Truck inspection ahead of Mother’s Day revealed fraud and serious violations

The Eastern Heavy Vehicle Centre of Mid and West Zealand Police carried out a targeted inspection of trucks on the South Motorway on Thursday and Friday ahead of Mother’s Day. The inspection particularly focused on trucks arriving from the south carrying flowers.

The operation uncovered a number of serious violations, and three trucks were ordered to stop further driving either to undergo repairs or because substantial fines had to be paid.

On the way to the inspection site, traffic police already stopped a motorcyclist who was measured travelling at 184 kilometres per hour.

On the first day of the inspection, violations were found in eight out of 12 inspected trucks.

In four cases, police discovered manipulation of the trucks’ tachographs, allowing the vehicles to drive significantly faster than the permitted speed limit of 90 kilometres per hour.

In addition, violations of driving and rest time regulations were recorded in three cases, two of which were described as serious. Two drivers had also failed to use their driver cards in the tachographs.

In one of the cases, a driver had allegedly misused another person’s driver card on several occasions. The case involves multiple violations of criminal law, and the driver risks a fine of around DKK 270,000.

On Friday, police discovered further violations while returning from the inspection.

One case involved a horse transport vehicle with incorrect use of the tachograph, which had also not been updated to the latest required version.

In the second case, a driver had driven without a driver card in the tachograph and subsequently manually registered rest periods, even though police said he had been driving for several hours. This case could also result in a substantial fine.

Police stated that the trucks inspected on Thursday mainly belonged to foreign haulage companies, while the two cases on Friday involved Danish vehicles.

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