On June14, 2013, I went to Nairobi from Nyahururu with my children. On attaining the Gilgil weighbridge at 6pm, traffic found a stand-still. Little did we understand that we would spend the next eight hours caught on the spot.
Countless other owners were swept up in the jam that extended over 10 kilometers on both sides of the weighbridge. Public transport vehicles were included by these. There are no bathroom facilities or any resort at the station.
That is why I help the National Environmental Management Authority’s current efforts to really have the weighbridge and others covering the freeway eliminated. They’re an eye-sore to our country.
Bridge officers are weighed by corrupt RDA Mpika exposed
There is widespread corruption by RDA officers manning the Mpika ponder link and the officers are bringing between Kr500 and Kr1000 per bus or truck and a concerned citizen has called on government to maneuver in.
Recently a Juldan marcopolo scania coach, reg amount ABV 4560 from Lusaka to Mpulungu was allowed to pass-through the bridge despite having overloaded passengers and freight on board.
When the bus reached the weighbridge, it had been recorded as overloaded but the driver corruptly discussed with the authorities, thereafter the conductor asked some passengers to move out of the bus and allowed the bus to get onto the weighbridge’ and granted a go approach to proceed with the journey.
Among the guests on the bus lamented and wondered what the goal of weighbridges is if bombarded cars are allowed to go through.
�If where every overloaded vehicle driver corruptly gives Kr500 to Kr1,000 into these thugs’ these people are allowed to carry on with their corruption pockets then what is the reason of having ponder bridges?� questioned Mr. Mulenga of Mpulungu.
The problem in the RDA which is directly controlled from troubled master Michael Sata’s office is more rampant beneath the PF government with a lot of substandard works street works being executed.
Axtec weighbridge helps July 2013 Leyland meet WVTA rules17
A vibrant weighbridge is supporting Leyland Trucks to meet European Community WVTA (Whole Vehicle Type Approval) regulations.
The Axtec 4000 weighbridge is mounted in the company’s assembly plant in Lancashire where it’s being used to ponder every automobile developed, as required under WVTA (Directive 2007/46/EC, as amended).
The active axle weighbridge is believed to be the most exact of its type in the world and contains two test certificates: one for precision to within 0.5%; and the other to within 0.25-1.25.
It is also the principal weighbridge employed by VOSA across its national community of roadside enforcement weighbridges.
The plate over which the vehicle being weighed travels is flush to the ground and occupies a place of just over 2m2, compared to around 45m2 for a conventional plate weighbridge.
Evaluating all the axles on a car � whether two-, three- or four-axle � is performed at walking speed and requires less than half of a second.
‘We are thrilled to possess been opted for by Leyland Trucks to handle this installation,’ responses Keith Gresham, Axtec managing director.
‘Its place at Leyland is undoubtedly the most effective pickup assembly operation in Europe and I believe which our 4000 dynamic weighbridge is contributing to this higher level of performance by giving precise data to help the organization in conforming with the WVTA legislation.’