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On-board weigher wasn't used
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EXCEEDING THE permitted gross weight of a 32-tonne tipper has cost Southall, Middlesex-based Hennellys and one of its drivers a total of £950 in fines and costs.
The company, of Park Avenue, Southall, and its driver. Keith Powell, of Arthur Close, Woolwich, pleaded guilty to the offence when they appeared before Barking magistrates .
Hennellys was fined £300 and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £235; Powell was fined £300 with £115 costs.
Prosecuting for VOSA, Anthony Ostrin said the tipper driven by Powell, which was carrying muck, was stopped in a roadside check. When the vehicle was weighed it was found that the maximum permitted gross weight of 32,000kg had been exceeded by 1,500kg, an overload of 4.7 cr., .
Hennellys' transport manager, Michael Samuel, told the court that the company had an on-board weighing system fitted to the vehicle concerned and had given its drivers instructions on how to use that equipment. Such equipment was fitted to all new vehicles acquired by the company.
Unfortunately, the driver did not use the equipment on the day of the check.