Police Problems of Abnormal Loads
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HINT of possible trouble over -1 abnormal loads is contained in the nnual report of the Chief Constable of Lent, Mr. R. D. Lemon, which states aat there is "much controversy on the Se of the highway for the passage of lige loads or oversized vehicles."
Altogether there were 2,194 abnormal :lads notified in Kent last year, an icrease of 671; and their passage is said 3 throw additional burdens on the police, both administratively and practically." Another rise in thefts from vehicles is No recorded and the total of 1,671 cases /RS 102 more than in the previous yearnd 85 per cent. up on the average a few ears ago. The value of property stolen rom vehicles was i.-27,528,' of which only 2,148-worth was recovered.
The total number of abnormal loads assing through Somerset during the year nded April 1, 1962, was 442—an 'crease of 22 per cent. on the previous ear, says the annual report of the county orveyor, Mr. J. H. H. Wilkes.