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Just cover the front number plate with a bit of tissue on the way out, problem solved
No, you need to cover it on the way in, otherwise it will register you arriving but not leaving, making it seem that you are still there beyond the two hour window
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Just on the way out is enough, they know you came in but can’t prove when you left so have to presume that it missed you on the way out. Tried and tested for many years with 100% success rate
Just a question, if you’ve broken down, can this time be used as your break? If you have an hour or two hour wait for example. Or is this counted as work time?
RogerOut:
Just a question, if you’ve broken down, can this time be used as your break? If you have an hour or two hour wait for example. Or is this counted as work time?
Stick it on break. As long as you’re not actively involved in trying to repair the vehicle or having to direct traffic around your stricken vehicle you’re probably laid on the bed or sat in a seat messing about on the internet whilst drinking coffee. In other words recuperating.
Lesson learned if your broken down in services go to the pay point tell them you have broken down and they will register your plate on the recognition system.
applecomson:
Agency driver here working for a very well known company.
Last Monday I pulled out of the depot and headed off down the road, as I was getting close to the M1 an engine malfunction warning light and buzzers go off and the exhaust is chucking out smoke.
Being the considerate soul that I am I get the lorry to the services which were only 2-3 miles down the road and park up. I eventually manage to get through to someone at our depot to tell them what’s happened and they give me the number of the company’s main helpline which I had to add credit to my phone to ring as my plan doesn’t cover 0845 numbers.
So I call the number and explain the issue, they ask the usual where are you parked, what’s the problem etc etc and then they tell me they’ll call out the local DAF agents to come and see what’s wrong. The agents call me and tell me 90 minutes to 2 hours.
So I wait and after about 90 minutes a lad in a van turns up and plugs in his laptop and after 15-20 minutes tells me that the EBV ( ? ) is faulty and tips the cab and shows me the problem. Get it back to base and defect it and let them sort it he says.
I phone our transport up and they tell me to bring it back to the depot so I do that and defect it.
Job done or so I thought ! Anyone care to guess what’s not long happened ?
Do you mean BPV clamped on to the back of the turbo ■■
EBV he said. Exhaust back valve ? It was under the turbo.
Exhaust brake valve… essentially a butterfly valve in the exhaust to create back pressure and aid engine breaking. It’s controlled by a an actuator and they can fail, causing the valve to be stuck closed and meaning the engine can’t vent the exhaust quick enough, causing massive lack of power and lots of smoke.
Get the Daf aid paperwork and send it that you had broken down. Next time if you get a problem go in and tell them that you have broken down. They will enter your vehicle onto the system. When its fixed or towed go in and let them know. They always sort it out
