Burmingham v Lindsell    Street Traffic – Sound-recording van – Apparatus an essentially permanent fixture – Goods
vehicle – Road Traffic Act 1930 (c 43), ss 2(4)(b), 10(1), Sched 1.
The driver of a sound-recording van drove it at more than 30 mph on a road where the speed
of private motor cars was not restricted. The apparatus fitted in the van was an essentially
permanent fixture within the Road Traffic Act 1930 s 2(4)(b). The driver was convicted of an
offence under s 10(1), the court holding that the car was a goods vehicle within Sched 1, para
2. The driver appealed, submitting that the car was a private car, as it was taxed as a private
car and the apparatus was not a load within s 2(4)(b):—