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Company and driver fined for overload
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NORTHERN I RELA N 1)-BASED M&S Freight Forwarding and one of the company's drivers have been ordered to pay a total of £3,885 for overloading.
The company, of Keady. County A rmagh, admitted the offence; driver Vincent Macklin of Crossmaglen was convicted in his absence by the Wrexham magistrates.
The court was told that Macklin's 2+3 artic had been stopped in a check at Dalar Hir,Anglesey.When weighed it was found that the 18,000kg GVW of the tractor unit had been exceeded by 2.040kg.some 11%. Macklin was issued with a prohibition and arranged with his employers for a three-axled tractor unit to come and take the trailer to Holyhead Port.
The traffic examiner saw the three-axled tractor arrive and watched as it was connected to the trailer; she then cleared the prohibition.
Soon after leaving the site the traffic examiner received a phone call from a senior vehicle examiner to say he was driving behind the 2+3 artic on the A55. It was directed to the Lvvloe weighbridge where it was weighed again with the same results.
When interviewed and asked why he had reconnected the trailer and carried on with his journey, Macklin said he was going to have part of the cargo taken off at Oswestry as it could not betaken off at the docks at Holyhead.
The magistrates fined the company £3,000 with £370 costs and Macklin £250 with £265 costs.