Corporation convicted for overloading
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• A vehicle operated by Birmingham Corporation salvage department was overloaded to such an extent that when its driver, Mr P. Daly, of Solihull, was signalled to stop at a DoE roadside spot-check he had great difficulty in doing so.
This was said by Mr Peter Wiseman, prosecuting on behalf of the West Midland LA at Birmingham magistrates' court last week when both parties pleaded guilty to overloading.
Mr Wiseman told the magistrates that the offence had come to light at Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, on February 1 this year when the vehicle, which was carrying a load of clinker to a corporation tip, was examined and found to be overloaded on the second and third axles by 4 tons 13 cwt.
He added that on being cautioned, Mr Daly said: "I put this load away quick as it was saturated, but I didn't notice any difference from the usual loads".
In his evidence, Mr Daly said that on setting off with the load he had visited the weighbridge but had not waited for a weigh ticket.
Representing Birmingham Corporation, Mr D. J. Roberts said that Mr Daly had "fallen into the bad habit of leaving the weighbridge without his tickets and then collecting them on his last journey". Mr Daly, he said, had been warned that a weigh ticket was required but he had ignored this warning.
Mr Roberts added that the load had become water-logged when a water main had burst at the depot.
The magistrates fined Birmingham Corporation £40 plus £5 advocate's fee, and Mr Daly £15.