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    Disgraceful cash grab

    Aug 11, 2021 4 minutes
    Rod Hannifey

    LAST MONTH I went to court for a breach, charged with exceeding six hours’ driving. Now, we all know the way the logbook works. If I started at 8.07pm I must mark my book as starting at 8pm (rounding work up) then if I finished at 2.07am the next day I should then mark the next page as finishing at 2.15am (again rounding work up). So, I have only worked six hours but the book would show I had worked six and a quarter.

    When I was pulled up I had marked the end of the first page at midnight at Euroa showing kilometres,

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