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£5,000 in fines for food truck overloaded by 56%
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A DRIVER AND HIS employer who overloaded a vehicle by 56% have been ordered to pay more than £5,000 in fines and costs.
Solihull magistrates heard that a truck used by Eastern Catering of Burleys Way, Leicester, to deliver food to restaurants, was overloaded by 1,980kg.
Helen Bradin, prosecuting for Vosa, said road users were put at risk because the overload could have affected the brakes and steering, and caused excessive wear to the road surface.
"There was also the commercial advantage of the overload," she added. Two trucks would have been needed to transport the load if the weight restrictions had been enforced."
Abdul Rauf. who runs the firm, and driver Zafar Mahmood of Normanton Road, Leicester, both pleaded not guilty to overloading the vehicle: they were convicted in their absence. Rauf was fined £2,500 with £2,232 costs and Mahmood was fined £200 with £420 costs.
Bradin said the overload was detected in Birmingham when Vosa off icial Bill Hutchinson saw the truck swaying — the excessive load had caused the tyres to deflate.
Raul and Mahmood, who had loaded the vehicle, denied the vehicle was overloaded but Bradin produced evidence showing the weighbridge was in perfect working order.