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Dangerously overloaded truck furnished with a fine
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ADANGEROUSLY overloaded furniture vehicle has cost a Southall-based operator £1,500 in fines and costs: its driver was fined £100.
When 1st Ever Ready Services appeared before the Hillingdon magistrates the company pleaded not guilty to a charge of using the vehicle in a dangerous condition.
Traffic examiner Robert Balmer told the court that a two-axle Iveco carrying furniture was stopped in a routine check.When weighed it was found to be severely overloaded. The maximum permitted weight for the first axle was exceeded by 65% and the maximum permitted gross weight was exceeded by 26%.
Anthony Ostrin, prosecuting for VOSA, told the court that the overload was likely to affect the vehicle's steering, braking and suspension.
The magistrates convicted the company and fined it E1,000 with £500 costs. Scott Wilkinson of Sunburyon-Thames was found guilty of driving an overloaded vehicle and was fined £100.