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WEIGHBRIDGE PROCEDURE
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Qi hear a lot of talk about.Lout codes of practice, particularly about the use of weighbridges, especially dynamic weighbridges. Are codes of practice really binding? Are they arrived at by guesswork, or does someone really gather statistics and carry out proper research? I have had many of my drivers weighed by different authorities and all have different stories about their procedures. What do we do — just sit back, or is someone going to insist that procedures are exactly the same throughout the country? PR, Sutton Coldfield AIn January, Magistrates agreed that because a police officer (certified to weigh) had not adhered to the letter of the code of practice, it would be unsafe to convict.
In that case, the weighbridge was left switched on 365 days a year. The police officer did the zero and 16tonne test, but did not wait 10 minutes before re-testing because he thought that being switched on all the time, it wasn't necessary. It was successfully argued that he could not have known that any other authorised person had not used the bridge beforehand and inadvertently corrupted it.
Codes of practice are, if issued by authorities as supplements to regulations, definitive and should be adhered to. If they are not, it would he unsafe to convict.