Hi, has anybody taken a passenger to work (night shift). Typically will deliver to one Tesco RDC and a collection (trailer swap)■■ Looking to take a family member who is eager to have a ride in a lorry but not sure if it’s allowed or not…
Ive wanted to in the past but i was told by my manager that it was not allowed due to insurance 
Tooz:
Ive wanted to in the past but i was told by my manager that it was not allowed due to insurance
Thought that might be the case. Never mind
Insurance this and insurance that. It has half ruined things for people
Passengers have to be insured by law, it may well be company policy not to allow passengers in the vehicles, and it may be Tesco policy not to allow passengers on the premises but there’s no legal reason why you can’t take a passenger. Tesco certainly don’t allow children onto their premises, although some people have been known to take children with them in the school holidays and hide them on the top bunk before they get to the gatehouse. 
Tooz:
Ive wanted to in the past but i was told by my manager that it was not allowed due to insurance
bullstein! 
take them they’re insured 
ask some company’s do some company don’t and most don’t ask question if you stick a hiz viz on them
gurj254:
Hi, has anybody taken a passenger to work (night shift). Typically will deliver to one Tesco RDC and a collection (trailer swap)■■ Looking to take a family member who is eager to have a ride in a lorry but not sure if it’s allowed or not…
Entirely down to the insewerance policy on the truck. Most insewerance policies will exclude passengers who aren’t an employee of, or on the employers business.
I’ve took many friends & family along for the ride but sadly, not with the current shower of ■■■■■■
Shouldn’t bother Tesco if their over 18 as you could be double manning or double womaning of just playing mixed doubles.
Sounds like your manager is a bit up himself, I took my 18 year old daughter once on a night trunk, no problems with company but those where the days before elf and safety went mad. Wouldn’t do it again as the other drivers seemed quite distracted.
Chas:
Entirely down to the insewerance policy on the truck. Most insewerance policies will exclude passengers who aren’t an employee of, or on the employers business.
As I understand it, the Road Traffic Act (1988) requires all motorists to be insured against their liability for injuries to all others (including passengers). I was told on my CPC course (the Operator’s course, not the DCPC) that there is only one person in the world who is not insured against injury on a standard motor insurance policy, and that is the policyholder him/herself.
I’ve taken the missus over the water on a couple of occasions with the firms blessing and they even paid for her ferry costs. Tesco’s though is a different issue. They have a policy of no passengers so personally I wouldn’t even try as it could backfire and the boss would not be happy if the load got turned away.
out of site, out of mind i reckon. i spent many a day hid in the footwell of a day cab with several jackets over me when i was a young un.
I used to take Mrs TT on nights with me but she used to get quite nervous when we started playing silly buggers.
I’d take her on this job with me but is struggle to motivate myself to rise from the bunk in the morning
Def nope with ADR, even have trouble getting myself to the loading point.
gurj254:
Hi, has anybody taken a passenger to work (night shift). Typically will deliver to one Tesco RDC and a collection (trailer swap)■■ Looking to take a family member who is eager to have a ride in a lorry but not sure if it’s allowed or not…
As long as they’re over 18 then it won’t be a problem with Tesco. Other than that, whether you’re allowed or not depends on the employer.
Quite a few firms I worked with didn’t care, a few even letting me take my little lad out with me even though I was nighting out. Supermarket RDCs are quite strict on the age limit though.
We aren’t allowed to take passengers except employees, I was told by the Bosses Daughter, that it pushes their insurance cost up too high, the company Bosses would be ok with it if it wasn’t for that.
I’ve always understood that when you insure a vehicle all passengers (sat on legitimate seats) are insured in it, you can’t just insure one of the seats !
At the end of the day, it’s the companies vehicle & the managers/bosses can call the shots, so it’s best to clear it with them first.
Years ago, I used to deliver/collect from the docks, I used to take my Dog with me & more than once security made me tie him up out side the gates.
Not sure if it’s legal to Tie a Family Member up outside a Tesco’s RDC though ! Lol.
Any passenger of any vehicle is automatically covered on any insurance policy wether employed or not. This is law. It is company policy that decides wether you can or not.
Tesco won’t have it,only drivers allowed in driver room & no one allowed to stay in truck. I do take family but they hide behind curtain in cab !
Tesco will allow passengers in the dc. providing they have hi viz etc if your delivering to the dc and have to wait in the goods in.
Spam-Javelin:
Any passenger of any vehicle is automatically covered on any insurance policy wether employed or not. This is law. It is company policy that decides wether you can or not.
A few of us know that you are not just wrong, but horribly WRONG.
You are confusing the insewerars legal obligation towards a third party (the passenger) with the insewerars T&C’s. If they say you shouldn’t carry a passenger then there are good reasons why you shouldn’t !
If however, you would care to scan the relevant section of YOUR insewerance policy that would prove everyone else WRONG, then please feel free to do so.