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Vehicle's 'long-standing defeds'

24th August 2006, Page 34
24th August 2006
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Page 34, 24th August 2006 — Vehicle's 'long-standing defeds'
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cost owner and driver 01000 ENFIELD-BASED Mann Construction, along with one of its drivers, have been ordered to pay fines and costs of more than £3,000 for using a vehicle in a dangerous condition.

The company and the driver—Lee Barker, also from Enfield — both pleaded guilty to the offence. Barking Magistrate's Court was told that a four-axled tipper belonging to Mann and driven by Barker was stoppe. in a roadside check. It was loaded with muck.

When vehicle examiner Keith Barker examined th vehicle, he found that the nearside brakes were nc working on axles three and four, while the nearsid shock absorber on axle three had fractured and WE about to fall off.

The nearside shock absorber on axle two wz insecure and fouling the steering; marks on the shoe absorber indicated this was a long-standing defec The offside shock-absorber mounting was insecure o axle four, and the nearside shock-absorber mountin on axle four was also insecure— both ends were loos and the top mounting had cracked.

Mann Construction was fined £2,000 with £14 costs. Barker was fined £750 with £115 costs, and h licence was endorsed with three points.

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