Juddian:
I have no idea what will happen, though i hope the sneaky swine putting the boot into your mate by reporting him (like a good little drone, khmer rouge/stazi/yewtree would pat him on the head) after he’s already resigned, gets a dose of the pox and never gets another shag.
What in heaven is the obsession with these bloody electronic devices, you see half wits everywhere with their square eyes glued to the damned things, bloody addicted, can’t even pee at a MSA urinal without some twerp texting at the next one while presumably peeing, you fall over the buggers as they amble aimlessly lost in their virtual world…are they all spooks or james bonds like those with the bloo tooth rivetted to their shell likes, will the taliban or IS destroy civilisation if they didn’t read forward or send that vital message before shaking the drops off.
What the hell is the matter with people, get a real life not a virtual bugger…
and breathe…
I suffer from mild parauresis (i.e. “shy bladder syndrome”) and find that texting or web/news browsing on the phone for a moment provides sufficient distraction to allow nature to take its course. I’m sorry if this causes you distress - I’ll go back to having a whizz up the trailer tyres in the truck park instead.
I suffer from mild parauresis (i.e. “shy bladder syndrome”) and find that texting or web/news browsing on the phone for a moment provides sufficient distraction to allow nature to take its course. I’m sorry if this causes you distress - I’ll go back to having a whizz up the trailer tyres in the truck park instead.
You mean you can pee up a wheel without the slightest problem but are unable to have a pee in a toilet without browsing, never heard of that one before, must have been a bugger before the internet, did you have to take the lorry home in the olden days or did a split ring wheel leaned against the fence suffice?
ckm1981:
Ok,so your pal goes I front of the tc and tells them that he was asked to use his phone whilst driving IN A CONTROLLED AREA as part of a safety video for his place of work to highlight the dangers of using a mobile whilst driving…then his employer decides he wants to get rid if your pal so threatens him with said cctv footage to force him to resign.
Leaving you pal out of a job because his employer tricked him into helping with the “safety video” the employer asked him to take part in.
End of story,no more questions your honour…next stop employment tribunal
ckm1981:
Ok,so your pal goes I front of the tc and tells them that he was asked to use his phone whilst driving IN A CONTROLLED AREA as part of a safety video for his place of work to highlight the dangers of using a mobile whilst driving…then his employer decides he wants to get rid if your pal so threatens him with said cctv footage to force him to resign.
Leaving you pal out of a job because his employer tricked him into helping with the “safety video” the employer asked him to take part in.
End of story,no more questions your honour…next stop employment tribunal
This is the only version of events you need.
This is the version of events likely to see the OP’s mate in serious hot water.
You do not spin yarns like some non member of the caravan club to the TC, it might start an unstoppable spiral of events.
m1cks:
Not really. It’s one persons word against another. This offence was nor dealt with by the police nor have they received any kind of conviction for it.
So, the TC rings up the managing director of the company to ask about this safety video, know nothing about that sir, i can bring the transport manager, admin/wages girl, fleet engineer, health and safety officer, my mrs and umpteen other witnesses, plus the owner of the CCTv footage, all will swear on the bible…thankyou sorry to have troubled you.
TC, face like blue thunder consults his book of maximum penalties before launching into a tirade.
By all means anyone pursue spinning a yarn to the TC if they wish, but don’t be surprised if the repercussions are career changing.
They are all a bunch of hypocrites…For instance they will drag you in to the office toot sweet for using the phone whilst driving, yet, they allow the office staff to phone you whilst driving even though they have devices fitted to all of the vehicles telling them where you are, if the vehicle is moving etc. I totally ignored all of their calls and it would be one after the other, and knowing i am driving down whatever motorway i may be on, and once i have finally found a safe place to stop, phone them up to ask what they want, and it would be something so trivial like What time will you be there makes you laugh.
Using the phone in a public place is illegal and is an outright offence if used whilst driving, even 1mph…however using it in a complete private environment is not…and i cannot but wonder why a company would want to call an EX employee back to face disciplinary when he no longer works for them…its unreal…and maybe a wind up…
I can think of few more stupid places to choose in which to start playing with a phone while driving, however slowly, than in a bus station. Many companies take the view that you are still in charge of the vehicle (bus) when the engine is off. Get off the bus.The only possible defence (to the company but not in law) if the vehicle is stationary is to check the time.
Bus company (or indeed any other transport employer) can have whatever rules they like about what you may or may not do/wear/use in the cab, or anywhere else while “at work”. But unless it contravenes the law (e.g. using a mobile phone while driving on a road) what business is it of the Traffic Commissioner?
Roymondo:
Bus company (or indeed any other transport employer) can have whatever rules they like about what you may or may not do/wear/use in the cab, or anywhere else while “at work”. But unless it contravenes the law (e.g. using a mobile phone while driving on a road) what business is it of the Traffic Commissioner?
Because the offence is, iirc, ‘whilst in charge of a motor vehcile’.
That would add a slightly different angle for the TC. Were they A) in a bus and B) did they have passengers on C) was the bus station open to members of the public at the time
rambo19:
Sadly, the simple answer is don’t use the phone in the cab. Full stop.
Sorry mate, you’re wrong. What gives you the right to tell people that they have to use common sense. You must, like me, be at an age where you wonder htf (how the f888) we got on before mobiles etc. Life was deffo quieter on the road when we only had phone boxes.
wheel leaned against the fence suffice? 
