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The sender unit is a gearbox sensor that transmits the vehicle motion to the tachograph.
It uses a magnetic effect to sense the motion of a rotating component in the gearbox that has a proportional relationship to wheel rotation.
When the vehicle is in motion that is recorded to the driver's record card in the tachograph.
Drivers can only drive for a certain number of hours and these are examined by DVSA from time-to-time at the roadside.
The sensor will be altered with the addition of what may be termed a by-pass circuit that is, mostly, difficult to detect.
Some operators will have these by-pass circuits fitted and drivers will be on the road for days without rest. I figure large goods vehicles and drivers are expensive to operate, as are aircraft. With aircraft they seldom stay on the ground for long so crews are changed so they can spend the vast majority of their working life in the air where they make money rather than cost money when parked up. Imagine the transport company having a similar idea but who are not willing to invest in a second driver...hey why not by-pass the tachograph and top the driver up with drugs to keep him awake? Why not indeed!
The driver turns the by-pass on and off to manipulate the driving record.
A 10-year ban is perhaps not long enough. Good to see the swift way it was dealt with though.
It uses a magnetic effect to sense the motion of a rotating component in the gearbox that has a proportional relationship to wheel rotation.
When the vehicle is in motion that is recorded to the driver's record card in the tachograph.
Drivers can only drive for a certain number of hours and these are examined by DVSA from time-to-time at the roadside.
The sensor will be altered with the addition of what may be termed a by-pass circuit that is, mostly, difficult to detect.
Some operators will have these by-pass circuits fitted and drivers will be on the road for days without rest. I figure large goods vehicles and drivers are expensive to operate, as are aircraft. With aircraft they seldom stay on the ground for long so crews are changed so they can spend the vast majority of their working life in the air where they make money rather than cost money when parked up. Imagine the transport company having a similar idea but who are not willing to invest in a second driver...hey why not by-pass the tachograph and top the driver up with drugs to keep him awake? Why not indeed!
The driver turns the by-pass on and off to manipulate the driving record.
A 10-year ban is perhaps not long enough. Good to see the swift way it was dealt with though.
ghe13rte said:
The sender unit is a gearbox sensor that transmits the vehicle motion to the tachograph.
It uses a magnetic effect to sense the motion of a rotating component in the gearbox that has a proportional relationship to wheel rotation.
When the vehicle is in motion that is recorded to the driver's record card in the tachograph.
Drivers can only drive for a certain number of hours and these are examined by DVSA from time-to-time at the roadside.
The sensor will be altered with the addition of what may be termed a by-pass circuit that is, mostly, difficult to detect.
Some operators will have these by-pass circuits fitted and drivers will be on the road for days without rest. I figure large goods vehicles and drivers are expensive to operate, as are aircraft. With aircraft they seldom stay on the ground for long so crews are changed so they can spend the vast majority of their working life in the air where they make money rather than cost money when parked up. Imagine the transport company having a similar idea but who are not willing to invest in a second driver...hey why not by-pass the tachograph and top the driver up with drugs to keep him awake? Why not indeed!
The driver turns the by-pass on and off to manipulate the driving record.
A 10-year ban is perhaps not long enough. Good to see the swift way it was dealt with though.
Thanks for that, most of us wouldn't have a clue what crime has been committed!It uses a magnetic effect to sense the motion of a rotating component in the gearbox that has a proportional relationship to wheel rotation.
When the vehicle is in motion that is recorded to the driver's record card in the tachograph.
Drivers can only drive for a certain number of hours and these are examined by DVSA from time-to-time at the roadside.
The sensor will be altered with the addition of what may be termed a by-pass circuit that is, mostly, difficult to detect.
Some operators will have these by-pass circuits fitted and drivers will be on the road for days without rest. I figure large goods vehicles and drivers are expensive to operate, as are aircraft. With aircraft they seldom stay on the ground for long so crews are changed so they can spend the vast majority of their working life in the air where they make money rather than cost money when parked up. Imagine the transport company having a similar idea but who are not willing to invest in a second driver...hey why not by-pass the tachograph and top the driver up with drugs to keep him awake? Why not indeed!
The driver turns the by-pass on and off to manipulate the driving record.
A 10-year ban is perhaps not long enough. Good to see the swift way it was dealt with though.
Anyone remember the 80's? I guess its a miracle that the human race survived!
Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
Prizam said:
Anyone remember the 80's? I guess its a miracle that the human race survived!
Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
It's 3 separate fraud offence. Not a simple road traffic offence. Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
Prizam said:
Anyone remember the 80's? I guess its a miracle that the human race survived!
Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
Maybe you would have a different view if said driver was off his tits on amphetamine and had just driven a 40-tonner over some of your family. Hey-Ho, what's the point of prevention...why not just lock these guys up after they have killed a dozen people in their quest for a few extra quid. Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
ghe13rte said:
Maybe you would have a different view if said driver was off his tits on amphetamine and had just driven a 40-tonner over some of your family. Hey-Ho, what's the point of prevention...why not just lock these guys up after they have killed a dozen people in their quest for a few extra quid.
Didnt say it was right, i said it was disproportionate and he was being made an example of.Pilots who turn up drunk get less.
Prizam said:
Anyone remember the 80's? I guess its a miracle that the human race survived!
Lots more people died on the roads in the 1980. Increased regulation has helped reduce those deaths. Prizam said:
Coppers tweeting this kind of guff and making a big social media thing out of it, plus the sentencing suggests he has been made one hell of an example of.
How does it fit with the sentencing guidelines? Surely you'd need to know that to conclude whether or not he's been made 'an example of'. Prizam said:
I don't think what he did was a good idea, but banned for 10 years and a jail sentence for trying to make a few extra quid? Seems a little excessive when aggravated burglary seems to get no interest at all.
Aggravated burglary has a rather higher detection rate than 'technical' HGV offences... ghe13rte said:
The sender unit is a gearbox sensor that transmits the vehicle motion to the tachograph.
It uses a magnetic effect to sense the motion of a rotating component in the gearbox that has a proportional relationship to wheel rotation.
When the vehicle is in motion that is recorded to the driver's record card in the tachograph.
Drivers can only drive for a certain number of hours and these are examined by DVSA from time-to-time at the roadside.
The sensor will be altered with the addition of what may be termed a by-pass circuit that is, mostly, difficult to detect.
Some operators will have these by-pass circuits fitted and drivers will be on the road for days without rest. I figure large goods vehicles and drivers are expensive to operate, as are aircraft. With aircraft they seldom stay on the ground for long so crews are changed so they can spend the vast majority of their working life in the air where they make money rather than cost money when parked up. Imagine the transport company having a similar idea but who are not willing to invest in a second driver...hey why not by-pass the tachograph and top the driver up with drugs to keep him awake? Why not indeed!
The driver turns the by-pass on and off to manipulate the driving record.
A 10-year ban is perhaps not long enough. Good to see the swift way it was dealt with though.
Cheers mate didn't know that It uses a magnetic effect to sense the motion of a rotating component in the gearbox that has a proportional relationship to wheel rotation.
When the vehicle is in motion that is recorded to the driver's record card in the tachograph.
Drivers can only drive for a certain number of hours and these are examined by DVSA from time-to-time at the roadside.
The sensor will be altered with the addition of what may be termed a by-pass circuit that is, mostly, difficult to detect.
Some operators will have these by-pass circuits fitted and drivers will be on the road for days without rest. I figure large goods vehicles and drivers are expensive to operate, as are aircraft. With aircraft they seldom stay on the ground for long so crews are changed so they can spend the vast majority of their working life in the air where they make money rather than cost money when parked up. Imagine the transport company having a similar idea but who are not willing to invest in a second driver...hey why not by-pass the tachograph and top the driver up with drugs to keep him awake? Why not indeed!
The driver turns the by-pass on and off to manipulate the driving record.
A 10-year ban is perhaps not long enough. Good to see the swift way it was dealt with though.
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