Cumberland overloading offences decrease
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• Reporting that 955 vehicles were weight by Cumberland County Council last yei mostly on its weighbridge on A6 betwet Penrith and Carlisle, Mr. L. Wharton, CumbE land chief weights and measures inspect( said that overloading offences had decreas from 33 per cent when the scheme start two years ago to 19 per cent.
"So far as statistics are concerned", said, "this decrease is very satisfactory, h a sobering thought is that of the hundreds goods vehicles which pass through the cour only a small percentage can be checked.
"Although my department cannot affc more time for this work, spot-check weighi has increased because the MoT has col menced weighing laden goods vehicles on new weighbridge at the Carlisle testi station".
The report shows that there were 193 pro: cutions for overloading in 1968, includi some carried over from 1967. Fines totall £2,442, with advocates' fees of £405 a costs of £20.