Motoring Discussion > Tailgaters Beware!	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Pat	Replies: 19

Mon 28 Jan 13 18:03   Tailgaters Beware! - Pat

The shape of things to come...... ...and it's loaded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridS396W2BY&feature=player_embedded Pat Last edited by: pda on Mon 28 Jan 13 at 18:03 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 18:12   Tailgaters Beware! - Manatee

I predict a few lorry-on-lorry events. I wonder if the proximity alone would actually prevent a lorry so equipped from doing the usual nose to tail convoy routine? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 18:15   Tailgaters Beware! - Pat

A flashing red light and a buzzer gets annoying after a while! Where's my toffee hammer, that usually cures it;) Essential part of the toolkit for any discerning lorry driver. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 19:56   Tailgaters Beware! - ToMoCo

Talk about cutting it fine! Who's going to test it in the wet though? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 19:59   Tailgaters Beware! - Zero

>> Talk about cutting it fine! >> >> Who's going to test it in the wet though? Not me, this is what happened to the last driver testing the volvo braking system, www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNi17YLnZpg Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 20:07   Tailgaters Beware! - Dutchie

Very inpressive what a good looking truck.Must be nice fo drive one. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 09:54   Tailgaters Beware! - Dog

>>Very impressive what a good looking truck.Must be nice to drive one<< Where would you park the blimmin thing though Dutchie! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 20:38   Tailgaters Beware! - Bromptonaut

>> Where's my toffee hammer, that usually cures it;) >> >> Essential part of the toolkit for any discerning lorry driver. >> >> Pat Cyclists use toffee hammers too Pat. Just the job for tapping spokes to check they've all got same tension. Then try and explain a toffee hammer to an American on the folder users forum Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 22:52   Tailgaters Beware! - MD

Cyclists probably use them to take car mirrors out! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 23:18   Tailgaters Beware! - bathtub tom

Try explaining why you've got a toffee hammer to the BIBs when they stop and search you. They're just the tool for breaking the side windows of cars when the scrotes spot something they want inside, or so I understand. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 28 Jan 13 23:28   Tailgaters Beware! - Bromptonaut

>> Try explaining why you've got a toffee hammer to the BIBs when they stop and >> search you. >> >> They're just the tool for breaking the side windows of cars when the scrotes spot >> something they want inside, or so I understand. It normally lives in the garage with things like bottom bracket and headset tools that don't go on runs. On a long tour it'd be part of a kit of tools stored together in one pannier. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 09:44   Tailgaters Beware! - Fursty Ferret

So who has to tidy up the back of the lorry afterwards? Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 10:20   Tailgaters Beware! - Old Navy

Or extract the load from the back of the drivers head. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 17:33   Tailgaters Beware! - Pat

I have spent the last two days writing a course on securing loads....and I haven't finished it yet. I have to teach it on Friday to a very gobby audience of guys I worked alongside of for 15 years and they will soon tell me if it's wrong:) ON...all loads should be secured sufficiently so they won't move under any circumstances...kinetic energy and all that! Pat Last edited by: pda on Tue 29 Jan 13 at 17:34 Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 18:06   Tailgaters Beware! - Old Navy

>> >> ON...all loads should be secured................ So glad you put a "should" in there Pat. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 18:19   Tailgaters Beware! - Pat

I shall remind them it's the law. I shall remind them of the damage a shed load can cause. I shall remind them of the impact on the customer. They won't take any notice at all. Then I shall tell them that VOSA will ask to look and see if the load is secured and if it isn't they will get a Graduated Fixed Penalty...that always does the trick! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 18:24   Tailgaters Beware! - Old Navy

The possibility of getting several tons of anything in the back of my neck would be enough incentive for me. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 19:35   Tailgaters Beware! - BobbyG

Always used to love it in Safeway when a wagon pulled up, lifted its door and the 22 pallets were merged into one! For some reason the household pallets were always the worst. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 29 Jan 13 19:39   Tailgaters Beware! - Bromptonaut

Shifting loads can have consequences beyond the road. The Rail Accident Investigators published a report yesterday into a freight train derailment at Reading. The cause was a load inside a freight container which had displaced during road transport to the freight railhead. Being off centre it meant the train was derailed by a minor track defect. As it re-railed on subsequent points it took a little time to locate the train and bring it to a halt www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/130128_R022013_Reading_West.pdf Pat might find that a useful illustration!! Reply to this message | Report message

Wed 30 Jan 13 04:30   Tailgaters Beware! - Pat

That's interesting Bromp, thanks a lot for posting that. It will make a good discussion and illustration point. Containers are always a problem for lorry drivers because the actual sealed container in the load, not what ia in it. This means they have no jurisdiction on how it's loaded or secured and don't even see it as they are sealed by the customer loading them. Pat Reply to this message | Report message