G In February this year I had cause to brake fairly
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sharply on the approach to a road obstruction. I was driving a drawbar artic with 10 cars aboard. To my horror the trailer started to jack. The police are not taking any action as my tacho clearly shows only 3133mph in a 40mph area and it had been raining. Thankfully nobody was hurt but I could lose my job because my employers say I was careless. I have discovered that the combination had failed its MOT a week before on brakes. It had only passed the MOT the day before my accident. I have been driving for car delivery companies for 15 years without a blemish. JL, Sunderland A It sounds to me as if your ,,brakes had been adjusted all the way "up" to pass the MOT and not taken back again. The other problem is that the load-sensing valve cannot be tested properly unless the unit is loaded in some way. If you are as good a driver as you say, I would look to having the fleet engineer present at your disciplinary hearing.