Haulage drivers get rat-run fines
Date: 06 August 2007
Five freight haulage drivers have been fined for using a rat-run through a village in Yorkshire.
They were fined more than £300 each by North Yorkshire County Council when they flouted a ban that prohibited HGV drivers from using the part of the old A1 that runs through Fairburn, the York Press reports.
The road used to be a dual carriageway but is now a single-track road following the opening of the new A1(M) motorway. However, using the old road can cut journey times so freight haulage drivers have been tempted by it.
Andrew Pound, a councillor who represents Fairburn, commented: "That road is now a single track road and is not in any way shape or form suitable. It's a very small road and we have children crossing it.
"I absolutely welcome the county council doing the spot-checks and stopping the lorries going through. It's all signposted."
Councillor Gillian Ivey said that spot-checks would continue in the village.
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