Axle weigher saves company from penalty
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II As a result of an application for more vehicles, a fleet check was carried out on 3 GB Group Ltd and two delayed GV9s mposed.
Mr Norman Lloyd Edwards, for the :.ornpany, told the deputy South Wales LA hat the two vehicles in question — one )rohibition was for a loose bolt and the )ther for black smoke — were to be re'laced almost at once. And he claimed hat had the company received official lotice of the inspection, the Department would have been informed about the vehicles.
Dealing with a warning letter from the .44 in 1971 concerning overloading, Mr Edwards explained that soon after this, all vehicles were fitted with axle-weighing devices.
Assistant group transport manager Mr John Gibbons said that the Group operated 1300 vehicles. In addition to the axle weighers his company had built in its own device to prevent overloading — when the weigher's red light operated the engine would not start.
The deputy LA, Mr C. Hugh-James said: "I will make no order and express the hope that this firm will not come before the court on similar grounds." He added that the application for additional lorries would stand adjourned.