Yep. And when they realise it is one of their own you have fingered you will be at the top of every inspectors “watch out for this vehicle list”. You might be legal but you will spend most of your holidays queued up waiting for yet another weighing.It would be simple enough to put in a call to VoSA quoting reg.no. as a concerned member of the public about an obviously overweight and therefore unsafe vehicle.
I doubt that. Far more likely that he knows they are not really interested in motorhomes.One law for us and another for them!
or the guy does not actually have any idea he is overweight.Yep. And when they realise it is one of their own you have fingered you will be at the top of every inspectors “watch out for this vehicle list”. You might be legal but you will spend most of your holidays queued up waiting for yet another weighing.
I doubt that. Far more likely that he knows they are not really interested in motorhomes.
In that case he's a foolHe did know!
I looked at my insurance when I first saw this and there is nothing specified. it isn’t like you no longer have a license to drive as it’s gone into a higher group it’s a road traffic contravention. Would have been a lot of wagon drivers convicted around our way years ago if that were the caseMost people who are overweight, only seem concerned about the very very small risk of being pulled over. What they seem to forget is that their insurance may be invalid and the reduction in stopping distances. Small exercise and not much money to get up plated, if your chassis can take it.
Seems like the only reason most people bother to find out the weight of their vehicle is to make sure they are legal just in case they get pulled in?
While that is always handy, isn't a better reason actually to make sure they are safe and not a danger to themselves - and other road users?
Suppose that is an old-fashioned idea I guess