we rebuild that ■■■■ wall between us and Scotland. :unamused: ) So why should it be such an issue?

I’m sorry to say that the musings of the ‘Good Book’ merely serve the enhance the animosity that the public (in general) feel towards Authority, and is a hangover from the “B’liarite” days when performance HAD (and still does) need to be measured in numbers.

HARD targets involve time and money and, whilst maybe making headlines, only count in single figures (in the Annual stats). Soft targets, on the other hand, are easy prey and bump the numbers up.

I’m not having a go at VOSA. - much. :smiley: It’s more of a Political rant. That in the clamour of politicians to have themselves viewed as more accountable to the populace, they have achieved the directly opposite effect.

Oh for the days when we could simply ‘batter heads’ and ‘kick arses’ in some dark alleyway, over some minor indisrection, rather than generate a mountain of paperwork, from which, the Legal Profession, feather they’re (rather expensive) nests. :unamused: :unamused:

Mike-C:

geebee45:
It may be easier to leave the card in the VU the whole time. If you do, remember to to enter ‘start / finish locations’ each day (accessible via the menu) .

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I leave mine in when i’m away tramping, but i’ve not been entering start and finish locations. I just park and put it on rest. Am i likeley to flag up infringements for this or get into trouble for it?

hang on a minute,im confused(doesnt take a lot i know).
whats this about entering “start locations"please explain.
i put mine in of a morning,count that as immidiate duty time,and do my days work.then at the end of shift,after paperwork finished etc,i eject card(but leave it in slot)and change the mode to rest,hopefully it counts then my daily rest period.
am i doing something wrong? :blush: :blush:
if thats the bit where it says"uk”,i ok that,by the way.

buck73:

Mike-C:

geebee45:
It may be easier to leave the card in the VU the whole time. If you do, remember to to enter ‘start / finish locations’ each day (accessible via the menu) .

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I leave mine in when i’m away tramping, but i’ve not been entering start and finish locations. I just park and put it on rest. Am i likeley to flag up infringements for this or get into trouble for it?

hang on a minute,im confused(doesnt take a lot i know).
whats this about entering “start locations"please explain.
i put mine in of a morning,count that as immidiate duty time,and do my days work.then at the end of shift,after paperwork finished etc,i eject card(but leave it in slot)and change the mode to rest,hopefully it counts then my daily rest period.
am i doing something wrong? :blush: :blush:
if thats the bit where it says"uk”,i ok that,by the way.

It is the bit where it says UK and you ok that, then you are entering start location.

In Lucy’s post above she said.

Besides which, if I was on the Continent it would be in all the time, in fact I may well start doing that anyway…

I do exactly the opposite for the reason you asked about.

When i park up, I do my paperwork, let the turbo spin down, light the stove for a brew and then eject the card. Because i do this it asks me “Location” & “Make Manual Entry?” The same thing happens in the morning.

So if I eject it I dont forget to scroll down for the country I am camping in that evening.

I am frightened that if I left the card in the slot. I may forget to select the correct mode or more importantly select the location.

phew,thanks for that,i got a bit of a panic on there. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:
p.s.geebee45,if your reading this,i have sent you a pm,thanks.

Had another tachograph course last week. The guy told us to leave the card in when overnighting. We need to enter finish and start locations though don’t we, i said. No just leave it in and put it on break. I was tempted to say i read on the internet …but i thought better of it. Sometimes you have to admit defeat and just give up !! I’m still taking mine out nightly though :slight_smile:

Mike-C:
Had another tachograph course last week. The guy told us to leave the card in when overnighting. We need to enter finish and start locations though don’t we,

You can enter start and finish locations and leave the card in.

Coffeeholic:

Mike-C:
Had another tachograph course last week. The guy told us to leave the card in when overnighting. We need to enter finish and start locations though don’t we,

You can enter start and finish locations and leave the card in.

Yeah i now know that. Its just when i asked him he said we didn’t need to as we only do UK work !!! To be honest i wasn’t about to get up in a room full and argue the toss with him saying …‘i read on the internet’ .That would of went down as well as saying a guy in the pub told me. When i did query it with him later he just said well just enter the start and finish location in then if you need to !!Doh !! He’d already told everyone to leave their cards in, no mention of entering locations to them. I just eject mine, i wouldn’t rely on myself to enter locations otherwise. it forces me to do it.