[Tannaton]

Interesting video...

It's worth noting that the penalties for an overweight vehicle, trailer and/or combination are on a sliding scale based on the percentage of weight over the limit. In any of the below cases the vehicle could be issued with a prohibition notice if the inspector finds it is unsafe - that's a £80 charge and you can't move it until corrected. The penalty is "non endorsable" - i.e. you don't get any points.

0-5% - no fine, 5% - 10% - £100, 10 - 15% - £200, 15% - 30% - £300, 30%+ - court summons.

Whilst everyone is legally and morally obliged to know their weights and keep within the law, I personally think a correctly loaded (i.e. weight secured and over the axle not fore/aft) and carefully driven caravan that is 5% overweight is far less a risk to other road users than a badly loaded caravan that is underweight and/or driven by an inexperienced/ untrained driver.