Laois motorist's van tax was 165 days out
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WHEN gardaí stopped a Volkswagen Caddy Van being driven at Ballydavis, Portlaoise, they found the tax on it was out 165 days, the driver was driving without insurance and the van was being driven without a Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness Test (CVRT) disc.
That was the evidence given by garda Ross Foy at last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court when the defendant, John Ging, Lake Gardens, Kilminchy, Portlaoise came before it and pleaded guilty to the offences.
Garda Foy said that when he stopped Mr Ging driving on 13 August on Dublin Road in Ballydavis, Portlaoise, he had told him that he was taking the van for a test drive at the time. He said that he would produce the necessary documents at Portlaoise Garda Station within ten days but failed to do so and the van was seized.
Defending solicitor Josephine Fitzpatrick said that her 40-year-old client had just purchased the van some weeks previously and been insured as a named driver on his wife’s car at the time. She said that he took out his own insurance after he had been stopped by gardaí. She said Mr Ging had paid the fixed charge penalty notice for the expired tax and the only matters before the court were for having no insurance or CVRT disc.
She said Mr Ging had his CVRT test booked and had it tested five days after being stopped by garda Foy.
Judge Andrew Cody convicted the defendant of having no CVRT disc and fined him €250 and for having no insurance he imposed a €750 fine with no disqualification.
