Driver pulled over for transporting load twice as long as his van

A van driver has been stopped by police after transporting a long load which was twice as long as his vehicle. Police officers thought their “eyes were deceiving them” when they saw the truck carrying the “dangerous” long metal frame near Halifax on Wednesday evening Officers from West Yorkshire Police stopped the vehicle after noticing its cargo made it ‘longer than as a bus’.

A spokesman for the force said the driver comically attached a “hi-vis” jacket to the end of the heavy load to warn other motorists about how far it extended. The spokesman said: “While patrolling Elland this evening, PC Burn and PCSO Wardman sighted the below vehicle and thought their eyes were deceiving them. Unsurprisingly the driver was stopped and dealt with for having a dangerous load.

If the load you want to transport is twice as long as your van and maybe even touch longer than a bus, it’s perhaps a wise idea to find a different way of transporting it. The driver learned this lesson the hard way.” READ MORE Patient turns up at overstretched A&E department with ‘ear wax’

Social media users joked it looked like the driver was ‘trying to steal a bridge’. One wrote: “A bridge was stolen in Elland tonight. West Yorkshire Police – Calderdale Valleys are offering support to anyone trying to cross the Calder.”

Another quipped: “I’m going to give this guy 9 out of 10 for trying and I’m actually going to give him one out of 10 for putting the Hi Viz around the back so his total score is actually 10 out of 10.” However one felt the driver had been hard done by the long arm of the law, saying the van’s load would not be a danger to other motorists. They said: “That’s not dangerous he’s got a hi viz attached, other road users would see that from miles away, buses are longer and more dangerous they are so high they could kill lowing flying birds or even drunk airplane pilots”

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