Charges drop
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THE BATTLE over the accuracy of the dynamic axle weighbridge situated on the A74 Glasgow/Carlisle Road at Beattock Summit (CM, November 10) ended suddenly on its fourth day when overloading charges against John G. Russell Transport of Edinburgh were dropped by the prosecution at Lanark Sherriff court last week.
The company had denied overloading the pin axle of an articulated unit by 840kg (some 8.16 per cent) and exceeding the gross weight of a tractive unit by 1,120kg (about 6.88 per cent).
The vehicle concerned — a Scania 111 unit with a 40ft trailer — was carrying a 20fit NYK container of whisky which had been attached by twist locks to the centre of the trailer in order to distribute the weight evenly.
The case began last April when evidence was given that since Russell's vehicle had been weighed, the concrete apron of the weighbridge had been replaced (CM, May 5).