Sploom:
remy:
NH man dies following ‘tragic accident’ at Walmart distribution center in Raymond – Boston 25 NewsThis happened at my old DC.
Thanks for sending me that link.I am going to raise this as a health and safety issue
Go get em girlfriend !!
And so we now realise why so many 
common sense situations, are made into a telephone book of H&S to follow, or be damned…
Although I’d of thought with the modern radar systems, most trucks will prevent such a situation ?
Remember doing an induction on merc, and told not to touch peddles, trusting the fker on rounderbouts was fun, but it was okay… bit slow but did its thing… then when approaching traffic, yeah right!!! Only ever once, on that induction, but never ever since, cos trying to explain “it was the truck not me” wouldn’t go down too well if taking out a mini or micra, and it can go wrong like anything electric.
Anyone else actually trust em day to day ?
Don’t mind whilst crusing, but in traffic, prefer my own decisions of when stopping etc, especially with amount of cars that just cut in last minute now, never sure if they would act in time, as its a side movement, not and approach situation ■■
Maybe their just doing this whilst waiting behind you sploom so maybe just stand to the side whilst security do the dangerous stuff… hahaha, if I was waiting behind, would rev and lurch a little forwards, then see if you pray, or curse…
Could raise some interesting conversations when next crossing on foot a pedestrian crossing in a busy town centre.
Harry Monk:
remy:
NH man dies following ‘tragic accident’ at Walmart distribution center in Raymond – Boston 25 NewsThis happened at my old DC.
I appreciate that I’m in the minority here but I thought the OP was making a valid point, for exactly the reason for the accident in that link.
Agreed, it does seem ridiculous that I have to (a various combination of) switch off, hand my keys in, get out the cab and stand outside (sealed trailer, I’m not opening). Yet nothing is ever said about the truck behind with engine running.
TonkaBoy:
And so we now realise why so manyAlthough I’d of thought with the modern radar systems, most trucks will prevent such a situation ?
Remember doing an induction on merc, and told not to touch peddles, trusting the fker on rounderbouts was fun, but it was okay… bit slow but did its thing… then when approaching traffic, yeah right!!! Only ever once, on that induction, but never ever since, cos trying to explain “it was the truck not me” wouldn’t go down too well if taking out a mini or micra, and it can go wrong like anything electric.
Anyone else actually trust em day to day ?
Don’t mind whilst crusing, but in traffic, prefer my own decisions of when stopping etc, especially with amount of cars that just cut in last minute now, never sure if they would act in time, as its a side movement, not and approach situation ■■
Maybe their just doing this whilst waiting behind you sploom [emoji38] so maybe just stand to the side whilst security do the dangerous stuff… hahaha, if I was waiting behind, would rev and lurch a little forwards, then see if you pray, or curse…
Yes, I do trust it. Within reason, like not from 56 with slow traffic ahead. But yes it will bring it to a stop in time…mostly!
Yes,I would curse you,absolutly.
I remember,as a bus driver,one of the drivers got crushed between the buses,but because it was only a minibus,he survived.After that incident,they put a box junction on the gate,but I would rather see this done before someone gets squashed
the maoster:
Could raise some interesting conversations when next crossing on foot a pedestrian crossing in a busy town centre.
Good point… but…
On the road the driver will (should) be in “driving mode”, not in fiddling about with papers/sat-nav etc mode.
And on the crossing likely there will an open space the other side, not a solid trailer just 6inches away.
Would I ask a driver to switch off? Maybe yes, maybe no. If they were too close I probably would. If they were looking attentive and metres back I wouldnt. When using crossings I do look at the traffic as I cross in front of them. Nope, I dont 100% trust strangers, why would I?
All you need is a joker like this one
TonkaBoy:
hahaha, if I was waiting behind, would rev and lurch a little forwards, then see if you pray, or curse…
who doesn`t even know how the AEBS works, or someone who relies on what is designed as a safety, back-up system, to see how it could all go wrong.
sploom is quite right to raise this issue. you would be benefiting all drivers if you wrote to the company and HSE.
This would improve the chances of the widow of the crushed driver when she presses for compensation.
TonkaBoy:
Although I’d of thought with the modern radar systems, most trucks will prevent such a situation ?
I can only speak for my own personal experience of vehicles, but I’ve never had a vehicle with a feature like that, nor would I have put any faith in it even if I had been given one.
This comes back to the SWA vs Driver argument recently: an SWA relies on the bells and whistles of modern trucks to do at least part of their job for them, a “driver” will take a second (literally) to actually put the handbrake on.
I agree with Harry that Sploom’s question is a valid concern, but then some of us (wisely) have so little trust in other people’s abilities that we look both ways when crossing a one-way street.
The other thing ,now weve got these flippin autobrakes,it holds the brake on for so long then lets it go(while the driver is checking his phone),hill start,thats it.or with the scania autobrake,you only have to touch the accelerator and it releases the handbrake automatically
An update on the accident I posted. The truck was inspected and had no defects. It had an auto gearbox and the driver said he stopped but left it in drive and then bent over to look for something on the floor and didn’t realize the truck was moving.