H 香港政府 GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1975
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WARNING AGAINST OVERLOADING OF LORRIES
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TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY WARNED THAT OVERLOADING IN HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PRACTICE AND ASKED THE OWNERS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR VEHICLE DESIGN WAS COMPATIABLE WITH THE LOAD THEY INTENDED TO CARRY.
SENIOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR, MR, KEN ANDREWS, SAID OPERATING A VEHICLE IN EXCESS OF ITS AXLE AND GROSS WEIGHTS WOULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VEHICLE LIFE, INCREASED REPAIR BILLS, AND A DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND OTHER ROAD USERS.
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OVERLOADING IN HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, HE SAID, IS AN OFFENCE WHICH, UPON FIRST CONVICTION, CARRIES A PENALTY OF $500 AND THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT AND HEAVIER PENALTY UPON A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION.
+GENERALLY SPEAKING, HEAVY PLANT INCLUDING BULLDOZERS EXCAVATORS AND FRONT-END'LOADERS SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED ON LOW- LOADING SEMI-TRAILERS AS A HEAVY, HIGH LOAD GREATLY INCREASES THE CHANCE OF OVERTURNING.
+ IF YOU CARRY STEEL REINFORCING BARS, YOU MUST ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF A TRESTLE TYPE HEADBOARD, CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING THE COMBINED EFFECT OF DOWNWARD AND FORWARD FORCES EACH EQUAL TO HALF THE PERMISSIBLE PAYLOAD OF YOUR LORRY,+ HE SAID.
WHEREVER NECESSARY, MR. ANDREWS SAID, LOADS SHOULD BE HELD SECURELY BY ADEQUATE ANCHOR POINTS AND RESTRAINTS, SECURELY MOUNTED ON THE CHASIS AND NOT ON THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE.
AS AN AID FOR GOODS VEHICLE OWNERS TO PREPARE THEIR VEHICLE FOR MECHANICAL INSPECTION AT TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTRES, HE LISTED 18 ITEMS WHICH THE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR WOULD EXAMINE.
THESE ITEMS ARE SET OUT IN A LEAFLET WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER LEAFLET REMINDING HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE OWNERS THE DANGER OF OVERLOADING, IS BEING HANDED OUT TO OWNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES.
MR. ANDREW SAID VEHICLES PRESENTED FOR MECHANICAL INSPECTION MUST BE CLEAN ENOUGH FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR TO EXAMINE PROPERLY THE NECESSARY ITEMS.
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. In 233181
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