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Static use of dynamic axle weighers
With reference to your article "Row over dynamic bridges" (CM 29 Januarv-4 February), I would like to set the record straight over the comment I was alleged to have made about the non-prosecution of small vehicles weighed statically.
We would of course prohibit and prosecute for vehicles found to be overloaded.
However, we would weigh these small vehicles statically only if the local Trading Standards had approved the weighbridge for such use and had issued a certificate to that effect. The weighing would then be carried out in accordance with the Code of Practice for conventional weighbridges.
From my experience Surrey Trading Standards is not alone in weighing small vehicles in accordance with this procedure.
Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire have been weighing small vehicles in this way for more than 10 years.
Chris Broster,
Vehicle Inspectorate, Cambridge.