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Discharged on overload

30th April 1992, Page 18
30th April 1992
Page 18
Page 18, 30th April 1992 — Discharged on overload
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• Clitheroe haulier AJA Smith was given an absolute discharge, with no order as to costs, after Ross on Wye magistrates accepted the company was not to blame for a 6.8% overload on the two rear compensating axles of a 38-tonne articulated tipper.

Defending, John Backhouse said the company had not seen the vehicle from when it was loaded with coal in South Wales until the offence was discovered at Ross. The colliery operated 24 hours a day.

There was a constant flow of vehicles over the weighbridge and it was not normally possible to weigh every axle. The company knew that vehicles would not be allowed out if the overall weight was exceeded.