HI all my brother in law has no connections to any road haulage at all ,however! he has common sense, and asks me the same question when the CALAIS immigrants are opening trailer doors on all nationalities trucks why do they not put locks on …yes i know,if they want to get in they will, but why help them, if they were my trailers i would have lugs welded on the top clasps on the top cross member and locks up there ,we had to get up to put tilt cords through why not locks, on sliding roofs the tilt cord went through each locking top as well as the locking handles…is it the expense of locks??
How does the driver get up there to unlock them?
They do have padlocks at the handles but immigrants also have bolt choppers.
As any driver will tell you “A padlock only keeps out an honest man”.
And…I have seen the unlocked…and re locked by these people. They are more crafty than you think !!
As a driver on International Transport with experience going back over 40+ years perhaps I could be permitted to add a couple of comments on this thread. Once the Berlin Wall came down and a united Germany was allowed to dominate EU policy we have “open borders” and now that Genie is out of the bottle he cannot be returned. The only course of action now is to protect our own borders and let the French sort out their problem [a problem they wouldn’t have had with closed borders France/Italy].
We have two options #1 Follow the Australian policy where all illegal immigrants are detained & processed “offshore”. Those that are genuine refugees and meet Australian criteria are allowed into Australia and the remainder sent back from whence they came. This policy could be carried out in the Med as instead of carrying these people to Sicily they could be returned to Nth Africa where Spain has territory.
#2 All those who manage to arrive illegally into England should be treated as aliens [same as UK resident Italians & Germans were in WW11] and put into internment camps instead of getting benefits etc. Although in theory they should be returned to France as they cannot leave a safe country to claim asylum in a second safe country.
I can remember [not so long ago] when the threat of a £2000 per illegal as a fine imposed on HGV drivers was this countries only border security policy. Border security personnel were more concerned on trying to catch out drivers with excess duty free tobacco or booze.
Politicians made the mistake of letting number one illegal stay instead of deporting him. He just phoned home and said come on it’s a piece of p**s getting to stop here once you arrive and the benefits are great.
If the GB Government wanted fewer immigrants, it would make it more difficult for them to get in. The immigrants are better value for money in the workplace, because they are cheap, so industry approves of them. They occupy unwanted property, so creating more demand for “affordable housing”, which makes good business for the building trade, and the huge corporations which profit from it. However, public services become more thinly spread as the population increases, and this deterioration is the parameter our leaders use to regulate the influx of people, IMO- in other words, they let in as many as they can get away with, because people=profit, for the swine in control.
GB is locked into this downward spiral. I’ll be gone within 5 years, to somewhere better. I don’t want to be a servant of a sweat-shop.
ckm1981:
How does the driver get up there to unlock them?
They do have padlocks at the handles but immigrants also have bolt choppers.
I have a lock for the containers, it goes round the door handle posts, and is pretty indestructable. But it needs exposed door posts, such as on containers. You can also get padlocks that are closed loop, and bolt crops wont get into it. But as has already been said, most security measures are only measures, but I would at least try to slow them up 
Carryfast , very pleased to read your comment ,you do agree with other people sometime.
Caffeine you need to take some ,stronger stuff than coffee ,this thread does involve transport.you obviously have never been driving in europe,or you opinion would change,yes it is your view,as it is ours.
Well quite a response here,
Anorak is right if the national health did not have to deal with the immigrant population now residing within our shores it would be able to cope with British Nationals even though the health services have suffered cuts to there budget, it is a sign of the times that in my local surgery the self use booking in machine has a façade full of foreign flags one of which you have to press to identify from which country you hail from before proceeding.
Well blow me down Carryfast does not like the Immigrants over here either, but please don’t bring politics back into this debate as this problem has been going on for many years so it matters not who is in power, but on the plus side you agree with what the majority posting on here say.
Big Leggy I like your constructive post and you have put in some very valid points, well done for that.
Bullet if you know where Caffeine abides I have an old tent and sleeping bag to donate.
Eddie Snax we used those type of locks on our trailers in the past and it was a definite plus as it was easier for a potential thief to go to an easy entry trailer with no security, as to slowing them up a gun should do the trick as I said before.
In conclusion I feel this is a European problem, not just to be dealt with by the British and French governments but by all. They are all at the moment too involved in the Greek problem and this dominates the daily news, Greece has defaulted and should be eliminated and go it alone, as for cost which ever way it eventually goes its going to be a huge debt to all involved, its a no brainer and rules are rules.
Thanks for all your comments nothing like debate to fire up emotions eh, cheers Buzzer.
Last Weds/Thurs, we lost two padlock to the migrants and then they smashed the door locks as well ( side-opening hard side trailer). If they want to be in, they will be.
Buzzer:
Well blow me down Carryfast does not like the Immigrants over here either, but please don’t bring politics back into this debate as this problem has been going on for many years so it matters not who is in power, but on the plus side you agree with what the majority posting on here say.
I don’t know where or why the post went.But the fact is padlocks are just a hopeless cure of the symptoms.While it’s ‘politics’,in the form of a nationalist administration ,as opposed to a pro immigration/socialist one,which will be the cure of the cause.France at least is obviously at the point now where it is deciding which idea to follow. 
Your only involvement with padlocks “CF” is the ■■■■■■■ big one Nursie puts on your cell, sorry,secure accomodation door at “bang up time” 
Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
Your only involvement with padlocks “CF” is the [zb] big one Nursie puts on your cell, sorry,secure accomodation door at “bang up time”
Don’t mince your words Dennis say what you mean, Buzzer.
May be we could send caffeine over as our intrepid truck net representative he could talk nicely, [no gawfing ]or rude words and ask the friendly sub continent waifs and strays,or the AL QAEDA sleepers, to just stop this nonsense and bloody well go home .and do as your told for gods sake, you sill,y billy’s i think that might just work.be positive.or send in the serbs they do not mess about,before jockavich gets to the final they could build some nice camps…
notice, they do not want to go there do they, no freebies…or one way tickets to the Falklands ,that british… for now.
I’ll be interested to see whether the train driver with the illegal immigrants photographed on his train in the papers will be charged £400 per person!
They were certainly more obvious than the ones who had climbed into the cement mixer - and that driver made the mistake of informing the authorities that he thought that they were in there.
It all seems as crazy as giving away £12billion in foreign aid. Or is it just me?
John.
John West:
I’ll be interested to see whether the train driver with the illegal immigrants photographed on his train in the papers will be charged £400 per person!They were certainly more obvious than the ones who had climbed into the cement mixer - and that driver made the mistake of informing the authorities that he thought that they were in there.
It all seems as crazy as giving away £12billion in foreign aid. Or is it just me?
John.
hi john,
it’s not just you,i agree with you 100%.though i think? you will find it’s £2,000 per head,not £400,regarding truck drivers fines,a shocking state of affairs in the 21st century…….
regards andrew.
The problem lies with the French government who do little or nothing to stop these immigrants,they are quite happy to standby ,give a Gallic shrug,and when they can help them on their way,end of problem for France bienvenue Engleterre. 