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Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports on current hot topics at the driver forum.
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In the Professional Drivers forum one member relates how he was turned away from a tip and told to park outside, only for his truck to be clamped. But the tale doesn't end there. Rather than accept the consequences his boss called the customer and threatened to remove the goods to his warehouse and charge a storage/redelivery fee. For once the little man triumphed over the big boys as the supermarket RDC agreed to pay the E300 release fee.
An item on the BBC Breakfast show has drivers talking: it was suggested that new car drivers should spend time in the cab of atruck to get some idea of the blind spots and size of the vehicles they will be sharing the road with. Many drivers are dubious about this idea, Out agree that more training on the inherent dangers of LGVs is needed as part of car driver training. The point is also made that the programme positioned a car alongside an LGV, supposedly to show where its blind spot is. Unfortunately it was placed on the driver's side well behind the cab where twould be easily visible.
In the Owner-Drivers forum the importer of a device supposed to bring fuel savings of up to 10% is trying to persuade sceptical owner drivers and small fleet operators that it really can work. Now a few owner-drivers are going to take the device and see if it does do the job; they will report back to their fellow TruckNet UK users on the results. This is one topic that is bound to be watched with interest.
WARNING
Unauthorised parking will rest in your vehicle being clampec or removed
In the Photo forum a driver asked if anyone had any pictures of Kammac from the 198es. He didn't have to wait long as drivers dug through their albums and posted photos. In the forum there is a feast of photos from companies and trips going back many years.
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