West Midlands Police | A national plant hire operator has been ordered to pay more than £800,000 after being found guilty of moving an abnormal load without proper notification.
In March 2024 during a Multi Agency Road Safety Operation (MARSO) at the NEC near the M42, officers stopped a heavy goods vehicle transporting a large excavator and associated plant equipment.
A movement notification had been submitted by the plant hire operator, but the vehicle was travelling on a different axle than we had been told about.
This affected the vehicle’s weight distribution, and gross weight, which meant the notification was invalid.
The lorry was examined and found to be significantly overweight, as well as longer and wider than allowed.
Due to the change from the notification, no additional safeguarding measures could be put in place to protect road users from the risks of such an oversized and heavy load.
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