Lorry wreaks havoc in Ruislip, Police not interested?
Discussion
Vipers said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Not even one of these trucks?
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This is his road, often or not cars park both sides making passing a slow process but manageable for a car, most of the roads around him are the same, think a fire tender would have some difficulty, then with their horns on full blast, I am hoping people would get out and move..
Some people... <shakes head sadly>
Still, they'll probably find out one day.
TooMany2cvs said:
Vipers said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Not even one of these trucks?
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This is his road, often or not cars park both sides making passing a slow process but manageable for a car, most of the roads around him are the same, think a fire tender would have some difficulty, then with their horns on full blast, I am hoping people would get out and move..
Some people... <shakes head sadly>
Still, they'll probably find out one day.
If people cannot park on both sides and leave at least 3.0 metres clearance or in fact any side of the road that results in reducing the width to less than 3.0 metres should result in a ticket.
Like those that park right up to the corner at junctions.
Tough s
te if your car gets mullered. park it somewhere else.
eybic said:
I can only think that there's some daft rule about not being the one that has had this happen. I had similar when someone nicked money from my bank account, the bank refunded me therefore as far as the police were concerned I was not the victim so they couldn't act on my behalf, they had to be asked by the bank.
So how can I report my own murder.If I can't report it was there no crime.
North Drive is a purely residential road so not on any logical route to industrial premises - https://goo.gl/maps/Xf4JYa6o36m
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Red Devil said:
North Drive is a purely residential road so not on any logical route to industrial premises - https://goo.gl/maps/Xf4JYa6o36m
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Any number of reasons. Think harder.Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Pothole said:
Red Devil said:
North Drive is a purely residential road so not on any logical route to industrial premises - https://goo.gl/maps/Xf4JYa6o36m
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Any number of reasons. Think harder.Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Foreign driver lost.
If an individual ordered some insulation, would it arrive in a f
k that size, don't know.So what did we missed.
Red Devil said:
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Perhaps they should have delivered it to a local Builder's Merchant, who'd then have used their own full-size truck to deliver it to site?Still, just as well no domestic property being worked on ever wants skips or concrete delivered, eh? Or furniture? Or...
yellowjack said:
Leaving such matters in the hands if insurers to put right the damage is one thing, but the cause of the damage? To my (possibly feeble) mind, that incident smacks of a lorry driver who lost his temper because he couldn't drive down his planned route. He either has no alternative route available, or simply cannot be arsed with finding one, so he's lost his cool and deliberately ploughed a furrow through the parked cars. That, in my opinion, makes it criminal damage, and certainly worthy of, at the very least, police attendance and an interview (however brief) under caution for the driver.
If the driver turns out to be a highly strung individual prone to entirely unreasonable demonstrations of violence (using his vehicle as a weapon), then he very much ought not to be driving. Either the DVLA needs to suspend his licence for medical reasons (I lost mine for mental health reasons - even though I'm better and long off the drugs I was prescribed, I'm told I'm unlikely to get it back) or he ought to be banned by a court. And I'm being serious. Anyone that cack-handed at driving a wagon cannot be safe on the roads (if we're saying it was an accident), or if he did it deliberately through anger or frustration, then he's simply not got the temperament required to be a safe driver in an HGV (or any other kind of vehicle). What might he do next time? Deliberately 'T'-bone a car sat blocking a junction in heavy traffic? Push a car out of his way on the open road if it's not travelling fast enough for his liking? No-one's ever going to able to form an opinion as to whether he ought to be driving or not if no-one's going to go to the bother of interviewing him about this incident.
I thought the police were about protecting members of the public, and their property. If they don't at least look further into this, then I'd say they're failing to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of said members of the public. And we are, after all, policed by consent in this country. Antagonise the electorate enough, and large portions of it will soon decline to consent to be policed. It sounds ridiculous, saying this, but failing to even have a cursory look into such incidents feels like the thin end of a wedge that is getting driven ever more firmly into the gap that exists between the public's perception of what the police ought to be doing with their time, and what their meagre resources actually get spent on doing.
Sure you are off the drugs?If the driver turns out to be a highly strung individual prone to entirely unreasonable demonstrations of violence (using his vehicle as a weapon), then he very much ought not to be driving. Either the DVLA needs to suspend his licence for medical reasons (I lost mine for mental health reasons - even though I'm better and long off the drugs I was prescribed, I'm told I'm unlikely to get it back) or he ought to be banned by a court. And I'm being serious. Anyone that cack-handed at driving a wagon cannot be safe on the roads (if we're saying it was an accident), or if he did it deliberately through anger or frustration, then he's simply not got the temperament required to be a safe driver in an HGV (or any other kind of vehicle). What might he do next time? Deliberately 'T'-bone a car sat blocking a junction in heavy traffic? Push a car out of his way on the open road if it's not travelling fast enough for his liking? No-one's ever going to able to form an opinion as to whether he ought to be driving or not if no-one's going to go to the bother of interviewing him about this incident.
I thought the police were about protecting members of the public, and their property. If they don't at least look further into this, then I'd say they're failing to carry out their duties to the satisfaction of said members of the public. And we are, after all, policed by consent in this country. Antagonise the electorate enough, and large portions of it will soon decline to consent to be policed. It sounds ridiculous, saying this, but failing to even have a cursory look into such incidents feels like the thin end of a wedge that is getting driven ever more firmly into the gap that exists between the public's perception of what the police ought to be doing with their time, and what their meagre resources actually get spent on doing.
TooMany2cvs said:
Red Devil said:
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Perhaps they should have delivered it to a local Builder's Merchant, who'd then have used their own full-size truck to deliver it to site?Still, just as well no domestic property being worked on ever wants skips or concrete delivered, eh? Or furniture? Or...
He may not have been delivering, of course, but it could have been something as simple as a couple of loft rolls placed on his route due to him being the closest.
The next drop may have been tons of plasterboard requiring fork offload at a local Barratt Homes site etc.
We have delivered a single loft hatch or an inspection panel you can fit in your glovebox in such vehicles. It's all about logistics.
Digby said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Red Devil said:
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Perhaps they should have delivered it to a local Builder's Merchant, who'd then have used their own full-size truck to deliver it to site?Still, just as well no domestic property being worked on ever wants skips or concrete delivered, eh? Or furniture? Or...
He may not have been delivering, of course, but it could have been something as simple as a couple of loft rolls placed on his route due to him being the closest.
The next drop may have been tons of plasterboard requiring fork offload at a local Barratt Homes site etc.
We have delivered a single loft hatch or an inspection panel you can fit in your glovebox in such vehicles. It's all about logistics.
Vipers said:
Digby said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Red Devil said:
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Perhaps they should have delivered it to a local Builder's Merchant, who'd then have used their own full-size truck to deliver it to site?Still, just as well no domestic property being worked on ever wants skips or concrete delivered, eh? Or furniture? Or...
He may not have been delivering, of course, but it could have been something as simple as a couple of loft rolls placed on his route due to him being the closest.
The next drop may have been tons of plasterboard requiring fork offload at a local Barratt Homes site etc.
We have delivered a single loft hatch or an inspection panel you can fit in your glovebox in such vehicles. It's all about logistics.
Pothole said:
Vipers said:
Digby said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Red Devil said:
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Perhaps they should have delivered it to a local Builder's Merchant, who'd then have used their own full-size truck to deliver it to site?Still, just as well no domestic property being worked on ever wants skips or concrete delivered, eh? Or furniture? Or...
He may not have been delivering, of course, but it could have been something as simple as a couple of loft rolls placed on his route due to him being the closest.
The next drop may have been tons of plasterboard requiring fork offload at a local Barratt Homes site etc.
We have delivered a single loft hatch or an inspection panel you can fit in your glovebox in such vehicles. It's all about logistics.
Vipers said:
Pothole said:
Vipers said:
Digby said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Red Devil said:
Not sure why it would need a truck that size to deliver some loft insulation to a domestic property.
Perhaps they should have delivered it to a local Builder's Merchant, who'd then have used their own full-size truck to deliver it to site?Still, just as well no domestic property being worked on ever wants skips or concrete delivered, eh? Or furniture? Or...
He may not have been delivering, of course, but it could have been something as simple as a couple of loft rolls placed on his route due to him being the closest.
The next drop may have been tons of plasterboard requiring fork offload at a local Barratt Homes site etc.
We have delivered a single loft hatch or an inspection panel you can fit in your glovebox in such vehicles. It's all about logistics.
you said:
So what did we missed.
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