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23rd June 1988, Page 19
23rd June 1988
Page 19
Page 19, 23rd June 1988 — LEGAL NEWS •
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Dover dynamic weigher was inaccurate, Allinson agreed he had his doubts, adding that all but one of the convictions related to weight distribution. The company had experimented with self-weigh equipment, but felt it was too complex an operation and doubted its accuracy.

The company's policy was to replace its fleet, as far as possible, with tri-axle tractors and tri-axle trailers, and it had been made plain to drivers that the company would not pay their overloading fines if the company considered that the driver was at fault.

Drivers had been given an instruction booklet about check-weighing vehicles, but there was little the company could do if a driver disobeyed instructions away from base.

In reply to Smedley, Allinson said that none of the convictions listed related to loads entering the country via Dover.

For the company, Roger Hird said that it was trying hard, but conceded it had not yet solved the problem. In the context of over 30,000 journeys a year, however, it was not a bad record.

Prematurely terminating the licence, so that it expires at the end of October 1989, Smedley said that, though not numerous, there was a steady pattern of offences with no apparent improvement since 1985 and he felt some penalty had been called for.