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Re: Tax Disc

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
zx135 wrote:
bringon4dayweeks wrote:
zx135 wrote:
demon wrote:the tax is bought in bulk the van manager is responsible for the tax not the normal postie not part of ya van check
but your legal responsible for a vehicle you drive on the road, so by you driving it on the road and not displaying a tax disc you are breaking the law, not the van manager
there was a case where a van was over weight and the driver was charged as well as the company owner of the van on tv
overweight is one word

the point still stands the driver is responsible for the condition of his vehicle and will still be charged
- even though we've no way of knowing if the van is overweight. :shock:
"but your legally responsible " not legal responible
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Lounge Lizard wrote: - even though we've no way of knowing if the van is overweight. :shock:

The law of physics will give a clue. The more weight on springs/suspension the lower they will be.
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote: - even though we've no way of knowing if the van is overweight. :shock:

The law of physics will give a clue. The more weight on springs/suspension the lower they will be.
yes the van would be lower than normal
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Lounge Lizard wrote: - even though we've no way of knowing if the van is overweight. :shock:
Well we do, there's the van weight matrix which should be in every van which will give you a guide, its a guide to tell you how many pouches you should be carrying,

if you want to be exact and think you may be over weight then when you record the weight of your pouches in the morning add the total weight to the total of your partners weight, then weigh the yorks of parcels for both subtract the weight of the york, add them together with the pouches weight, then add your weight and partners weight and if its over the maximum payload for the vehicle then your breaking the law, basically all you need to do is weigh the yorks of packets/parcels before and after you unload them only takes a minute or two extra on top of what your already supposed to be doing anyway and keeps you legal
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zx135 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote: - even though we've no way of knowing if the van is overweight. :shock:
Well we do, there's the van weight matrix which should be in every van which will give you a guide, its a guide to tell you how many pouches you should be carrying,

if you want to be exact and think you may be over weight then when you record the weight of your pouches in the morning add the total weight to the total of your partners weight, then weigh the yorks of parcels for both subtract the weight of the york, add them together with the pouches weight, then add your weight and partners weight and if its over the maximum payload for the vehicle then your breaking the law, basically all you need to do is weigh the yorks of packets/parcels before and after you unload them only takes a minute or two extra on top of what your already supposed to be doing anyway and keeps you legal
overweight is one word :left:
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote: - even though we've no way of knowing if the van is overweight. :shock:

The law of physics will give a clue. The more weight on springs/suspension the lower they will be.
yes the van would be lower than normal
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
"but your legally responsible " not legal responible
Oh dear. You've chosen to be a grammar Nazi and then committed a glaring error.
You're legally responsible.

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Take the issue of capital letters in the following sentence. Without them the sentence has a different and frankly quite worrying meaning:
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