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Police back London ban
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• Police in London have started to enforce the Lorry Ban for the first time since it was introduced in February 1986. On Tuesday 6 June at Woolwich Road, Greenwich three traffic officers from Catford accompanied two members of the Lorry Ban enforcement team in a dawn swoop on operators.
A total of 53 vehicles were stopped in the 45-minute operation, and a spokesman for the LBTC says about 10 drivers are likely to be prosecuted under the Greater London (Restriction of Goods Vehicles) Traffic Order 1985.
Pete Broadbent, chairman of the London Boroughs Transport Committee, says: "Police officers and our own team of enforcement officers working together will be a regular sight around London."
One of the stopped drivers, T Telfer of Flitwick in Bedfordshire, was fined 250 with 225 costs on Monday by Chelsea magistrates. Teller, who works for AS Fensone, pleaded guilty by post.
Until now, the police have refused to enforce the ban because they claimed it was not properly signposted. Now Scotland Yard says: "We are not actively changing our policy on the ban, but we are-lending officers to support the LBTS who are increasing their own enforcement levels." The police say the signing of the Lorry Ban has been improved.
The Freight Transport Association agrees with the police about the abyssmal state of signing in the past, but says that in some parts of London the signing is now right: "The ban is a legal binding traffic order and we have always told members to comply with the law and get permits, that is not to say, however, that we are not against the ban," it says. 1:1 When fitting air brake silencer kits to heavy lorries, as required under the London Lorry Ban, manufacturers should be consulted and regular maintenance is vital, says Transport Minister Peter Bottomley.
Bottomley also warns operators to check that their insurance policies are not invalidated by any modifications made to comply with the ban.