Issue date: 13-19 Oct Correspondent: Dave Stride Occupation: Road haulier
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Subject: Court notification of decisions i/ t seems reasonable to expect that if you're unfortunate to fall foul of the
law and are prosecuted in a Magistrate's Court then as a matter of course you should be told the result." One of Stride's truck was caught with an overloaded trailer axle and being an absolute offence his company pleaded guilty by post, offering
mitigation in the process. The court gave Stride and his driver an absolute discharge—but failed to notify either. "The Western Traffic Authority, however, who issues my 0-licence merely have notification that I've been prosecuted for an overloading offence with no record of the outcome. I can't help thinking that if the case had resulted in a massive fine the courts would have sent somebody round by now."