Second driver card
Truck driver cheated on statutory rest periods
A truck driver (30) stopped at the Enns-Süd rest area shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday is said to have used the driver card of a close relative in the digital recording device of his articulated lorry. The man is said to have misused this driver card on a total of eight working days. He was convicted and charged.
The goods transport was a journey from France to Romania, and at the time of the check the 30-year-old Turkish driver had allegedly already been driving the heavy goods vehicle for 31 hours without observing the prescribed rest period. The longest rest period was just over three hours.
Manipulation admitted
The truck driver confessed during questioning by the police. The Turkish driver will now be reported to the Linz public prosecutor's office and the Linz-Land district authority. He must expect a hefty fine.
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