A team of Shropshire OPU while carrying out a mini operation regarding safer loads and trustworthiness of vehicles caught several vehicles. The operation was conducted at Shifnal Services Junction 4 of M54. Along with overloaded vehicles, the RPU caught several other...
Surrey Police Roads Patrolling Unit stopped a truck on noticing the load on B3001 in Elstead, near Surrey. The vehicle was stopped by the Commercial Vehicle Unit of the RPU. On weighing, the truck was found to be 19% overweight. The driver was issued with a graduated...
The Central Motor Group Police stopped trucks at Hilton carrying vehicle goods and were found to be overweight. On escorting the vehicles to doxey for inspection and to be weighed, the £2m Volvo trucks had numerous issues. The vehicles only had one escort in common,...
As part of its Operation Dragoon, Northumbria Police caught a truck with excess and insecure load. On weighing the vehicle using DVSA mobile weighing plates, the vehicle was found to be 40% over its legal weight limit of 3.5 tonnes. The excess load was removed and a...
In Bradford, a person was charged with driving an overweight van, which was filled with Coca-Cola bottles. The driver was stopped on by Bradford South and Roads Policing Unit officers on Tong Street, Bradford. After doubting the vehicle was overweight, the RPU...
