The veichle is classified as HGV class 2 and im not qualified to drive it but as i am chief loader as the other two guys were agency i have to make the decision.
The driver is required to help the loading of the lorry as and when he can, the brakes were fine only 30% worn but when the driver went through the paper work it appeared they hadnt been checked he told the supervisior and manager about this (after the crash) but they took it into the work shops and had it all off and found the brakes were only 12% worn.
And if the 6 weekly checks were ever done they would have rectified alot of the current faults such as the ones with the sliding doors that like to decapitate the loaders.
This is similar to the one i work on but this one is smaller and is 17 tonnes, the one i work on is bigger has another axle and carrys 26 tonnes, and has sliding doors.