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Rubbish driving by bin men ends in fine
THE DRIVERS OF two refuse lorries were ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £576 after they pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court to careless driving.
The vehicles had collided with each other while on the way back to their depot.
The court was told that the lorry driven by Gary Wolstenholme of Llandudno embedded itself into the cab of the truck driven by Alan Bond of !Unmet Bay, trapping him inside. Bond had to be cut free by fire fighters.
Prosecuting, Elen Owen alleged both men were driving too close to each other and too fast as they returned to their Mochdre depot.
She said they had been working for private contractors in the Abergele area in September last year. They were returning to base when Wolstenholme's lorry collided with a private car that was waiting to turn right at a junction in Llandulas.
Wolstenholme failed to see the car in time and he jumped on the brakes to try to avoid an impact.
Bond was travelling about 15 yards behind and he ran into the back of Wolstenholme's vehicle. There was very little he could have done due to the speed and closeness of the vehicles.
Tachograph records indicated the first lorry was travelling at 52mph and the second at 55 mph.
Karl Scholz, for Wolstenholme, said he had been concentrating on a bus in a bus stop to his left at the approach to the junction where there was also a brow of a hill and a bend. When he looked ahead again he saw the car waiting to turn right and it was too late to avoid an impact, The speeds suggested were not accepted.
Brian Treadwell, for Bond. said he accepted he was travelling too close and couldn't stop in time.
Recorder Lord Kingsland QC fined Wolstenholme £276 and Bond £180. Both men were ordered to pay £60 towards the cost of the prosecution and had their driving licences endorsed with six points.