Kelvin John White, 52, of Ploughmans Lane, was interstate when he was sentenced for not stopping his 8.7 tonne Isuzu motorhome at the safety stations at Mt Boyce on the Great Western Highway or Mt White.  

Prosecuting solicitor Kim Rickard said the offences all related to the same modified vehicle, which White has been driving since 2012.

“Having modified it and driven it throughout NSW it previously had never been brought to his attention, it is required to divert with trucks,” Mr Rickard said. 

White’s solicitor Paul Longhurst said it’s the first time his client has been in trouble for not stopping a heavy vehicle in a safety station.

“He’s driven heavy trucks for 30-odd years, in regard to his record there’s nothing serious in regard to heavy trucks,” Mr Longhurst said. 

“Ignorance is not a defence but that’s what it is.

“He says he won’t do it again.”

Magistrate David Day said White blissfully drove to the coast and up the mountains in a vehicle that’s “well and truly one that should go into the heavy vehicle safety station”.

“It requires a fine, he knows what a safety station looks like and he’s driving more than a small two-tonne Winnebago,” he said.

“He doesn’t have infringement notices of this kind but he does have some infringements.” 

White was fined $110 for each matter plus a total of $825 in prosecution costs.