There are some really good points above and a lot I hadn't thought of.
I was around in the early days that GB talks of where you handballed your load on and then had to rope and sheet it. It was very hard and one thing we all had in common was the fact that we were totally knackered. So much so that we empathised with each other and helped out.
It's long been my ideal for us all to do the job in a professional manner and to take pride in what we do, but sadly a lot of newer drivers will say that it's just a job, a way of paying the mortgage, and their idea is to do as little work as possible and earn as much money as they can.
I've always thought that because I spend so much of my life at work, I might as well try and enjoy it and I have done.
I've just been asked to teach roping and sheeting and safe loading for another much bigger training company because they have no-one who can do it. The arthritic hands will suffer because I won't be able to resist a dolly or pigs ear in demonstration, but I wouldn't miss the chance for anything:)
A greater awareness for us all ( car, lorry motorbike, cycle) of others on the road would be a start with a far more active police force actually on the roads would help.
I can remember when a police car would pull up a lorry driver and congratulate them on their good driving, no doubt they did it for car drivers too.
It never happened to me but it was what we all strove to achieve.
It's also a mark of the respect for the forum members on here that I feel able to ask these questions!
Pat
Last edited by: pda on Fri 19 Mar 10 at 06:56
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