The M6 is closed southbound within J16 due to a serious incident. The road will be closed for several hours for clean-up and carriageway surface repair work. Currently there are âsevere delaysâ in the Staffordshire area and customers may wish to consider delaying their journey or to use alternative routes allowing extra travelling time.
Traffic approaching is being diverted past the scene of the incident using the J16 exit and entry slip roads.
Got caught up in it this morning about 02:50, about 3 trucks back, must of only just happened as there were no blues there yet. A few people out of there vehicles milling around wanting to see whats occuring, didnât think it was wise to do so, stayed in my cab till the cavalry arrived. Engine & lights off, tacho on rest & night heater on ! had a feeling iâd be there a while. 3 1/2 hours later, after the cops turned the cars & vans around & sent them back to the exit slip, hobby bobbies came knocking to tell me to back up, there was a waitrose wagon behind me & a tuffnels wagon & drag behind him, not sure if the tuffnels wagon was an âAâ frame, but he was having a real hard time backing it up, all over the place. The waitrose driver stopped & came to have word, saying we might be better spinning around to get past him & in the end we both did, as others were too, not sure if it was that tuffnels wagon you saw on the low loader.
I was sat at work and reading the log it said fatal but then paramedics had got the driver back. BBC Staffs says two drivers arrested. I would hazard a guess, and it is only a guess, that it might be the two De Rooy drivers. They are a bunch of cowboys and shouldnât be let on UK roads. Hope the driver makes a good recovery. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-st ⌠e-31145629
extrucker:
it might be the two De Rooy drivers. They are a bunch of cowboys and shouldnât be let on UK roads.
A pretty bold statement to make without anything to back it up.
Iâve noticed lately that many of de Rooys trucks are Polish registered.
But that in itself isnât enough to just say theyâre cowboys and shouldnât be on the UK roads. Iâm pretty sure theyâre high profile enough that they wouldnât escape DVSAâs radar.
extrucker:
it might be the two De Rooy drivers. They are a bunch of cowboys and shouldnât be let on UK roads.
A pretty bold statement to make without anything to back it up.
Iâve noticed lately that many of de Rooys trucks are Polish registered.
But that in itself isnât enough to just say theyâre cowboys and shouldnât be on the UK roads. Iâm pretty sure theyâre high profile enough that they wouldnât escape DVSAâs radar.
and let be honest Iâve seen far more UK reg trucks in the weigh stations than others
I have dealt with numerous De Rooy vehicles as have my colleagues at DVSA. I have reasons why I made such a bold statement. The fact they opened a depot in the UK with no O licences would suggest they are cowboys??
extrucker:
I have dealt with numerous De Rooy vehicles as have my colleagues at DVSA. I have reasons why I made such a bold statement. The fact they opened a depot in the UK with no O licences would suggest they are cowboys??
Youâre just a Womble wishing he was Police so wind your neck in, you know nothing
I was stuck in that too, just before J16. A bloke was coming down the queue telling people they were about to open the slip road, and he thought it was a fatality. Glad there wasnât.
extrucker:
it might be the two De Rooy drivers. They are a bunch of cowboys and shouldnât be let on UK roads.
A pretty bold statement to make without anything to back it up.
Why would they arrest 2 occupants from 1 vehicle? surely there must of been only 1 driving, unless they were doing a driver change at 55mph!! http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/news_releases/150205_21_m6_rtc_arrests/?view=Standard
Two men from the other HGV, aged 39 and 42, have been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and having an insecure load and have been taken into custody for questioning.
extrucker:
it might be the two De Rooy drivers. They are a bunch of cowboys and shouldnât be let on UK roads.
A pretty bold statement to make without anything to back it up.
Iâve noticed lately that many of de Rooys trucks are Polish registered.
But that in itself isnât enough to just say theyâre cowboys and shouldnât be on the UK roads. Iâm pretty sure theyâre high profile enough that they wouldnât escape DVSAâs radar.
They didnât escape the radar they had their uk license revoked. went past the services on the 27 yest is it rownhams and vosa had 3 of them in there. but that still does not mean they are at fault here. on memory they also lost there license they had in Sittingbourne they had after they acquired ed crest in early 90âs
extrucker:
I have dealt with numerous De Rooy vehicles as have my colleagues at DVSA. I have reasons why I made such a bold statement. The fact they opened a depot in the UK with no O licences would suggest they are cowboys??
Youâre just a Womble wishing he was Police so wind your neck in, you know nothing
extrucker:
it might be the two De Rooy drivers. They are a bunch of cowboys and shouldnât be let on UK roads.
A pretty bold statement to make without anything to back it up.
Why would they arrest 2 occupants from 1 vehicle? surely there must of been only 1 driving, unless they were doing a driver change at 55mph!! http://www.staffordshire.police.uk/news/news_releases/150205_21_m6_rtc_arrests/?view=Standard
Two men from the other HGV, aged 39 and 42, have been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and having an insecure load and have been taken into custody for questioning.
If itâs a Double crewed unit, both are classed as drivers. Possibly, officers found particular evidence, say Tacho manipulation, magnet/second sender, running with little daily rest.
Just speculation on this occasion but based on experience.
