Indicator fault but absolute discharge given
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• The owner of a Volvo tractive unit with trailer was given an absolute discharge by Carlisle magistrates last week following an accident with a car caused, it was stated, because faulty wiring allowed the left-hand indicator to be flashed when in fact it was intended to indicate a right-hand turn.
The company, Cazeley Bros Ltd, was charged with using a vehicle the lighting system of which was not in good and efficent working order. The vehicle was new with only 385 miles on the clock at the time of the accident, in which there was no personal injury, and it was found that the switch was wrongly connected during manufacture so that. when the tractive unit off-side indicator was on, the near-side rear light was operating.
Mr T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, defending, submitted that the lighting and indicator of the vehicle were efficient because all were functioning and illuminated. The wrong light coming on was a technical fault outside the operator's control and, he submitted, at the very least an absolute discharge should be given.
The magistrates decided to grant an absolute discharge on payment of costs.