Heavy mob' rucks keep louring in
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ARLY 10 per cent of the [Ids vehicles checked by the partMent of the Environment they landed in Britain at t Kent and Sussex ports were iously overweight.
It was revealed in the Commis last week that of the ;13 vehicles weighed by DOE aminers during 1975 some 1 were prohibited for "seris infringement of United ngdom weight limits."
This news comes only three eks after Kent County Coun's consumer protection officer trned that the authorities :re so hard pressed that they a almost powerless to stop the "heavy mob." (CM June 11).
And he claimed that hundreds of overweight trucks were landing illegally in Britain every day.
Mr Kenneth Marks, Under Secretary DoE, said in the Commons that precise statistics of incoming goods vehicles were not available, but overall checks were estimated broadly to cover 10-15 per cent.
There were weighing facilities at the ports of Sheerness, Dover, Folkestone and Newhaven. Checks on port traffic were also carried out at inland sites adjacent to the A2 at Canterbury, the A20 at Folkestone and the A27 near Lewes.