Ban charge thrown out
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• A TNT driver has escaped prosecution for allegedly breaking Condition Five of the London Lorry Ban, which states that drivers should stick to trunk roads through the capital.
Four other drivers, who also had ban exemption permits, have already been fined for the same offence (CM 14-20 February). All five were stopped by LBTC officers on Shoot Up Hill on the A5 last August.
This time Hampstead magis
trates dismissed the charge, saying Andrew Smyth had no case to answer because the LBTC had not produced any evidence to show that an offence had been committed.
The FTA, which opposes the ban, welcomes the decision: "I hope the LBTC will consider the position very carefully before bringing any further prosecutions under Condition Five," says the MA's Don McIntyre.