The court discussed the criminal liability imposed for dangerous heavy goods vehicles: ‘I think that the general principle that these offences are absolute offences has to be applied here and I think that, in deciding whether the condition of the load is such that danger is or is likely to be caused, it must be determined according to the factual circumstances as they were, regardless of the knowledge of the defendant.’
Judges:
Lord Widgery CJ
Citations:
[1975] RTR 292
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, Regina (on the Application of) v Henderson Admn 15-Dec-2004
The prosecutor appealed a decision of the magistrates not to convict a lorry driver. He had stopped after feeling vibration. At the service station he had taken off and replaced the wheel nuts by hand, and was awaiting service. The vehicle inspector . .
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Road Traffic
Updated: 06 July 2022; Ref: scu.226971
