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Courts reject ignorance as defence in licence cases
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BEING CAUGHT without the right licence has cost two drivers a total of £6(X) in fines and costs.
Mark Elliott, of Lowry Road, Dagenham, pleaded guilty before Bexley magistrates to driving a 7500kg vehicle without a Cl licence.
Anthony Ostrin, prosecuting for VOSA, said a 7,500kg goods vehicle laden with scaffolding and driven by Elliott was stopped in a roadside check. DVLA records revealed that Elliott did not hold the Cl licence needed for that class of vehicle.
Elliott said he did not realise he needed a Cl classification, maintaining that his employer had said that his ordinary car driving licence was adequate in the circumstances.
Elliott was fined £200 with £150 costs and his licence was endorsed with three points.
Leslie Wallis. of Longham Copse, Downswood, Maidstone, pleaded guilty before the Marylebone magistrates to driving a vehicle on a road without the right licence.
Ostrin told the court that Wallis was driving a two axlcd rigid towing a large two-axle trailer with an aggregate weight of 10.100kg, which was stopped in a roadside check. His licence only entitled him to drive vehicles with a trailer combination not exceeding a weight of 8,250kg.
Wallis told the court that he had held a licence for more than 40 years and could not understand why he could not drive the combination when he could do so 40 years ago.
He was fined €150 with:I:100 costs.