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May 20, 2011

FINES * Belgium - 36 of 37 tachograph infringements were committed by foreign drivers

Brussels,Belgium -Truck & Business, by Claude Yvens -6 May 2011: -- The Federal Highway Police held yesterday evening a huge operation to control the tachograph on and around the Ring of Brussels. 37 cases of fraud were recorded on 93 vehicles tested, but 36 cases of fraud were committed by foreign drivers ... (Image from imustbe.be: An european truck driver)

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May 18, 2011

FINES * China - Raising funds by fining truck drivers

Traffic cops  collecting millions of yuan in fines to help pay themselves salaries and bonuses

Beijing,China -China Central Television (CCTV) / Global Times, by Fu Wen -May 16 2011: -- Traffic cops in a remote, poverty-stricken county of Northeast China have been collecting millions of yuan in fines to help pay themselves salaries and bonuses, reported Friday... The traffic administration of Lindian county, Heilongjiang Province, reportedly handed in 3 million yuan ($461,630) in fines to local government in 2010... "Only 19 out of my 40 officiers are paid from the county's public finances," former director Yao Binhai said. "By fining more trucks, I can pay the rest of the officers". All the fines were submitted to the county's financial department, Yao said, "and they give us 60 percent back" ... Half the fines came from truck drivers who forgot their operating permits, a 20 to 200 yuan fine according to national regulations. Each and every truck driver was fined 200 yuan, the report said... Yao was arrested for economic crimes in February, according to Li Gang, a deputy chief of Lindian county... Li also claimed the county government did not always return fines as financial support, but instead approved a set amount in the annual fiscal budget every year...  (Image from cdn.wn: A Chinese paramilitary officer, right, looks on a Chinese truck)

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Sep 8, 2009

TRUCKERS' FINES * UK - VOSA takes £500,000 in fixed penalty fines

London,UK -Road Transport -8 September 2009: -- VOSA has collected more than £500,000 in deposit payments during the first quarter of its Graduated Fixed Penalties (GFP) scheme, and has seized 800 vehicles... A total of 11,000 GFPs have been issued since 28 May - of these, 60% were given to drivers of non-UK vehicles... Fines range from £30 to £200 per offence, including overloading and mechanical defects... Where a driver is unable to provide a satisafactory UK address, full payment is taken immediately as a deposit...

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Aug 5, 2009

Unconscionable trucker * UK - £200 fine for smoking trucker

Halton Council,Cheshire,UK -HGV (UK) -August 4, 2009: -- A truck driver who claimed that he was smoking an “electric” cigarette has failed in his bid to have a smoking fine overturned... Chris Minihan was spotted by Halton Council officials smoking in the cab of his tanker, flicking the ash out the window, before discarding the butt of the cigarette... Minihan received a fixed penalty notice, but took the case to Runcorm Magistrates, where he produced a “Gamucci” electric cigarette, which glows at the tip, and gives off “smoke” which is created by steam... Minihan demonstrated his electric cigarette to the court, but his claim was rejected and he was hit with a £200 fine... (Picture from likecool: Gamucci-Electronic-Cigarette)

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