Middlesex Out to Stop Overloading
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AIDDLESEX County Council is IVIzealous in enforcing the regulations concerning 'Vehicle laden weights. In 1035-36, says a report of the county council's public control committee, 360 infringements, sufficiently serious to receive the committee's consideration, were reported.
Proceedings were authorized in 128 cases. The total fines imposed amounted to £351. Special costs awarded to the county touncil totalled £72. Many defendants who were not fined were ordered to pay the ordinary court costs (normally 4s.).
The report adds that the results of the prosecutions are communicated to the area Licensing Authority, and that convictions for overloading are taken into account when carriers apply for the renewal of their licences. "Some carriers have been convicted 20 or 30 times in respect of excessively heavy vehicles," it is stated.
The annual report of the chief officer of the public control department points out that, "in Middlesex, lorries are usually stopped at what may be deemed strategic points, and prosecutions have been brought in all the petty ' sessional divisions of the county." The chief officer adds: "All districts in Middlesex benefit from the active enforcement of the Act in the neighbouring counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.