Dont know if this has already been mentioned - programme about people who have been killed by foreign lorry drivers on uk roads and how they are breaking the law 
russjp:
Dont know if this has already been mentioned - programme about people who have been killed by foreign lorry drivers on uk roads and how they are breaking the law
O no i will miss eastenders 
Seriously I think itâs a repeat but not sure
I was thinking that but wasn`t too sure 
russjp:
Dont know if this has already been mentioned - programme about people who have been killed by foreign lorry drivers on uk roads and how they are breaking the law
OR, possibly, killing yellow hairdresser cars 
On a more serious note - the programme had MRS ROG in tears as it could have been ME and not my car that was killed HERE
just watched it a croation driver no rest for four weeks park up for 45 hours then away you go ,is this a detterant i think not just shows how unfairly treated we as an industry are!!
Absolute Rubbish, 
Might has well have got Alan Partridge to do it in the style of âCrash Bang Wollop what a videoâ.
All it served to prove is that our lives as members of the british public are being put at rish every day and that our industry is being poured down the drain with little or no government ideaâs or support.
I wish I had a pound for every british driver watching who said " No SH*t Sherlock" when Partridge sorry Wilson spoke the blindingly obvious again and again.
Until companies are held responsible under a European database they will continue to get another driver and run the same scams!!!
And the minister at the end,that dodged the qâs by Quentin,bloody typical government.
And why canât we levy daily charges on the foreigners? After all,we pay to use roads in Europe,and if we did,the revenue raised,would pay for more traffic enforcement.
Discuss furtherâŚ
Ken.
Considering Quinten Wilson had never driven a truck before, he should have had BOTH hands on the wheel.
Quinny:
And the minister at the end,that dodged the qâs by Quentin,bloody typical government.And why canât we levy daily charges on the foreigners? After all,we pay to use roads in Europe,and if we did,the revenue raised,would pay for more traffic enforcement.
Discuss furtherâŚ
Ken.
I`d agree there - charge them per kilometre then see how much over their hours they want to go
Hey donât shoot the messenger.
Wilson did good. There arnât enough progs on this subject.
We all know questions will be glossed over/ignored because they canât be
answered truthfully without a job loss.
the government wants it going on for some unknown reason if they did not want it going on they could stop it tomorrow
i missed the programme but the title was a little off putting⌠what was it killer lorries or something.
i cannot fathom out why oh why they wont introduce a vinginette scheme here.
jessicas dad:
i missed the programme but the title was a little off putting⌠what was it killer lorries or something.i cannot fathom out why oh why they wont introduce a vinginette scheme here.
Oh no Alex.We couldnât have that could we,as our government say that wouldnât be fair to our European cousins.After all,we donât pay to use European roads do we?
And we donât pay ÂŁ1200 for a 3x3 combination on our roads,do we? A sort of road toll,if you like,while bloody Johnny foreigner pays sod all,and even snubs buying diesel in our country,which might not be so bad if he did,because at least he would be making a small contibution.
The fact is,this country is up â â â â creek,and we allow anyone and everyone access to this country,and all itâs services for free,without any contribution whatsoever.
And I read this week,that we give more to Europe in terms of cash,than most other countries.
Itâs about time we looked after our own,and tell Europe to â â â â off.
Ken. (One disgruntled BRITISH citizen.)
Quinny, youâve given me an idea
We get the government to invent a new scheme similar to YTS but aimed at the hoodie brigade. They camp out in the laybys along the main routes from Dover lying in wait for Johnny Foreigner to turn up with his 1000 litre brimmed fuel tanks. While heâs stopped for a break they jump out , drain his tanks (except for 50 litres) and force him to fuel up with enough expensive diesel to do his work in Blighty.
With the diesel that has been syphoned, that gets bunkered and then sold at highly subsidised prices to the UK haulage firms.
Fantastic 
Hang on, a flaw. They donât stop for breaks
Another flaw in your argument is that all the gypoâs have beat the hoodies to the diesel
Watched the program tonight some very interesting points raised and a bit of an eye opener as to how these eastern european drivers are worked, letâs hope them practises donât take off over here!!! But one thing shouldnât the side swipe issue be put across a bit more, iâm not going to pipe on about how many miles iâve driven or countries visited but itâs becoming an increasing problem with numpty car and van drivers slowing down when catching up slower moving vehicles in the middle lane and sitting along side you on the motorway somtimes in your blind spot, refusing to move over into lane three when youâve got your indicator on. Theyâre hard work in a RHD vehicle these LHD trucks have a far greater degree of blind spot. When is it going to become mandatory to have a motorway driving course and test and get some form of appreciation in first before being allowed onto the motorway network?
i was shocked and disgusted with the fact they can stop some bloke that hasnât had a single day off in 4 months and all he gets is escorted to a safe place to park and he has to park up for 45 hours. what would one of us get if we had even done just two weeks without a weekly rest. taken to court with a massive fine and maybe our licence suspended for a couple of months. where is the justice?
why cant they have road side courts for johnny foreigner? make them leave thier lorry and send the driver back. then get a british company to carry his load at the expense of the foreign haulage firm who have to pay the additional cost. how much would it cost to put a VOSA rep on every ferry coming into britain checking all the tachoâs on the ferry. if you are bent then you dont get out of the port, you get the chance to tip at the port but yet again your company has to use a british firm to finish your job on top of, say a ÂŁ10,000 fine (put in a fund fr british hauliers) and if you dont pay the fine your lorry isnt released until it is. you have 4 weeks to cough up, if not it is sent to auction and the proceeds put in a fund to help reduce the cost of fuel for british hauliers. how many would try to run bent in this country then?
we are too soft on people that break the law in this country if they are from a dfferent country. what if it was you in germany. would you be told to have rest then be on your way? i dont think so, do you?
it is good to be in a land with free speech and free thinking but why does it have to be free for people that have paid nothing towards itâ â ? sometimes it makes me want to post my licence back to the DVLA in an envelope with a weeks worth of poop because that is what this country is with regards to foreigners flaunting the law.
Quinny:
And the minister at the end,that dodged the qâs by Quentin,bloody typical government.
Of course they did because they had a minister on âThe One Showâ half an hour earlier agreeing with an old codger that bus drivers taking tacho breaks was an inconvenience and should be ended and that they were looking at ways to do this.
It has taken far too long for some of the problems the foreign trucks cause to be shown on evening television. But at long last some have been reported. I wonder how much longer it will take for our government to do anything about these problems?
The foreign trucks should be paying to use our roads, and there is a simple way of enforcing this. Each driver that ships into our docks is issued with an exit ticket which shows the date and time, and the recorded mileage at dock exit. When he ships back out he has to hand in the ticket, has his mileage recorded again, and is then charged for mileage done in this country. At the same time his driving hours in this country can be checked, along with hours driven outside this country. Basically similar to a parking ticket. It would bring in far more money than it would take to enforce.
Also with reference to the blind spot when overtaking with a left â â â â â â , my hubby came up with a partial solution years ago but the truck manufacturers didnât take any notice. Put an extra window in lower down on the passenger side, similar to the old ford cargo doors.
What are the RHA and the FTA doing about these problems? Weâve been out of haulage now for over 3 years and it doesnât appear that things are getting any better. If anything they are getting worse!