ytrehodluap:
Seems there are companies willing to use drivers who don’t know all these regulations to cut costs perhaps?? On this occasion we went up north delivering around Derbyshire from Heathrow I wasn’t happy to drive the first bit as there were four barrels of something with a dangerous goods logo on it (that really is all I know at the moment) so other driver drove up there got rid of that, then I drove next couple of hours etc… I wonder if this is common practise?
Hi,
It’s perfectly possible that there was nothing to worry about, because it might well not have been a fully regulated load.
4 X 200L (a guess on the size of the ‘barrels’ on my part) = 800L. Some substances have an allowance of 1,000L, or might not even be regulated at all.
It’s equally possible that it was a fully regulated load.
You saw “a dangerous goods logo” but there are several types of those.
Some substances are only ‘hazardous’ which means that anybody can drive whilst carrying as much as they like.
Other substances are ‘dangerous’ and that’s where ADR comes in, but with all the variations I’ve already mentioned.
I can give you a good answer, but only if you can tell me where the goalposts are! 