What happens when traffic push you

[shep532]

caledoniandream:
I don’t know all the ins and outs of this situation, but a company has the right to ask you to work the hours, you want to have paid.
It’s basics isn’t it?

I agree with what you have said but - is it right to take breaks from a drivers wages? On most occasions he is still responsible for the vehicle and should therefore be paid. And that it seems is what this whole incident seemed to be about - a couple of pounds pay. Somebody died. What were these extra breaks he was supposedly taking? Maybe an hour over a shift? Wouldn’t even be £10 in cost to the company.

There are many jobs where breaks are deducted, but the employee usually has that break time for their own purposes, leave the premises etc.

I just can’t believe so many in the industry have become so petty they feel the need to deduct breaks. I know Operators that take ‘excessive’ breaks (they class that as anything above the legal minimum) from drivers wages. Even when the driver explains they were falling asleep … Ridiculous situation.

[santa]

From the newspaper link:

The inquiry was also told that Mr Fraser had a small amount of alcohol and signs of recent cannabis use in his system.

Reading between the lines, the guy was a skiver who thought he could get away with hanging the job out. All that guff about being pushed too hard, and not sleeping properly is just an attempt to pass the blame from himself. What was his employer supposed to do? Ignore it and let him carry on taking the ■■■■?

[captain_caveman_76]

If you’re having to pull over a lot whilst doing a night run, then night running probably isn’t for you. I know a few drivers who try and have a life during the day (when they should be asleep) and drive on the night. It doesn’t work. Others just aren’t cut out for working through the night.

RIP drive.