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Caravan needs hgv

6th December 1980
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BECAUSE a vehicle was towi a caravan it fell within the re$ lations requiring a driver to h( a heavy goods vehicle drivi licence, though the vehicle its was below the hgv limit.

As a consequence Kingstc upon-Hull magistrates last WE fined Crendon Concrete Co L of Goole a total of £100 • allowing the vehicle to be driv without an hgv licence, and using it without insurance.

The driver, Victor Oldridge Queensway, Goole, was fin £20 for driving without an h licence and for having no surance.

For the Yorkshire Licensi Authority, Michael Paterson the vehicle was stopped on t A63 road by a traffic examin As it had a weight of 7,9044 fell outside the hgv provisia but as it was towing a carav; the driver needed to have an h driving licence.

In evidence, Mr Oldridge 5. he was part of a team w erected concrete buildings. had been asked to drive wher regular man was unavailal and he had been told by t company that he did not need hgv licence.

In a letter to the court, company said that Mr Oldrid had offered to drive the vehi without realising he could r lawfully do so.