All the things you can be done for, prices increased 18/8/13
Interesting reading, re: load security, this is the official VOSA guidance
All the below also have FUE (Follow up enquiries) with the operator too, cant look good on any O-Licence.
Work out your fine i.e. TYPE A, Category 1 = A1, Prohibition and FP
TYPE A
Metal pipes, sheet or bar
Bricks, stone or concrete, reinforced concrete
Vehicles (including scrap)
Plant machinery
Reels (steel, wire or paper)
Kegs and barrels
Stacked loaded skips or empty skips stacked >3
Metal casings
Glass
Containers/work cabinsTYPE B
Timber
FIBs/bulk powder
Roll cages
Bagged aggregate
Empty skips stacked 3 high
Heavy palletised goods (1)TYPE C
Clothing
Wood chip
Waste paper
Coal bags
Bulk material (in tipper)
Packaging material
Single loaded skips
Empty skips stacked < 3 high
Light palletised goods (2)Category 1
No load securing
More than 30 cm gap between front of load and vehicle Headboard (3)
Unstable load affecting vehicle stability or likely to topple from vehicle
Severe structural damage to headboard or gaps in headboard that would allow load penetration
Items loaded over height of headboard (4)Category 2
Up to 30cm gap between load and vehicle headboard (5)
Unsheeted load in bulk tipper or skip
Inadequate load securing leading to likely risk of harm
Unsuitable stacking of load items likely to lead to risk of harm
Height of load likely to affect vehicle stabilityCategory 3
Lashings on ropehooks (6)
Minor damage to headboard not affecting structural integrity
Unsuitable load securing
Poor condition of securing equipment
Unsuitable vehicle for loadNotes:
(1) Pallet weight greater than 400 kgs
(2) Pallet weight 400 kgs or less
(3) Unless other means of preventing forward movement have been used
(4) This refers to individual items, such as a bundle of pipes. A single indivisible item may be loaded over the height of the headboard as long as the headboard supports it to the height of the centre of gravity
(5) As for (3)
(6) This is always poor practice but there may be no other suitable attachment points
A-1 / Prohibition and fixed penalty £100
A-2 / Prohibition and fixed penalty £100
A-3 / Verbal warning
B-1 / Prohibition and fixed penalty £100
B-2 / Prohibition and fixed penalty £100
B-3 / Verbal warning
C-1 / Prohibition and fixed penalty £100
C-2 / Verbal warning
C-3 / Verbal warning