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A GROSS OVERLOAD has cost an Essex operator and one of its drivers £2,350 in fines and costs.
Little Tey-based Witham Plant Hire (Rivenhall) pleaded guilty to the offence before Ipswich Magistrates and was fined £2,000 with £150 costs. Driver Robert 1 lalmer of Braintree was also fined £150 with £150 costs.
Prosecuting for Suffolk County Council Thading Standards, Nargis Sultan said that an ERF five-axled artic carrying grain was stopped ir a check and weighed. The vehick was found to be a massive 6,620k1 over its plated weight of 40 tonnes Peter Westcott, road traffic enforcement officer, says: "Thi! was a serious overload and wa: detected during our ongoing weigh enforcement checks in the county We appreciate the support oi Ipswich Magistrates who impose( this heavy line, which reflected thc seriousness of the offence."