A livestock transporter too high
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MI The partners in Carlisle livestock haulier T Bell & Sons, and one of the firm's drivers, have been convicted of a weight offence because the semi-trailer of one of their livestock transporters was four inches too high.
Partners Mark and Ian Bell. and their driver Robert Goode, denied using an artic in excess of 32 tonnes gross, contrary to Regulation 9 of the Construction and Use Regulations, before Llangollen magistrates.
Clwyd Trading Standards officers argued that because the semi-trailer of the 38-tonne artic exceeded 4.2m in height it was restricted to 32 tonnes.
The court was told that it was an offence under Regulation 9 for an artic to exceed 32,520kg if the semi-trailer was more than 4.2m from the ground when the vehicle was on level ground.
When measured, the height of the transporter was found to be 4.29m.
Defending, Gary Hodgson argued that Regulation 9 was never intended to create a weight offence.
Mark and Ian Bell were each fined £200 and Goode was fined 100.