bigmiler:
Roymondo:
I have no idea what point you are trying to make, bigmiler - as the total absence of any punctuation in your posting makes it all but unreadable. But from what I can read, I can see that you have no understanding at all of POA. There is NO requirement for the driver to be free to do anything at all, and there is nothing “illegal” about recording POA while someone else is unloading your vehicle. I also have no idea what you are on about with reference to the unit losing air and rolling away due to keys being handed in - if it lost air pressure the brakes would be firmly applied until such time as the engine was started - which would require the driver to be in possession of the keys…
Take air lines off drain air from trailer air tanks and truck will move freely (ie) loss of air no air no brakes 
How is that going to work? Air pressure holds the unit’s park brake “off”. Lose air pressure and the park brake will be applied (although the footbrake will not work).
Back in the day this used to work on old trailers when draining all the air released the spring brakes. Sure things will have changed now but you literally had to be on your back draining the tanks to get them to budge. (feel free to correct me if I’m mistaken but we had a trailer stuck once and the fitters drained all the air from it so we could get it back in the yard).
Can’t see the problem handing ones keys in (or a set of keys anyway). Apart from Tesco most will let you sit in the wagon or waiting room depending on your choice.
Thats said I don’t usually bother to ask permission i just go where I want and see what happens.
Wonder if theres been some relaxing of this rule recently as I went on a wander at Boots Nottingham to the loos by the security gate (used to be on the lorry park I think) and ended up back in me truck waiting for the green light, no bugger said a word.
I couldn’t be bothered to argue the toss with some of the attitude merchants you can find at rdcs (not all!). I get out of those places and say nowt, can’t be arsed with them.
Retired 3 years now but have done lots of RDC work in my time.
I always thought when entering a RDC that I did not have to agree with their many and varied procedures, however if I wanted to stay on site and get tipped then I had TO OBEY their many and varied procedures. Simples.
Freight Dog:
I couldn’t be bothered to argue the toss with some of the attitude merchants you can find at rdcs (not all!). I get out of those places and say nowt, can’t be arsed with them.
+1
It could be my intimidating appearence but every RDC i’ve been to everyone is polite and respectful (yes even security personnel), so i just smile and do as I’m told as it causes me no issues whatsoever. I do like a walk though if I’ve been there for more than and hour and half but up till now no ones objected.
Ignore - comment to old, old post.
■■■■ you ruined my stupid reply