What rules most stupid ??what you think.
my view
1.Bring counterpart licence every day .and they simply copy them and not watch .
2.Safety,Hi vis shoes everywhere.In France drivers must in safety shoes just where really needed ,have risk)
3Bring key to office and wait in cab.drivers can get 2,3 key.
3.can t use satnav.satnav increase road safety.just drivers must understand how to use sat nav.and think ,check before.but if not think can stucking between houses any way.
4.Dairy check sheet and tick 55 time ok,ok.why needed.simply rules must be if driver start drive -truck must be in good condition with out big defect.
Not being allowed on the deck of your wagon to sort out load, straps, Dunnage etc. Lafarge & Palletline Hubs come to mind.
Drivers not being allowed to change light bulbs, they’d rather pay you so sit for hours waiting for a fitter, have the hassle of playing catch up with the delayed freight and pay the fitter an extortionate call out rate for a 2 minute job. FFS its not rocket science
If you’ve finished your run(s) washed the motor, cleaned the cab, topped the fuel/ad-blue/screen wash and there’s f’all else to do, you still have to hang around to complete the 8hrs
40 mph limit on singlecarriegeway above 7,5T xD
chicane:
Drivers not being allowed to change light bulbs, they’d rather pay you so sit for hours waiting for a fitter, have the hassle of playing catch up with the delayed freight and pay the fitter an extortionate call out rate for a 2 minute job. FFS its not rocket science
If you’ve finished your run(s) washed the motor, cleaned the cab, topped the fuel/ad-blue/screen wash and there’s [zb] else to do, you still have to hang around to complete the 8hrs
You’d be surprised on how many different bulbs there are and the fitting is not always straight forward.
No being allowed to sit in your cab while being loaded/unloaded in places like tesco!
Recently I was told to remove my yellow hi-viz and put an orange one on
martinviking:
Not being allowed on the deck of your wagon to sort out load, straps, Dunnage etc. Lafarge & Palletline Hubs come to mind.
Palletline will allow you to provided you are watched and have permission. I usually ask for the full harness, parachute and soft landing to be placed around the trailer. For the top deck add RAF search and rescue crew and emergency flares.
The problem is that the people making the rules have no idea how to do the job or what it really entails.
We have a rule that the load must be strapped before leaving the hub. In bad weather we are not allowed to open curtains until under cover at QC. When picking up a stand trailer we have to open it up and strap it (often with only a couple of feet between trailers) in pouring rain. No provision made for protecting the load, never mind drivers.
Sites that require you to put on your hazard warning lights the second you drive through their gate! They then moan at you for making turns without prior indications.
1.Bring counterpart licence every day .and they simply copy them and not watch .
As that is being phased out what will they do then?
the maoster:
Sites that require you to put on your hazard warning lights the second you drive through their gate! They then moan at you for making turns without prior indications.
I don’t get that either!
Working Time Directive. Wasn’t needed, isn’t enforced, just utterly pointless.
Wearing safety glasses at a certain Ellesmere Port paper mill when you’re loading 2 tonne reels of paper just in case you get one in your eye.
Pushing around a stupid little cart with a flashing light on at a certain plasterboard manufacturer to let the forklift driver who can see you know you’re doing the curtains on that side of the trailer.
Being told you have to sit in the passenger seat before they’ll load/unload you at a certain pallet hub but they won’t let you get out of the cab to walk around to the other side.
nick2008:
chicane:
Drivers not being allowed to change light bulbs, they’d rather pay you so sit for hours waiting for a fitter, have the hassle of playing catch up with the delayed freight and pay the fitter an extortionate call out rate for a 2 minute job. FFS its not rocket science
If you’ve finished your run(s) washed the motor, cleaned the cab, topped the fuel/ad-blue/screen wash and there’s [zb] else to do, you still have to hang around to complete the 8hrsYou’d be surprised on how many different bulbs there are and the fitting is not always straight forward.
Fair point but IF you are competent enough to look at the blown bulb and compare it to a new bulb, what is the problem? I know some front lights are a pain or require tools but most tail lights on units and trailers are easy. I carry a multi headed screwdriver thing so crosspoint or torx screws are no problem. I also carry a selection of single contact bulbs plus a load of fuses. Red fuse out = red fuse in. It then then blows again, call in the sparky but it can just be a blown fuse or bulb. It does happen
1 - shunters always have right of way and can go against the one way system. Like some of them dont have a big enough god complex
2 - hard hat to be worn in some docks. Because that’ll protect you from 30 tonnes of solid steel container
3 - at least 20 mins other work before driving for checks etc. Because 10 just isnt long enough
Terry T:
Recently I was told to remove my yellow hi-viz and put an orange one on
Yep,been told the same thing myself. Apparently it was because it was a railhead it has to be orange. Personally if you cant see a train I fail to see how an orange vest helps when a yellow doesn’t[/b]
gardun:
martinviking:
Not being allowed on the deck of your wagon to sort out load, straps, Dunnage etc. Lafarge & Palletline Hubs come to mind.Palletline will allow you to provided you are watched and have permission. I usually ask for the full harness, parachute and soft landing to be placed around the trailer. For the top deck add RAF search and rescue crew and emergency flares.
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The problem is that the people making the rules have no idea how to do the job or what it really entails.
We have a rule that the load must be strapped before leaving the hub. In bad weather we are not allowed to open curtains until under cover at QC. When picking up a stand trailer we have to open it up and strap it (often with only a couple of feet between trailers) in pouring rain. No provision made for protecting the load, never mind drivers.![]()
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Yea I know, that place just Boils my ■■■■, not allowed out of the cab in the tipping hall, even when they’ve finished, you have to rely on a Monkey to Stow your curtain ratchets properly, I had an argument on New Year’s Eve with a Forkie on that subject.
They trap your straps, so I make them take it all off again & they pull the straps over the load while they reload it.
Got told off for opening my curtains just before the QC shed, so I do it in the shed now, even though other drivers still open theirs outside !!!
Got a Bolloking for taking pictures of the State of the load once.
They hate it when you point out damages, so I find the smallest problems just to Pee them Off.
I make it my mission to get told off every time I go in there. I hate the place, glad I only go in there occasionally.
They treat us like infants, so we act like infants.
One of the few people up there with any common sense is Chris on the Gate, wish he was in charge, perhaps he’d let us get on with the bloody job.
Wearing a hi viz vest is not enough at an rdc in Eirith. Now it MUST also be fastened correctly at the front.
martinviking:
Yea I know, that place just Boils my ■■■■, not allowed out of the cab in the tipping hall, even when they’ve finished, you have to rely on a Monkey to Stow your curtain ratchets properly, I had an argument on New Year’s Eve with a Forkie on that subject.They trap your straps, so I make them take it all off again & they pull the straps over the load while they reload it.
Got told off for opening my curtains just before the QC shed, so I do it in the shed now, even though other drivers still open theirs outside !!!
Got a Bolloking for taking pictures of the State of the load once.
They hate it when you point out damages, so I find the smallest problems just to Pee them Off.I make it my mission to get told off every time I go in there. I hate the place, glad I only go in there occasionally.
They treat us like infants, so we act like infants.
One of the few people up there with any common sense is Chris on the Gate, wish he was in charge, perhaps he’d let us get on with the bloody job.
I’m there every night! Don’t know Chris on the gate but the guys on nights are great.
If you ask, QC will photograph individual pallets and it is automatically sent to your depot.
If you can’t tie your curtains back before tipping they are left blowing in the wind when you come out of the tipping shed. Some drivers seem quite happy to do concord impressions with their loose curtains as they drive around the hub. There will we a serious accident before long, then there will be some knee-jerk reaction, no doubt.
Loading is an issue everywhere these days, but some FLTs are good and some are bloody clueless. How some get to be loaders God only knows.
When I tip at Royal Mail, I have to wear a Hi Viz with sleeves,
The Body warmer & Tabbard types are no longer acceptable, they have to have Hi Viz sleeves as well
This is on bays with no mechanical plant either, just Yorks (those trolly things - pushed by hand)
The one that shouted me the most is driving round yards with hazards on. Such a stupid rule. Oh and I went past a garden centre the other day where the car park speed limit was 9 and three quarter mph.
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