being fined 1300.
17th March 1994, Page 19
17th March 1994
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— being fined 1300.
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In a third court, a prosecution for overloading an axle by 900kg, while the vehicle was some 600kg inside its allowable gross weight, resulted in a fine of £750 being imposed.
It would seem that the overloading of an axle is a more serious offence than causing a death.
I do not consider for one moment that any LA would agree with that conclusion.
It is time for vindictiveness in our courts to be replaced by considered common sense, JD Barber, Oughtibridge, Sheffield,
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