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P LETTER OF THE WEEK
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What right does Denby think it has
to exploit 4grey areas F in the rules?
I WOULD I i ke to comment on the news story 'Denby to defy Off decision to test LHV on UK roads' (CM 12 November).
Operating this vehicle would give Denby an unfair advantage over other hauliers, and I don't understand why Mr Denby feels that he has the right to flout the law in this way.
As abnormal load hauliers, we struggle to compete with others trying to 'bend the rules' and take advantage of grey areas in the rules.
But the length of an articulated vehicle is one rule that is well fixed and clear at 16.5m, unless it is specifically designed to carry abnormal indivisible loads, and/or operating .under special types of regulations.
I would have thought that any VOSA official Iworth their salt would welcome this vehicle into a lay-by with open arms — it will be the easiest prohibition and prosecution they will ever have. We might all be under pressure to increase productivity, but if we all suddenly ignore the rules to suit ourselves, the country will descend even further into chaos.
Graham Wilson Director HC Wilson Transport Ed's note: Denby Transport director Dick Denby tells CM: "We want to 'test and clarify' the law, not flout it. If the courts decide the truck is illegal, we stop. If the court decides all is well, everyone is free to do the same."
Denby is looking to test the application of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986. Section 7(1) of the act limits the length of an articulated vehicle to 16.5m. But Section 7(5) allovvs a combination of two or more trailers at a maximum length of 25.9m. Denby only intends to use vehicles of 25.25m in length.