Under the Road Traffic Acts police are empowered to force
2nd September 1993, Page 8
2nd September 1993
Page 8
Page 8, 2nd September 1993
— Under the Road Traffic Acts police are empowered to force
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hauliers to drive to weighbridges—but if the suspect truck has to travel more than five miles to be weighed and is then found to be legal, the operator concerned can claim compensation. The law is very specific on what evidence can be used to convict offenders, and video film alone would not be accepted as evidence. Transport lawyers Stephen Kirkbright (above) and Jonathan Lawton are in favour of the new scheme but both point to potential operational problems. Lawton says if a court were asked to rule on the weight recorded by the machine there would be "very substantial technical problems". And Kirkbright says the law would have to be changed if authorities wanted to make full use of the video system.