Just a wee commuting question

[Cliphead]

I don't have the nightmare commute I did have for years and I don't know the stats but HGV breakdowns at bottleneck motorway locations not only caused chaos but seemed more frequent than the private vehicle breakdowns or minor accidents.

This has got me thinking, should HGV operators be sanctioned for not maintaining their vehicles and subsequent breakdowns and even fires?

If they were held to account would this make any difference?

[clearedforlanding]

I don't have the nightmare commute I did have for years and I don't know the stats but HGV breakdowns at bottleneck motorway locations not only caused chaos but seemed more frequent than the private vehicle breakdowns or minor accidents.

This has got me thinking, should HGV operators be sanctioned for not maintaining their vehicles and subsequent breakdowns and even fires?

If they were held to account would this make any difference?

Isn't the MOT supposed to be for this? I know is dismal compared to the TuV and even the Spanish ITV. Maybe raising the bar on the MOT as opposed to penalising operators is the solution?

[Cliphead]

Isn't the MOT supposed to be for this? I know is dismal compared to the TuV and even the Spanish ITV. Maybe raising the bar on the MOT as opposed to penalising operators is the solution?

Aye could be but I'm not up to speed on the requirements (groan)...

[SueEllen]

I don't have the nightmare commute I did have for years and I don't know the stats but HGV breakdowns at bottleneck motorway locations not only caused chaos but seemed more frequent than the private vehicle breakdowns or minor accidents.

This has got me thinking, should HGV operators be sanctioned for not maintaining their vehicles and subsequent breakdowns and even fires?

If they were held to account would this make any difference?

How do you still stop a recycling lorry from losing it's load of plastic bottles?

[Cliphead]

How do you still stop a recycling lorry from losing it's load of plastic bottles?

Educate the driver / loader on how to sort it? Or fine him to focus attention?

[greenlake]

How do you still stop a recycling lorry from losing it's load of plastic bottles?

Educate the driver / loader on how to sort it? Or fine him to focus attention?

So, not like this then....?

[TestMangler]

I don't have the nightmare commute I did have for years and I don't know the stats but HGV breakdowns at bottleneck motorway locations not only caused chaos but seemed more frequent than the private vehicle breakdowns or minor accidents.

This has got me thinking, should HGV operators be sanctioned for not maintaining their vehicles and subsequent breakdowns and even fires?

If they were held to account would this make any difference?

Castlecary Arches ??

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Castlecary Arches ??

Aye

[TestMangler]

Aye

If I had a quid for every time the traffic report said "a lorry has shed its load near Castlecary Arches"......

Thankfully I don't commute any more......well, I do, half a mile. Traffic is usually not too bad.

[vetran]

they are actually inspected by regularly, the driver should do a walk around daily, a trained inspector should inspect it every 4->13 weeks (based on age & risk). all of these inspections should be recorded.

look they wrote a book on it:

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...worthiness.pdf

This is why the tipper truck owner & mechanic were sent to prison. They falsified the records and didn't perform the inspections correctly.

The driver has responsibility for the loading of the vehicle which is why they normally don't allow you on the back if they are any good. If the lorry sheds its load H&S, DVSA etc should investigate.

As a car driver you can also be prosecuted if you fail to secure your load. One of the times losing your load is a bad idea!

Same with overloading, I have been pulled over for it once managed to convince them it was on the edge and I had travel in the shocks. I think they thought my shock absorbers were gone, they weren't, I had fifth of a patio in my boot. I didn't tell them the last 2 runs I had 2/5ths of a patio on board.