R. v. Vidito, (1981) 50 N.S.R.(2d) 565 (ProvCt)

• Judge: Carver, J.
• Court: Provincial Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
• Case Date: November 30, 1981
• Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
• Citations: (1981), 50 N.S.R.(2d) 565 (ProvCt)

R. v. Vidito (1981), 50 N.S.R.(2d) 565 (ProvCt);

    98 A.P.R. 565

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R. v. Vidito

Indexed As: R. v. Vidito

Nova Scotia Provincial Court

Carver, J.

November 30, 1981.

Summary:

An accused was charged with operating a tractor-trailer with excess weight, contrary to s. 172 of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.N.S. 1967, c. 191. The Nova Scotia Provincial Court acquitted the accused.

Motor Vehicles - Topic 3208

Regulation of vehicles - Excess weight - Weight calculation - The accused was charged with operating a tractor-trailer, which had excess weight, contrary to s. 172 of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.N.S. 1967, c. 191 - The Nova Scotia Provincial Court acquitted the accused, where the combination of vehicles was not weighed as a unit, but each of the five axles on the unit was weighed individually but while still joined together - See paragraphs 4 to 6.

Statutes Noticed:

Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.N.S. 1967, c. 191, sect. 174 [para. 5 to 6].

Counsel:

V. Blaine Allaby, for the Crown;

Gerald B. Freeman, Q.C., for the defendant.

This case was heard before CARVER, J., of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court. The decision of CARVER, J., was delivered at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, on November 30, 1981: