LA hears of 13 overload convictions, decision reserved
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• Thirteen convictions for overloading during the period 1970-1972 brought J. Wyatt Jur (Haulage) Ltd of Diss, Norfolk, before the Eastern LA, Mr H. E. Robson, under Section 69 on Tuesday.
Traffic examiner Mr Kenneth Potter referred to a history of convictions in magistrates courts and said that in two cases the overload amounted to more than 30 per cent of the permitted weight of 32 tons. In these cases in Bootle, Lanes, the company had been convicted of carrying excess weights of 12 tons, 11 tons 7cwt and 7 tons 8cwt. There had been convictions in Great Yarmouth of exceeding the permitted weight by 7 tons 2cwt and 6 tons 16cwt. In these cases the vehicles had passed three weighbridges before being stopped by traffic examiners.
For the company the general manager, Mr James McClusky, agreed that his company had been called to a public inquiry in 1972 when assurances were given that there would be tightening of procedures to prevent future overloading. Mr McClusky said that since the inquiry there were just two occasions when they had been in trouble for overloading.
Continuing Mr McClusky said that 72 per cent of his fleet mileage was done in Ireland and on the Continent where heavier weights were permitted. He took all reasonable care to see that vehicles did not use UK roads at over the 32 ton limit, he said.
The LA reserved his decision when Mr McClusky offered to produce evidence of weighbridge checks made since the 1971 inquiry.