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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.Last edited by vetran; 14 March 2017, 21:29.
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostAye
Thankfully I don't commute any more......well, I do, half a mile. Traffic is usually not too bad.
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostI 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?
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostI 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?
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Originally posted by clearedforlanding View PostIsn'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?
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostI 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?
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Just a wee commuting question
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?Tags: None
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