Roadside Parking . by Lorries Criticized
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'T'HE practice of lorry drivers stopping 1 for rests on the edge of the road rather than in lay-bys was criticized by Mr. E. Marsharn, defending John Parkin, a Sheffield lorry driver, Who admitted careless driving at Darlington on Monday.
It was stated that Parkin had collided with a parked lorry at dawn, causing a third lorry. to crash into the rear of his own lorry and trailer. In a statement, Parkin wrote that he could remember little of the accident, but there was no question of his falling asleep.
• Mr. Marsham suggested that apart from the parking practice, the triple impact was probably caused by bad light. Parkin was fined £8, with £15 16s. costs.
OPERATORS CONTRIBUTE TO BRIDGE WORKS
'TO avoid having to stop. five of theif I services in the Barrow Hill area, East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., have con-" tributed largelyto the cost .of raising a bridge on Works Rciad, Barrow Hill, by 1 ft. 6 in. The bridge formerly gave a clearance of 9 ft. 6 in., which was too low for the latest types of single-decker, 10 ft. 3 in. high.