Juddian, no need for Dvsa to check their vehicles, they can find out with the paper trail and Anpr on most roads.
Paper trail, driver is on cctv at the fuel station buying ■■■■ and ten litres of Red Bull, the card transaction is available from the bank.
Cctv footage at shopping malls and hotels to time link delivery times to match up to what tacho mode was selected while working .
Asking customers what the times were .
This was the fall of Boyles transport Ireland, the two brothers got five years jail each for tacho fraud, and have to pay back what they earned from a court order.
Drivers running to Europe on 21 hour shifts with no rest breaks .Non stop .
Then binning the whole tacho head, to put a new one .
I think the question that the OP asks is very person specific and there is not a one size fits all answer.
It all depends on what you are looking to get out of the job regards pay,work/life balance and that all important experience that every newbie desires.The most important thing is that the OP has options and that is never a bad thing.
I would just go with my nose and if things don’t suit look for alternative employment whilst gaining the previously mentioned experience.
Evil8Beezle:
kyk:
Evil8Beezle:
You don’t see my praising the hours or the pay though, so I’m not positive about everything!I’ve noticed you regularly doing 13-15h shifts, Multi-Drop, pallet trucking 900kg pallets via tail lift and smiling day in day out, hence discussion about being sane…
Some while back, and I make no defense on the hours, as a few days WERE like that. But nowhere near the slog I KNOW for a fact, other relative Newbie drivers on here are doing! Lets also not forget, I was earning a lot more than the FTW’s on that gig, etc. So I’m sorry but i won’t knock it, I did OK out of it and got my initial Class 1 experience there, so yes I’m grateful! I’ve just come off an even better gig, but I don’t feel the need, or see the professionalism in discussing the details of that…
Wrong thread mate, it should be here!
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=136197 
nunners:
Hey all,So I passed my LGV 2 at beginning of March and have just secured my first bit of work. I accepted one job as a removals driver/worker then got offered another job at Brakes via agency delivering to restaurants hotels etc. As it is said yes to both jobs as couldn’t decide on either so need to cancel one off, which I feel rather bad about regardless. Really can’t decide what to do :-S.
Any thoughts please enlighten me, neither is perhaps my ideal role, and not so sure about all the heavy lifting and labour in removals, though Brakes is by no means an easy job perhaps will be more driving and better experience.
In all honesty, something attracts me to the removals work, especially if it’s a fair bit of long distance involved with the bigger trucks.
Sorry if this is posted in wrong forum section, just noticed there is a new drivers section also.
Not done either (although I’ve done palletised frozen multi drop).
Removals will probably be 1 or 2 drops,working with others,bit of banter etc;Brakes will be 20-30 possibly,all on your Jack 
…do the math 