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Davison and driver fined

19th April 1990, Page 20
19th April 1990
Page 20
Page 20, 19th April 1990 — Davison and driver fined
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• A series of offences while using a 7.5-tonne vehicle cost Leigh operator Brian Davison and one of his drivers .€627.50 in fines, costs and back-duty when they appeared before Stafford

Davison of Dunham Grove, Leigh, admitted two overloading offences, driving for 41/2 hours without the required break and taking insufficient daily rest. He denied using the vehicle without an excise licence. Driver Richard Knight, of Maypole Crescent, Leigh, admitted axle and gross overloads.

The magistrates convicted Davison of the excise licence offence. They fined him a total of £450 and ordered him to pay £32.50 back-duty and VO costs. Knight was fined £40 with £35 prosecution costs.