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dfen5 said:
Do you get expenses for the motorway service station priced coffees etc?
We don't get expenses to buy coffee, the company provides free hot drinks at the station. We do get discounted food and drink at some services on production of a union card. This is something the union has negotiated with the services and not HE.cootuk said:
What's your opinion of smart motorways using the hard shoulder, and does it make your job a lot harder/dangerous?
Personally, I prefer a hard shoulder, but I'm biased as there are no plans to introduce smart motorway in my area.Edited by BossHogg on Friday 29th December 06:53
john2443 said:
Do you have any exemptions to traffic laws? The only think I can think that I've ever seen is using the hard shoulder to get to an incident, but do you get any others?
Actually, are you officially allowed to use the HS, or just do it because it;s the more sensible thing to do?
We can legally use the hard shoulder to access incidents, we can reverse on the hard shoulder, we can enter the hatched areas between slip roads and main carriageway, we can use the emergency turn round points ( the little roads you sometimes see between split carriageways.Actually, are you officially allowed to use the HS, or just do it because it;s the more sensible thing to do?
We have exemptions to use flashing alternating headlights and flashing rear reds (only the police and ourselves are legally allowed these although plenty of others have them) We can pass under red X's on closed lanes.
SCEtoAUX said:
What!!!!? You can't help a young lass with three kids change a tyre in the pissing rain on the hard shoulder in rush hour? That's ridiculous.
I know, colleagues have received words of advice from management for doing it. I have helped to the point of doing it myself, but always making it look like the motorist has done it themselves.bigandclever said:
Do you remember the head honcho being ‘moved on’ because he kept being caught kerb crawling?
Do you remember the temporary chef in Leeds who didn’t come in one Monday because he’d been arrested for killing and eating bits of his victim?
And do you remember the results of the trial in the West Midlands on the viability of the HATO function that, by the time the political-will factors had been applied the actual 13% increase in congestion during the trial had magically become a 13% decrease in congestion?
Before my time.Do you remember the temporary chef in Leeds who didn’t come in one Monday because he’d been arrested for killing and eating bits of his victim?
And do you remember the results of the trial in the West Midlands on the viability of the HATO function that, by the time the political-will factors had been applied the actual 13% increase in congestion during the trial had magically become a 13% decrease in congestion?
TheRainMaker said:
That is total horse s
t, if you don't have the mental capacity to change a wheel safely, you probably shouldn't even be driving.
Let's face it, it's just not your job to do it (don't know why you can't just say it), even though you have the perfect vehicle (could be very easy to carry some very basic tools) to help and let's be honest, most of you have ample experience.
To be honest, if I could change them, I would, the powers that be have removed all tools from our vehicles to stop us from doing it. We're not even allowed to change our own tyres!t, if you don't have the mental capacity to change a wheel safely, you probably shouldn't even be driving. Let's face it, it's just not your job to do it (don't know why you can't just say it), even though you have the perfect vehicle (could be very easy to carry some very basic tools) to help and let's be honest, most of you have ample experience.
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