A man has been reported for driving a flatbed lorry more than double the weight it should have been.
Officers stopped the van in Bedingfield Way in Bury St Edmunds on Tuesday, April 9, after they spotted it was being driven with six pallets of bricks on.
Police found the vehicle to have a gross weight of 9,400kg - a vehicle of its size has a weight limit of 3,500kg.
The driver - a man in his 50s - was issued with a traffic offence report for the overweight offences, tyre offences and having an insecure load.
PC Wayne Sturman, of the Commercial Vehicle Unit at Suffolk police, said: “During the journey at very low speed, it was clear to see the vehicle was under immense stress.
"It was struggling to steer properly and the rear tyres were rubbing together due to the weight.
"Without our intervention and potentially travelling at speeds of up to 60mph, it could’ve ended in a serious collision, impacting on other innocent road users.
“Since our inception just over three years ago we have taken over 1,250 overweight vehicles off Suffolk’s roads.”
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