{"id":499,"date":"2008-10-30T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.aideautomotive.com\/?p=499"},"modified":"2008-10-30T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T10:44:17","slug":"company-boss-imprisoned-after-fatal-brake-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aideautomotive.com\/articles\/company-boss-imprisoned-after-fatal-brake-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Boss Imprisoned After Fatal Brake Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BrakeCheck Could Be The Difference Between Life &amp; Death<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The below article is exactly why VOSA recommend decelerometers\u00a0such as \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aideautomotive.com\/2008\/products\/commercial_workshop\/brakecheck.php\">BrakeCheck<\/a>\u00a0to carry out inspection sheet brake tests.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A truck driver who hit and killed a pedestrian when the brakes on his truck failed has been jailed for 12 months and disqualified for two years. Police found the trucks brakes were operating at a 35% efficiency, with 50% being the minimum legal requirement. Paul Duckmonton, the proprietor of CarTrans, was cleared of manslaughter but sentenced to eight months in prison for perverting the cause of justice. Site foreman Terence Gledall was also sentenced to four months in prison.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Article taken from Fleet Safety Forum News.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times; line-height: normal; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BrakeCheck Could Be The Difference Between Life &#038; Death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Company Boss Imprisoned After Fatal Brake Failure - Aide Automotive Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aideautomotive.com\/articles\/company-boss-imprisoned-after-fatal-brake-failure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Company Boss Imprisoned After Fatal Brake Failure - 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