Talking of wearing a high viz, did you hear Radio 2 today and the young lady that has brain damage after being hit by a car while she was walking on the road with no pavement.
She was wearing a music system in her ears, the insurance will not pay out more as she was not wearing a hi-viz, it was mentioned nobody would wear a hi-viz to walk to the shops to get your paper, and if you got run over, the insurance will not pay.
I don’t wear boots at all in the cab but you’d be amazed how many companies take exception to this and insist I wear them driving while on site. It normally leads to a debate where I refuse and so far no one has stopped me going in yet
As SHYTALK posted rigger boots have been banned for many years in the tipper/mixer sector for the reasons he gave, I always assumed that everyone else was affected by the ban but obviously they are not? I could never drive in them, I used a pair of ordinary workboots for driving and general use and saved the rigger boots for certain foundries where the crap on the stockyard was halfway up your leg or in case I slipped into a settlement lagoon as these were often unmarked.
Pete.
Somethings happenend at this firm that has caused this rule to be introduced.
This is all very odd. I thought I remembered reading a while back that its now supposedely illegal to drive in socks with no shoes/boots etc as apparently you can not exert enough pressure using your un shoed feet to brake properly…quite odd as I manage fine in my American built shed with crappy drum brakes while doing 65+ mph and have never rear ended an American moron yet who anchors on infront of me for whatever reason those oxygen thieves do.
My advice. Ignore it/them and do continue to do your own thing. While you’re in control of that truck, you’re the captain of the ship.
rambo19:
Somethings happenend at this firm that has caused this rule to be introduced.
That may be the case . I will check the grapevine .I had a quick look round tinternet and found examples of warnings about women wearing unsuitable footwear such as UGG boots and high heels and the insurance companies refusing to pay out but never thought it would apply to an industry where PPE is mandatory in most cases
switchlogic:
I don’t wear boots at all in the cab but you’d be amazed how many companies take exception to this and insist I wear them driving while on site. It normally leads to a debate where I refuse and so far no one has stopped me going in yet
i have this debate all the time with jobsworth gatemen,apparently i should have them on before my feet touch there property was one guys comments.
h&s is a subject that a could rant about all day it stops the country running efficently cos all this rubbish slowsdown the job…
FLIP FLOPS! 
drive in trainers me! 
change when I get there! 
had a right do with that lesbian looking freak at LIDL Lutterworth! 
had to wear steel toecaps to hand paperwork in! 
then lo and behold two Spanish kiddies walk in, 
so I told her, to tell them " tell them to NIP back to Valencia for their ppe! 
" needless to say I wore my trainers! ELF & safety gone bonkers!
Fatboy slimslow:
FLIP FLOPS!
If I am on any kind of distance job (for our place 3+ hours) then its flip flops and change when I get to the drop,
Unfortunatly 90% of our work is local so boots it is.
I drive in my socks and would love to see someone insist i wear boots/shoes/trainers etc.
Fatboy slimslow:
FLIP FLOPS!
I must show her this, next time i see her down the pub which wont be too long away
… and you said you were tipping there next, when ■■
I drive in my socks.
My work boots stay on the step outside and my trainers that I slip on and slip off stay as you see them there.
FarnboroughBoy11:
I drive in my socks.
My work boots stay on the step outside and my trainers that I slip on and slip off stay as you see them there.
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I hope that load is suitably secure young man
martyh:
FarnboroughBoy11:
I drive in my socks.
My work boots stay on the step outside and my trainers that I slip on and slip off stay as you see them there.
0I hope that load is suitably secure young man
The weight holds it down
FarnboroughBoy11:
martyh:
FarnboroughBoy11:
I drive in my socks.
My work boots stay on the step outside and my trainers that I slip on and slip off stay as you see them there.
0I hope that load is suitably secure young man
The weight holds it down
may serve to keep VOSA away as well , 
my god the mans a genius
most of the sites I deliver to specify boots with at least 5 lace holes. I wear mine loosely tied so I can slip them on and off. in my job it is impossible to keep clean so I have had to learn to live with the drivers footwell being muddy. my boots stay in the pedal area when ever they arnt on my feet. when I used to do a bit of distance I drove in socks and put my boots on when I got to the cold store. no one ever moaned about it.
Well then I hope your boss is going to nip out and buy you all nice safety shoes to drive in? If its insisted on by the company it should be provided by them…or just laugh and carry on as you are
Move heavy plant for a living and have worn rigger boots for years. have been approached on more than one occasion about this ,when asked why they are not suitable the usual answer is that its because they dont give support to the ankles. my answer is that they are sold as safety boots and as such if they will give me their name and details i will pass it on to the makers as according to them they conform to all relevant regs. If this dosent throw them i then inform them that due to an accident i suffered many years ago im unable to wear conventional boots and what is their policy on disability ( i had the to es on my left foot severed and reattached , dosent give me any probs but it certainly stops them in their tracks!) and are they banning me from the site as a result, that usualy gets them. Failing that being an owner driver i tell them to contact the customer and inform them why their machine is not being moved, its funny how some of these jobsworth when having to justify their actions tend to shy away. On a related note one particular quarry i go to every time i went in the h&s bloke always gave me hassel until i found out one of his relatives ran a lowloader and as a result he liked to keep it in the family , i pointed out the error of his ways to the relevant people and i havent had a problem since. By the way there is a make of rigger boots called V12 which have reinforced ankles.
Hi all.Maybe it’s cause i’m old or because i don’t live in the UK,here we get all sorts of safety equipment.But can somebody please tell me what the hell are ‘‘rigger boots’’,pic would be nice.Thanks.Mike.