Friends, hauliers, lend us your ears!
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• by Brian Weather* Is there such a thing as "dead time in haulage? We doubt it. Finding enough hours in the day to make any money is hard enough. So wren can you spare 20 minutes to brush up rr the law?
But if there's one thing that links drivers and managers it's that sooner or later they all spend some time out on the road—and most vehicles, from the boss's car to the trucker's wagon, have a tape player. Imagine if could use that time out on the road to listen to a lively and informative conversation on road transport law, full of
facts, but without the -stodge" normally found in all those dusty legal tomes.
Well now you can. Ms Law on the Road audio tape, produced in association with Mercedes-Benz, features a lively 20-minute interview between TV journalist Chris Goffey and leading road transport lawyer Stephen Kirkbright, with Coffey taking the role of "Joe Soap Haulier" and Kirkbright providing him with legal help and advice.
By listening to the tape you'll learn about the pitfalls of enforcement weighing and the rules governing roadside weight checks (see box left). Listen in the comfort of your own cab or car and you'll hear about the problems drivers face when they're weighed on different kinds of weighbridges—and what defences you might use if you are unlucky to be overloaded!
We've got 5.000 Law on the Road tapes to give away free (see offer details above), and when you've listened to your tape you can pass it on to a driver or colleague. To refresh your memory, simply replay the tape in your cab, office or home. So watch out for our special Law on the Road promotion over the next five weeks. Or better still, reserve a regular copy of CM at your newsagent now