RDA impounds 13 trucks for overloading
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By EMILY KUWEMA –
THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has impounded 13 trucks at a weighbridge in Solwezi District for overloading goods with one of the drivers clocking more than one month for failing to pay a penalty of K690,000.
RDA operations manager north region Derrick Lubasi said the offenders were slapped with penalty fees ranging between K59,000 and K600,000.
Mr Lubasi said during a sensitisation exercise against overloading of trucks in Solwezi yesterday, that it was mandatory for all vehicles whose Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) was 6.5 tonnes and above to pass through the weighbridge to ensure that they were carrying permissible weight.

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