Coming through Widnes yesterday morning and noticed a fellow professional had used his double decker trailer to help support a 15’0 bridge, most thoughtful although the police who closed the road didn’t think so. One of the lads in our yard said it was one of Stobart’s finest ( I couldn’t see the unit as I was at the crossroads directly behind it, but saw the nice peeled roof of the trailer lol ).
After reading on another thread about JRT’s latest calamity, it’s got me thinking. There are far too many of these.
Do you deserve sacking for a bridge strike regardless of how much experience you have? I would say yes personally. What does it take to stop bellends hitting bridges?
EDIT; If any of you computer savvy chaps could put a link on for me I would be grateful. ( Rucorn and Widnes world wagon strikes railway bridge, Waterloo Rd Widnes ), ta.
I worked with a driver who had hit a bridge in a previous job. He would tell me, “it’s easier to get caught out than you think, you’re hooking up to different height trailers all day everyday, in and out of different height units, some have the trailer marked in metres, units in feet and inches.” he then always used follow that up with, “what’s 4.3m metres in feet and inches?” … “BANG!!!” … “see it’s easy!”
For the record he didn’t lose his job, although he left of his own volition 6 months later, perhaps his TM just gave him all the ■■■■ jobs until he left.
Personally I think if anyone hits a bridge they should be sacked, but if it was me doing the striking, a period of reflection, retraining, and self flagellation, would suffice
I have to leave a note to self on the dash not to hit the 12 ft bridge at the bottom of the village ,or to go the other way ,I could easily do it one day carrying different body’s and loads most days .
Instant dissmissal on our place,you fill in an OPs 13 before leaving the yard where you write the height of the vehicle…no excuses for hitting a bridge after that.
he then always used follow that up with, “what’s 4.3m metres in feet and inches?” … “BANG!!!” … “see it’s easy!”
