West Midlands Police | A national plant hire operator was fined over £800,000 for moving an abnormal load without proper notification.
During a March 2024 Multi Agency Road Safety Operation at the NEC, officers found a heavy goods vehicle carrying an excavator on an unnotified axle configuration, overweight, and oversized without additional safeguards. L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage Ltd pleaded guilty to three offences, fined £800,000 plus £2,000 surcharge and £130 costs.
