Rogue driver arrested in NSW operation A TRUCKIE disqualified from driving until 2038 has been arrested and charged by police for allegedly using fake names, having a fake driver's licence and possessing amphetamines. He was netted in a two-day heavy vehicle enforcement operation on the Barton Highway on the NSW/ACT border, with truck drivers subjected to drug and alcohol tests and vehicles undergoing inspections. The disqualified driver was charged with not carrying a work diary, driving while disqualified, possessing a fraudulent licence and possessing a prohibited drug. Police conducted about 300 breath and drug tests, resulting in five positive drug samples. Forty-five heavy vehicles were inspected, with 44 defect notices and 27 traffic infringement notices issued. The also found nine drivers had removed or tampered with their speed limiters. Superintendent Stuart Smith, Commander of Operations at the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, said removing unsafe vehicles, dangerous goods and rogue truck drivers from the roads remains a major priority. Tampering with a speed limiter can allow a truck "to travel well in excess of the speed limit; in effect, the truck becomes a dangerous weapon," he said in a statement. There is no place in the trucking industry for drivers who shirk responsibility, fail to keep their vehicles roadworthy and put the lives of other motorists at risk.