As the owner or manager of a transport company, you are committed to ensuring timely, effective shipments. Whether you oversee a huge fleet of HGV's or a single CV, you rely on your drivers, and this could lead to the pressure of overloading vehicles which will burden both the vehicle and the driver.
Various pieces of legislation address vehicle overloading to ensure the safety of commercial drivers and other drivers on the road. The road vehicles regulations 1986 requires drivers to ensure that 'all parts and accessories and the weight distribution, packing and adjustment of their loads shall be such that no danger is likely to be caused to any person in or on the vehicle or trailer on the road'.
Additionally, the road traffic act 1988 states that vehicle users must ensure that vehicle users must ensure that vehicles are not overloaded. Failure to obey the legislation can result in fines and prosecution and may even prohibit drivers from completing their shipment.