Haslam Kelley, of La Marette Road, Vale, admitted a total of three offences when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court.
The court was told that on the first occasion, he had been driving along Les Gravees, St Peter Port, towards the Grange at about 8.20am when the rear door of the container on his vehicle swung open. Five empty trollies and a trolley containing magazines fell out of the back, with some landing at a bus stop, though nobody was standing there.
The incident was captured on dashcam footage that was obtained from vehicle that had been driving behind him.
Two days later, at 7.40am, he was driving in St Julian’s Avenue. When he stopped to speak to a work colleague who was travelling in the opposite direction, the trailer skidded on the wet road into a parked vehicle.
The parked vehicle was extensively damaged and was pushed in to another one to which the damage was minor. The trailer was not displaying a number plate.
Defending, Advocate Clare Tee said her client had no previous convictions. On the first occasion he thought he had done everything he could do secure the door but obviously he had not.
On the second occasion he had been towing a different trailer. He had realised that it did not have a number plate on and had stopped his colleague, who he believed might have been carrying it in his vehicle. He had not been speeding, said counsel.
Judge Gary Perry said these were serious offences. He had recently had to deal with a number of cases involving insecure loads and vehicles not being operated properly. It was only by luck that there had been nobody at the bus stop to hurt.
People who did this sort of thing needed to know that the financial consequences for them would be getting greater, he said.
A fine of £700 was imposed for using a vehicle with an insecure load in Les Gravees. A £500 penalty was meted for driving without due care and attention in St Julian’s Avenue with a three-month driving ban.
The number plate offence attracted a penalty of £200.