Was pulled this morning at around 11am by a bobby who followed me for 4 miles, Granted I was in the wrong but still…
Problem is I wasn’t entering the weight limit to deliver, I was cutting straight through to miss out a low bridge at Langwathby (13’6),
After the copper following me from the A686, via Skirwith, Culgaith and Temple Sowerby. Eventually pulling me just before joining the A66.
I was asked where I was going, I explained Kirkby Stephen,
Where from, Melmerby.
Then I was told that I have driven through a 7.5t weight limit, I explained i cant fit under the railway bridge at Langwathby as I am 14ft and there is no other way. Was handed a £120 fine and told if I am caught again, face the consequences.
I asked the fella if there was an alternative route around the low bridge for anything under 13’6 and was told yes, Via Hexham…
You were unfamiliar of this other route and by the time you realised you had entered a 7.5 limit, you felt stopping may cause an obstruction and be dangerous to other traffic, so decided it was safest to continue and learn your lesson not to go that way in future.
He could have gave you a bit of leeway.After all you were only taking that route for access as the other way wasn’t accessible for your vehicle.Bloody petty copper.
rb scooby:
if there is a sign with access for loading unloading you cant be done for it
from what the OP has posted, he was neither loading or unloading, just using it as a shortcut to avoid a low bridge, so, sorry, you are factually incorrect, and the OP can, and has been done for it
this is why PC Plod asked him where he was going and come from, the OP had no reason to be in the weight limit
it is a bit harsh though, he could have let you off with a warning
the diversion route is 80miles, Its difficult if you dont know the area but the route is Back down the A686 to Penrith from Langwathby, join the M6 north to Carlisle and come off at J43 A69, keep going through Haltwhistle until you reach Haydon Bridge, then turn for Alston on the other end of the A686, away over the tops and drop down via Hartside… Same way back too, 160mile round trip.
Light blue line is my route through Culgaith and Skirwith off the A66, I have been the diversion route before, nice road…
Ever trie going under the bridge with suspension right down? if its marked at 14 ft theres a chance its actually a couple of inches higher. Doesnt pay the fine I know but its an idea for another time, PS take a mate to watch you through.
JFC999:
Ever trie going under the bridge with suspension right down? if its marked at 14 ft theres a chance its actually a couple of inches higher. Doesnt pay the fine I know but its an idea for another time, PS take a mate to watch you through.
good idea in principle, but in reality, can land you with an even bigger fine and points on licence
you would be deliberately driving a vehicle under a bridge that is signed lower than the height of your vehicle
Not a good idea trying to sneak under the bridge,if you did have to bail out it’d be reverse,if you got traction up a short sharp hill,against oncoming mad motorbikers/caravaners,bit of a racetrack the A686,'one of the best driving roads’up Hartside apparently,mind you the bridge out of the village ain’t much better,single carriageway Bailey bridge!from the late sixties,traffic light controlled,proper squeeze for the fridge wagons coming from Frank Bird’s poultry factory,one bloke must have been unfamilliar with it a few years ago,was gently inching his way along,motorbike heading the opposite direction can’t have been looking any further than the lights which changed to green,just as the artic was stuck on the bridge exit,result?biker in radiator grill!Don’t think there’s a piece of hedge/wall/fence that someone hasn’t been through along there,like the driver says though not much alternative on them lil country roads?
JFC999:
Ever trie going under the bridge with suspension right down? if its marked at 14 ft theres a chance its actually a couple of inches higher. Doesnt pay the fine I know but its an idea for another time, PS take a mate to watch you through.
lynchy:
Not a good idea trying to sneak under the bridge,if you did have to bail out it’d be reverse,if you got traction up a short sharp hill,against oncoming mad motorbikers/caravaners,bit of a racetrack the A686,'one of the best driving roads’up Hartside apparently,mind you the bridge out of the village ain’t much better,single carriageway Bailey bridge!from the late sixties,traffic light controlled,proper squeeze for the fridge wagons coming from Frank Bird’s poultry factory,one bloke must have been unfamilliar with it a few years ago,was gently inching his way along,motorbike heading the opposite direction can’t have been looking any further than the lights which changed to green,just as the artic was stuck on the bridge exit,result?biker in radiator grill!Don’t think there’s a piece of hedge/wall/fence that someone hasn’t been through along there,like the driver says though not much alternative on them lil country roads?
lynchy:
Not a good idea trying to sneak under the bridge,if you did have to bail out it’d be reverse,if you got traction up a short sharp hill,against oncoming mad motorbikers/caravaners,bit of a racetrack the A686,'one of the best driving roads’up Hartside apparently,mind you the bridge out of the village ain’t much better,single carriageway Bailey bridge!from the late sixties,traffic light controlled,proper squeeze for the fridge wagons coming from Frank Bird’s poultry factory,one bloke must have been unfamilliar with it a few years ago,was gently inching his way along,motorbike heading the opposite direction can’t have been looking any further than the lights which changed to green,just as the artic was stuck on the bridge exit,result?biker in radiator grill!Don’t think there’s a piece of hedge/wall/fence that someone hasn’t been through along there,like the driver says though not much alternative on them lil country roads?
■■■■■■■ weight limits are a right bollock ache! Didn’t realise the fine was £120 . Are there maps out there that show weight limits, only got bridges on mine?
. Are there maps out there that show weight limits, only got bridges on mine?