i hate the things and only wear it when i`m told off for not wearing it…and i thought that under euroberk rules all of europe had to wear them…so how is it that you hardly ever see them over there…us brits again…were the only ones sticking to the rules…what about the idiots who wear the large overcoat hi viz whilst driving…would get on my nerves…anyway…their choice…loved the jesus sandal bit though…must admit i got caught out at a tip once …had shorts on…and the gatehouse said i couldnt come into the tip…in case the rats bit me
ha ha ha ha …and i had an air tailboard…didnt have to get outta the cab anyway…
just got a mate to tip it for me…who had joggers on…
i can understand them trying to cover their rear ends but at the end of the day, if you are told to wear PPE and you choose not to wear it, surely you would be laughed out of court if you tried to sue following an accident? therefore, instruction on the wearing of PPE should be enough rather than trying to actually force it upon everyone 
scanny77:
i can understand them trying to cover their rear ends but at the end of the day, if you are told to wear PPE and you choose not to wear it, surely you would be laughed out of court if you tried to sue following an accident? therefore, instruction on the wearing of PPE should be enough rather than trying to actually force it upon everyone
You’d be surprised with the number of people who win court cases when they’ve only got themselves to blame.
smcaul:
Owens_girl:
hate to mention it, but perhaps it’s not all ladies who prefer the Chippendale lookalike bloke
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JoThere’s hope for us yet then
Just for the record…hairy chested chappies get my vote!! 
As for the original question, I see the purpose of HIVIZ vests…its just that after about an hour wearing a brand new one, it looks filthy, & they never wash tidy either! 
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Funny thread!
I always carry my hi viz, well you need to wipe your mirrors from time to time don’t you.
I really don’t get that hi viz vest under the coat thing or the imaginary friend in the passenger seat.
What did I miss in T and D?
going back to Lucy`s earlier thread of the early pioneers who gave women/lady drivers the respect they have today made me chuckle a bit. It seems that in the early days of my career i never saw a lady trucker, they were at home looking after the kids whilst us mere mortals had to earn the bread. Although there were very few showers about, let alone a seperate one for women, i would have had no hesitation in sharing one with a lesser mortal in order to show my appreciation of the great job they were doing, and of course to innitiate her into the world of transport.
truckyboy:
going back to Lucy`s earlier thread of the early pioneers who gave women/lady drivers the respect they have today made me chuckle a bit. It seems that in the early days of my career i never saw a lady trucker, they were at home looking after the kids whilst us mere mortals had to earn the bread. Although there were very few showers about, let alone a seperate one for women, i would have had no hesitation in sharing one with a lesser mortal in order to show my appreciation of the great job they were doing, and of course to innitiate her into the world of transport.
it suits me. they have their own money to buy clothes with now. they want equal opportunities? fine, leave my cash alone
truckyboy:
going back to Lucy`s earlier thread of the early pioneers who gave women/lady drivers the respect they have today made me chuckle a bit. It seems that in the early days of my career i never saw a lady trucker, they were at home looking after the kids whilst us mere mortals had to earn the bread. Although there were very few showers about, let alone a seperate one for women, i would have had no hesitation in sharing one with a lesser mortal in order to show my appreciation of the great job they were doing, and of course to innitiate her into the world of transport.
Dont get me started on female showers & toilets!!
Years ago, I remember my mate havng to ‘guard’ the showers for me whilst I dived in & took a shower, whilst a group of drivers stood outside moaning at him cringe
Then there was the incident only about 5 years or so ago, when I landed a job at N. Dentressangle. I asked where the toilets were, & was told ‘use the same as everyone elce’ .Ok, not a problem, it doesnt bother me in the slightest, & that is what I did (The sign on them was a bit vague though, it just said Drivers showers & toilets) A few months later, I was just coming out of one of the cubicles, when I literally bumped into a driver start [zb] naked who had just jumped out of the shower…we both stood there & screamed with fright, I mean, the last thing I expected in a mens toilet was a man!!
Word got round, & very grudgingly, they agreed to let me use the office toilets.
As I said, don’t get me started on this kind of thing, because I wont be able to stop. All this ■■■ discrimination lark just goes right over my head Im afraid, I keep my head down & just I get on with my job.
Think I’ll shut up now! 
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Tiny little edit…if it needs stars it’s not allowed. L. 
HEALTH & SAFETY “REGULATIONS” = COMMON SENSE[/b][/u]
i would have had no hesitation in sharing one with a lesser mortal in order to show my appreciation of the great job
Share the showers with a lot of drivers do you?
you got me thinking about High Vis and went surfing for supply…
and found this website :-
Vests just arrived double quick, brill quality and only £1.99 each !!,
and i noticed coats were also cheap.
I was going to pay over a fiver, site is well worth a visit.
(ps i have nothing to do with them by the way )
Just think yourselves luck you don’t work for Tarmac 
I have to have both a Yellow and a Orange vest. The orange one is the main one as this is Tarmacs policy, and most sites are ok with that. But when I go to one with a crane I have to wear a yellow one as only the banksman can wear orange.
The new thing they are trying to push is to make us all look like the Tango man, orange trousers and jackets.
The other thing they tried was to ban rigger boots, saying they gave no ankle protection. Which is a fair comment, but as we work in alot of [zb] the only alternative they could come up with were safety wellingtons. After much discussion they relented and we still have the riggers.
welltravelled:
www.hivis.net
LMAO its like ■■■■ for the safety brigade
Rob K:
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The only problem with common sense is its not that common
Antony:
Rob K:
HEALTH & SAFETY “REGULATIONS” = COMMON SENSE[/b][/u]
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The only problem with common sense is its not that common
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Yeah too right. God seems to have stopped giving out ‘common’ a long time ago.
But who have we got to blame for all this H & S rubbish ? Yep, only ourselves. You have an ‘accident’ (remember those??) on a site somewhere and get injured - but not badly; only a cut or bad bruise - what do you do ? Soon as you get home you’re straight on the phone to the ‘have you had an accident at work and it wasn’t your fault?’ brigade to claim your £2000 off the company and fill your pocket accordingly. What you don’t bother to think about is that what goes around comes around, so the next time you’re on the site you’ve got to wear hi-vis in your cab as well as outside, wear safety hat in your cab as well as outside, keep within all the pathetic painted walkways and basically be treated like a small child because of one person’s greed in making a fast buck after he cut his finger on a sharp edge, for example.
Their insurance premium went through the roof accordingly and now you’re paying the price as visitor.
There was a programme on the telly all about this ‘claims culture’ years ago - I think it was The Money Programme. A guy was the owner of a small steel company in some area of the country were redunancy was at an all time high level due to not being able to compete with the big boys but he was managing to keep his head above water and pay his workers a good wage for a fair days work. His workers were the lucky ones as alternative employment in the area was virtually non-existant. Then this ‘claims culture’ arrived. One of the workers had an accident at work through his own stupidity but instead of letting it go and learning by his mistake, he didn’t, he put in a claim. The result was that he was awarded a fat figure in compensation and the owner’s insurance premium went so far through the roof that he could no longer make a profit. Result : business bankrupt, everyone out of a job.
Makes you think.
I couldn’t agree more Rob. People do something stupid and have to blame and claim to make it appear they are not dumb. Look at the Watchdog program on TV, nearly every story they feature boils down to ‘I’ve been an idiot but if I make a fuss no one will notice.’
Hi and welcome to TruckNet UK welltravelled 
Likewise, Welcome to Trucknet, Welltravelled.
Hi welltravelled
Henrys cat:
Just think yourselves luck you don’t work for TarmacI have to have both a Yellow and a Orange vest. The orange one is the main one as this is Tarmacs policy, and most sites are ok with that. But when I go to one with a crane I have to wear a yellow one as only the banksman can wear orange.
Last year I was in a Tarmac quarry and read a big notice about an accident. The notice said you shouldn’t get in the body of the tipper. I seem to recall it saying something about a driver being in the body digging out some sand with a hand shovel and therefore being below the top of the body, the shovel driver radioed the weighbridge to find out his load, and then loaded the lorry with the DRIVER STILL IN IT!!!
Now, I’m not sure exactly what happened, but I would say that any driver digging his body out wouldn’t stop at the loading point to do it, if he did, its his own stupid fault, but if he didn’t, what the hell was the Shovel Driver doing loading a motor that wasn’t ready for a load??
I hear the HSE have recently banned anyone climbing into the body of a tipper unless it is for maintenance purposes.