ennford's out-of-spec weighbridge
16th November 1985, Page 5
16th November 1985
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MENU'. from a consultg engineer that the dynamic a le weighbridge on the A38 a Kennford, near Exeter, was t of specification. led to erloading charges being smissed against Joseph I. oyle Transport and one of e company's drivers, by Exeter magistrates.
The company and its driver, Robert C;raham of Chesterfield, denied overloading the second axle of an articulated outfit by 1,300kg — some 12.7 per cent.
Suggestions by the prosecution that overloading could have resulted through rust or lack of maintenance on the vehicle were discounted by consulting engineer Brian Monkhouse of Weightwisc who suggested, with technical data, that the weighbridge was out of specification.