adjusting straps on the hard shoulder .
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Thoughts with guys family !
RIP
I would never adjust straps on HS, just wait for next services etc.
Very sad RIP and thoughts to family.
redbob:
I would never adjust straps on HS, just wait for next services etc.Very sad RIP and thoughts to family.
i would avoid stopping on the hard should at all costs if i could .
got a puncture last year and nursed it half a mile to the next jct rather than stop there .
sad !
The dangers of the hard shoulder shown in the worst possible way. RIP driver and thoughts to the tanker driver too. Whatever happened, he has to live with that for the rest of his life weather at fault or not!
i always try to have the ratchets / load binders on the nearside of the truck, and exit out the cab on nearside, but would try for the services or next slip if possible. condolances to the family and may he RIP.
Heard It on the radio early this morning and as the road was still closed hours later I feared the worst . Sorry to hear this news my thoughts with his family
Fixing straps 6 inches away from a live lane its crazy, 7am it would still have been dark too. Thoughts got out to both drivers but it could have so easily been avoided 
i always make sure ratchets are on the passenger side so if i have to tighten them am away from the traffic,thoughts to the family.
RIP Drive,I tightened my curtains up in that same place a few months back, such a shame 
. Guys if possible we must move over if there’s anything stopped on the shoulder, especially in the dark. Condolences to your family driver.
Phil
To explain, I stopped because my curtain pole dropped out, not just to tighten up loose straps and only because it was lashing it down at the time. 
Phil
bobbert_bear:
i always make sure ratchets are on the passenger side so if i have to tighten them am away from the traffic,thoughts to the family.
+1 in the dark as well.
look to be fair the driver has lost his life and RIP for that, but re doing your straps in the dark on the hardshoulder is just plain stupid.
bobbert_bear:
i always make sure ratchets are on the passenger side so if i have to tighten them am away from the traffic,thoughts to the family.
I honestly never even gave that a thought before. Something so simple as that could save your life. Although i don’t often carry loads that need ratchet straps to secure it, next time i do i will be making sure the ratchet is on the n/s. Thanks for that advice. You learn something new every day.
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…
damoq:
bobbert_bear:
i always make sure ratchets are on the passenger side so if i have to tighten them am away from the traffic,thoughts to the family.I honestly never even gave that a thought before. Something so simple as that could save your life. Although i don’t often carry loads that need ratchet straps to secure it, next time i do i will be making sure the ratchet is on the n/s. Thanks for that advice. You learn something new every day.
Tips and hints like this that could save a drivers life - would be a lot better as part of your CDPC than being told how to wind up the legs on a trailer or how to connect your susie lines .
Anyone who has spent time moving round bales of straw 3 rows high would have been able to tell you that you strap loads with the ratchet handles to the passenger side of the lorry as you will have to tighten them up about 3-4 times in the first 40 miles driving - 3 miles ,5 miles later then every10 miles to they settle down.
Trukkertone:
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…
Agreed.
Had to spend an hour on the H/S last week when the works van snapped a wire off the fuel pump, big respect to the drivers who did pull out even half a lane, as it made a LOT of difference to me sat there!
Trukkertone:
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…
I usually try to move out if i can. But if i can’t, i’ll slow it down a good bit.
damoq:
Trukkertone:
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…I usually try to move out if i can. But if i can’t, i’ll slow it down a good bit.
Same here. Did it three times tonight, once for police, once for a recovery truck and once for HATO’s so pretty much a full house.
When my boys are doing a recovery from the hard shoulder they load the vehicle and quickly strap the front n/s wheel then get the hell out of there to somewhere they can finish off securing it safely.
So if someone is on h/s pull out half lane or whole lane.
Seems often pull out whole lane some dope will have a go for an undertake
Thanks
damoq:
Trukkertone:
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…I usually try to move out if i can. But if i can’t, i’ll slow it down a good bit.
and yet we had clowns on another thread the other day there moaning that they are getting slowed down too much in roadworks
maybe this is a wee reminder to all that its a dangerous job we do and we should all be singing from the same songbook
My condolences to the Drivers Family and Friends.
Sad as ■■■■■, just shows how vulnerable we are, I once had to pull up on a hard shoulder cos my Curtain had come out of the top socket, didn’t think I could make it to a Service Station, but after getting out and watching the traffic wizz past I pood myself and drove at 10mph along the Hard Shoulder to an exit. It’s dangerous out there and there’s no way I’d wanna be a Recovery Driver or HATO.