Car driver fined for overweight vehicle

It’s not just us that gets asked to visit the weighbridge! :laughing:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be … s-36894339

Buying basmati rice at a bargain price turned out to be false economy for one motorist.
Police spotted his car heavily laden with sacks of grain in Luton and advised him to split the load. However, he was spotted later and fined £300. “The driver found he could buy 20kg (44lb) bags of rice from a cash and carry for £15.49 so bought 40 bags totalling 800kg (1,764lb),” police said. The cut-price rice and fine cost £920.
Officers from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit stopped the car in Dunstable Road on Friday night. The driver was advised to remove the sacks of basmati and either split the load or find a more suitable vehicle. However, he chose to ignore the advice and continue with his basmati booty. The vehicle was stopped a second time and taken to a weighbridge where the driver was fined.
He then arranged for a friend to help him move the sacks safely. The force later tweeted: “If you need to carry 800kg of rice, choose a suitable vehicle. This isn’t it. Dangerously overweight.”

There’s a fortune to be made in fines from overloading offences if the authorities sit outside a gravel pit. Every 3.5t tipper would be nicked as all the builders think they can carry 1.5t.
Saw one last week, crew cabbed transit with three brudders in it, load of sharp sand, grossing out at 6t. :unamused: Weighbridge thought it was hilarious.

Lol

Stop picking on me officer, I’m starving!

So 40 bags of rice… or 4 Americans = car overweight.

Does this mean that Yank cars have a larger weight capacity?

Just askin’ :smiley: :smiley: