Lorry ULW....... owners have no idea!

So does no one know of anyone who has been involved in an accident as a result of being overweight, prosecuted, sent to prison or had their insurance invalidated.
From the strength of opinion I thought there were bound to be a significant number.
 
yes read the commercial motor magazine most weeks to read about prohibitions and prosecutions, listen to the radio travel news to hear about accidents with livestock and horse trucks
I know of people overturning and having blow outs, if you want to risk your own stupid neck, fine but dont involve other people or animals with your folly if VOSA stop you and your overweight they will prohibit the lorry and make you unload until your under the weight...is it worth the risk??? if you have an accident and there is a fatality you can be sure they will check everything... and insurance companys love to get out of paying out a claim is that worth the risk????
 
my large lorry is a 7.5 tonn lorry.
It currently weighs 6 tons with everything except the horses in (we got pulled over on the way from refueling after unloading horses at an overnight show).

My nice mr lorry man recons that if we had the massively heavy solid steel skirts replaced with lighter aluminum ones or with plastic we would probably gain about 300 to 400kg. its not an issue at the moment as we only transport 2 ponies in it but i'll be getting it done as soon as i can afford to.
 
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So does no one know of anyone who has been involved in an accident as a result of being overweight, prosecuted, sent to prison or had their insurance invalidated.
From the strength of opinion I thought there were bound to be a significant number.

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I think there is a greater problem with car drivers driving without licences, tax, MOTs and insurance.They are more likely to kill someone. Horse box drivers tend to drive slower and with more care as there is a live load to consider.
Newer horseboxes are built of lighter materials eg alluminiun plank floors, fibreglass skirtings etc to try and keep the weight down.
 
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