FROM THE POSTBAG A Northern reader asks whether it is
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a legal requirement to paint the unladen weight and name and address of the operator on all goods vehicles.
It is a common misapprehension that the name and address of the operator must be painted on all goods vehicles. Whilst there are specific requirements in connection with the sale of milk. ice cream and foodstuffs from vehicles requiring such identifiLation, there is no general requirement applicable to all goods vehicles.
As laid down in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations, 1963, the unladen weight of a vehicle must be painted or otherwise clearly indicated on the nearside of locomotives, motor tractors and heavy motorcars, and on trailers with overrun brakes. Because the definition of a heavy motorcar includes goods vehicles with an unladen weight exceeding 3 tons, it follows that below this weight such identification is not legally necessary.