Goldentanks:
Once upon a time the load was the responsibility of the driver and if anything went wrong it was the driver who answered for it.
Still the case
Goldentanks:
Nowadays everybody else seems to want to tell the driver how to do his job. the drivers ability to think for himself has flown out of the window along with the skills that went with road haulage.
The DVSA issue what they deem acceptable. A standard and standardisation, people moan when there’s inconsistencies, people moan when it’s laid out so there’s far less inconsistencies. People now know where they stand on what is expected.
I’ve not done general for years, but can only remember 1 site who issued instructions on how to secure the load, coiled wire out of Scunthorpe
Goldentanks:
Most modern drivers pay for their licences with brain cells.
Does that really need explaining why that’s ■■■■■■■■? Probably. But if you have to resort to that you have to question how much intellect is in the rest of it
Goldentanks:
Think back a couple of years to just before the dcpc kicked in, nobody gave a crap about an envelope being strapped but now it is a heinous crime regardless of the fact nothing has moved and nobody has been injured.
Yeah it was probably around that time that the dvsa starting taking load security seriously, the fact something hasn’t moved and no one was injured doesn’t mean it’s secure, an unlocked house that didn’t get robbed isn’t secure, a drink driver that didn’t crash or mow anyone down, would you let them carry on? It’s lucky that the load didn’t move, house didn’t get robbed or the drunk driver didn’t hit owt, you can’t rely on luck.
Goldentanks:
As has been mentioned, we used to move most of our loads around without restraints, the skilled drivers would look at their load and make it safe if they deemed it not to be. Very few loads were lost unlike today where it is a hourly occurrence.
As I’ve said, I’ve moved loads of stuff unrestrained without much issue, but I feel lucky I got away with it, as do most, but not everyone did or does, you’re rolling the dice, nothing more. No one can say they won’t make a mistake that mean a harsh braking or swerving and no one can stop an outside influence making you do the same, so forget the drive to the load argument.
Very few loads where lost compared to now, I want the evidence, I want the figures, it might be right, it might not, but don’t make claims like that unless you can fully back them up, don’t forget in the last 10 / 15 years we have social media that means we see so much more that we would never have seen or heard about
Goldentanks:
Strapping loads does not make them secure, it simply ticks boxes. Strapping a standard 26 pallet load with the internals does not stop the load shooting forwards or backwards, but it is classed as safe by those know it alls at the dvsa. Think about that one.
Strapping loads doesn’t make them safe, wtf, it does if you do it correctly, surely everyone will agree with that??
The headboard stopped it going forward
internals aren’t classed as sufficient by the dvsa for pallets over 400kg, you would need to strap it properly. if it’s a positive fit in an XL rated trailer then no straps are required at all.
So yeah, mostly ■■■■■■■■, despite the sound bites