A MAN HAS been arrested by Gardaí for using a magnet to create false records in a heavy goods vehicle.
He was taken to Store Street Garda Station and charged with dangerous driving.
Magnets can compromise the breaking and suspension of a modern lorry, which means that drivers can be in breach of road safety rules.
The arrest was carried out as part of a cross-border operation which focused on “tachograph manipulations”, or the falsification of speed/distance measurements in vehicles.
Gardaí from the Commercial Vehicle Unit, along with Road Safety Authority (RSA) officers and members of the Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland identified a number of targets who were later intercepted at Dublin Port last night.
One driver was found to be using a digicard belonging to another person; prosecution by the RSA is to follow.
An articulated lorry with no insurance was seized by Gardaí under Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act.
A vehicle was also detained as its Certificate of Roadworthiness had expired in November 2017.
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