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Overloaded van stopped in a roadside check is found to be 'dangerous to drive'
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USING A van so severely overloaded so that it was in a dangerous condition has cost a Hornchurch man more than £900. Gary Donn, of I lonichurch, Essex, pleaded guilty before the Barking magistrates to exceeding the maximum permitted axle weight and using a vehicle in a dangerous condition. Anthony Ostrin, prosecuting for Vosa, told the court that a two-axlcd 3,500kg Mitsubishi Canter driven by Donn had been stopped in a roadside check. The vehicle was loaded with household rubbish; when weighed,it was found that the permitted weight of the second axle was exceeded by 70.5% and the permitted gross weight was exceeded by 69.2%. That was far in excess of the vehicle's design weight.
Ostrin pointed out that an overload of that magnitude would affect the braking efficiency, suspension and tyres enough to cause danger to other road users, making the vehicle dangerous to drive.
Donn was fined £300 for exceeding the maximum permitted weight and £500 for using the vehicle in a dangerous condition. He was also ordered to payil 15 costs and had his driving licence endorsed with three penalty points.