ScaniaUltimate:
Iffy looking picture.
How come the fridge unit is intact when it appears to be above the level of the bridge at the same time as the bumper is on the ground?
I realise the exit ground is rising but it still seems strange.
Good advert for Thermo King - “Our fridges are stronger than bridges”.
Good point. Unless he was reversing.
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Roverman:
ScaniaUltimate:
Iffy looking picture.
How come the fridge unit is intact when it appears to be above the level of the bridge at the same time as the bumper is on the ground?
I realise the exit ground is rising but it still seems strange.
Good advert for Thermo King - “Our fridges are stronger than bridges”.Good point. Unless he was reversing.
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This is a steep hill, and starts getting steep under the bridge. The picture is not iffy, but the standard of driving certainly is.
If you pay a fool £200 a day instead of £120, does the increased pay mean you end up with a better quality driver? no, it just means you’ve overpaid a fool who’ll still whack a low bridge.
High pay alone won’t sift the wheat from the chaff, all the higher pay will do is attract more potential recruits of varying standards.
One would hope the current pay increases will see more recruits coming into the lorry job market, whether the transport managers use this time to cherry pick the best people to retain as long term remains to be seen.
Better pay is not just good for the drivers, its better for the industry as a whole, in theory they shouldn’t have to put up with employing incompetent people because they’ll be paying enough to replace them with better quality staff, staff who though they don’t come cheap give better value in the long run giving better value for money.
This should also be good for the drivers, because competent reliable motivated staff who don’t cause incidents like the above don’t need to have a camera pointed at them, they don’t need to be micro managed by umpteen suits busy doing nothing useful, damage and excess maintenance costs reduced drastically, utilisation and efficiency increased.
If everyone plays their part the transport sector could take massive strides forward, win win all round.
I know a lot of Tesco drivers are not getting much training before being set loose.
If your bad at reversing they may give you some reversing training in the yard for a few hours. That is about it.
I’ve had new drivers coming up to me asking “Wtf am I meant to do with all this paperwork”.
Also to add a cherry on the cake. Tesco do not allow sat navs / mobile phones in cab they just want you to use their map instructions.
So does not really surprise me. How many EE drivers have good written English? How many new drivers under say 30 can get to a place without relying on a sat nav.
Here’s the problem i have with everyone suggesting that free thinkers make for better drivers. If, as has been suggested the above is a Tesco truck, they are some of the most micro managed in the business. They are told what, when, where, who and how. The why is obvious. So it’s taken a ‘free thinker’ to end up stuck under a bridge. So not that great after all. It’s my guess the driver ‘knew better’, and he followed his/her satnav blindly. When he came to the low bridge, he gambled the 10’8" sign had a +/- 4" allowance. That’s where free thinking gets you! Do what you’re told and follow signs, they are not advisory!!!
This driver should have gone to specsavers.
I may be wrong but I think some depots contract out the transport side of things at the company being mentioned.
Kind of similar to when a contractor pulling xyz trailer hits a bridge, people think it is xyz that hit it.
Here’s the bridge from the other side:
adam277:
I know a lot of Tesco drivers are not getting much training before being set loose.
If your bad at reversing they may give you some reversing training in the yard for a few hours. That is about it.
I’ve had new drivers coming up to me asking “Wtf am I meant to do with all this paperwork”.
Also to add a cherry on the cake. Tesco do not allow sat navs / mobile phones in cab they just want you to use their map instructions.So does not really surprise me. How many EE drivers have good written English? How many new drivers under say 30 can get to a place without relying on a sat nav.
trouble is the microlise isnt fool proof. 3 times it has led me up the gardenpath nearly… once was wrong way into a 1 way street 2nd time was a u turn at a set of lights on a single carridge way and the last time was under a bridge. The risk assesments aren’t much better twice they have told me to drive under a cannopy either 3.9 or 4 meters tall in a truck thats 13’ 4" (4.1 m aprox)
cooper1203:
adam277:
I know a lot of Tesco drivers are not getting much training before being set loose.
If your bad at reversing they may give you some reversing training in the yard for a few hours. That is about it.
I’ve had new drivers coming up to me asking “Wtf am I meant to do with all this paperwork”.
Also to add a cherry on the cake. Tesco do not allow sat navs / mobile phones in cab they just want you to use their map instructions.So does not really surprise me. How many EE drivers have good written English? How many new drivers under say 30 can get to a place without relying on a sat nav.
trouble is the microlise isnt fool proof. 3 times it has led me up the gardenpath nearly… once was wrong way into a 1 way street 2nd time was a u turn at a set of lights on a single carridge way and the last time was under a bridge. The risk assesments aren’t much better twice they have told me to drive under a cannopy either 3.9 or 4 meters tall in a truck thats 13’ 4" (4.1 m aprox)
I never follow the microlise and if I can help it I dont even touch it. I prefer paperwork to having to deal with it.
As for canopys… You should know the height of your truck. If the canopy at the store is labelled on the risk assessment at being a certain height and you can go under it you go under it. If you damage a canopy because the risk assessment is wrong then that is not your problem. 
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Personally never had any issues with the risk assessments.
Take care guys 
drover:
Lorry drivers told to 'take care' after railway bridge struck - BBC NewsTake care guys
Very considerate wording in that article.
Is that because the truck belongs to Tesco rather than a haulage company?
Also:
“It added that about five railway bridges were hit by lorries a day nationally and the annual bill for "such careless driving comes in at around £20m”.
I am surprised the average cost per incident is only £10,959.
I would expect this incident alone to cost in the high millions.
I guess it comes down to what constitutes “a bridge strike”, some might be no more than a paint scrape.
I bet this one is going to be a tad more than the average figure
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58406885
One in Romsey again this week, but not the usual 14’3 bridge but a much better effort of a high cube and the 10’6 sun arch [emoji54][emoji54]
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polytrotter:
One in Romsey again this week, but not the usual 14’3 bridge but a much better effort of a high cube and the 10’6 sun arch [emoji54][emoji54]Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
It was a 14’6 container and the 14’6 bridge before the sun arch
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