The Norfolk & Suffolk Roads Armed Policing team stopped a van on the A14 and found that it was overweight. The vehicle was weighed and found to be 360kgs over the plated weight. The vehicle must now be recovered and has an immediate direction to leave the UK by...
A Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) was stopped by Staffordshire police after the police team noted the load did not adhere to STGO regulations. The legal weight for a train is 44,000kg but this vehicle was carrying 56,400kg. Furthermore, the vehicle had a defective tyre....
In a Twitter post this week, CMPG announced that they had stopped an abnormal load on the M5. The load, which was found to be 62.5 tons, is 18% over the maximum limit for the vehicle. The axle was 10% over design weight. The maximum permitted weight limit for this...
In a recent Twitter post, Northamptonshire Police shared a photo of a stopped truck that was found to be almost 50% overweight. The load was not secured and there were only two straps holding the load on the trailer. Additionally, one of the tires was below 1mm, which...
Lincolnshire RPU officers made a stop near Grantham this week, pulling over a tractor waiting to exit onto the A52. The straps holding the load were insufficient, and there was no bulkhead present – meaning the load was insecure. The driver was educated on the...
