Truck driver rest rules....really?
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I had the BM's run-flat warning sounding for the last 30 miles of my journey home late last night. I was too tired to sort it so when I left at 6:00am this morning headed straight for the only garage with an airline near me.
This BP garage has an M&S store on site and parked up right in front of the airline was an M&S artic with engine idling. When I approached the driver he gestured at me that he was having 'T'...and when I asked him to back up 10mtrs he refused saying he was on his break and would be sacked if he reversed. I did question if rolling back 10 mtrs on a private forecourt would constitute breaking the driving regs, but he point blank refused to shift back as he needed a further hour rest......so I had to jump on the M3 for 5 junctions at a 50mph crawl to get to another airline.
Question is....was he right or was he a G I T?
This BP garage has an M&S store on site and parked up right in front of the airline was an M&S artic with engine idling. When I approached the driver he gestured at me that he was having 'T'...and when I asked him to back up 10mtrs he refused saying he was on his break and would be sacked if he reversed. I did question if rolling back 10 mtrs on a private forecourt would constitute breaking the driving regs, but he point blank refused to shift back as he needed a further hour rest......so I had to jump on the M3 for 5 junctions at a 50mph crawl to get to another airline.
Question is....was he right or was he a G I T?
I guess that explains why you often see 3 or 4 parked up together on the hard shoulder during/after hold ups on the motorway...presumably caught out by unexpected and irresolvable delays..... Stupid law if it's that inflexible they even have to stop and park in dangerous places, potentially obstructing emergency vehicles, just to comply with something designed to improve safety of all road users?
I understand the whole 'hate the black box' thing, although we need to remember you're bearing down on me with 44 tonnes of ballast.....but issuing speeding fines when 2mph over on the tacho
? Really? Surely they have to respect the 10%+2mph guidance too? You're being dramatic for effect yeah?
? Really? Surely they have to respect the 10%+2mph guidance too? You're being dramatic for effect yeah?
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