In recent days, the agents of the Catanzaro traffic police section, engaged in the road surveillance service, They proceeded to check a self -articular that traveled the SS 280 of the two seas. During the checks relating to the document control as well as the data extrapolated from the control device of the driving times and rest of the driver, the agents noticed the anomalies in the recordings of the accelerations and decelerations of the vehicle. Thanks to the professionalism and investigative acumen of the operating staff, a more concealed radio control was found inside the cabin that interfered on the extinguishing of the digital tachigraph while the vehicle was in motion.
The articulated judicial police activity lasted until the following day when the vehicle was taken to a specialized workshop. At the outcome of the investigations carried out, the investigative hypothesis was confirmed, since, inside the dashboard, skillfully hidden, an activation and deactivation of the digital tachigraph operation was found by impulse from manual remote control. The device was removed, seized and placed at the disposal of the competent judicial authority, to which the driver of the autoarticlate was referred for the crime of malicious removal of caution against accidents at work, as well as for having changed without authorization, the safety and control devices. The Traffic Police confirms its constant commitment to guarantee the safety of all road users and to preserve a road environment as much as possible without dangers.