Run away lorry and why im getting dismissed

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

Honest opinion! Driver should have should have known better and is responsible. Lucky it wasn't involuntary manslaughter.

Yea, my question there is... why did the driver leave a 28t truck parked on what you describe as a 'steep hill' in less-than-ideal conditions and exit the vehicle?

[fatty]

This sounds pretty awesome, did it make the news? I admit I winced when I read about the Jag

But yes, I have to agree that it is difficult to imagine leaving a 28 tonne truck parked on an icy hill as being a sensible idea.

PS: congrats to self on becoming a seaman, yesssssssssssss

[SUBMAN1]

Wow. The driver is responsible. However, that doesn't make you responsible. Not sure why you are involved in this over that, unless you were the driver of course.

-S

[fatty]

Kap mentioned negligence, so I guess it would depend on if he or his buddy neglected to take preventive action or at least point out the danger of the situation to the driver.

[jumpy]

Driver should know this and not be the responsibility of co-workers to point out fault.

As far as being over weight... how are you to know unless the vehicle has some kind of onbord sensor?

But really the council is remiss in gritting the road propperly if it was icey.


I can well imagine their respone to you refusing to collect from a road you considered dangerous because of ice and snow... bet they'd try and dismiss you or make your life difficult for refusing to work... ok maybe there'd be no damage to property but you can bet your ass that as soon as a member of the public complains their rubbish was not collected, the shift who's round it ought to be are gonna get it in the neck from their manager for not doing the job.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by fatty

This sounds pretty awesome, did it make the news? I admit I winced when I read about the Jag

I didnt. I laughed. It means some rich duffer needs to pay another £20,000 for a new one


Nice one Kapitan, at least it was done with style

[mog]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Nice one Kapitan, at least it was done with style

I agree. If you're going to get fired from a job, it might as well be for a spectacular 120 000 quid disaster.

[STEED]

I'm not sure of the rules and regulations here as each council have slightly different rules, personally Kap I would not gone up that hill and the council should had grit the road. If it goes all legal in to the courts you should fight the council all the way, as we all know councils are scum of the earth and don't give a toss about the council tax payer.

[danlisa]

brakes should have been checked on the service it had 8 months before hand

Correct me if I'm wrong. This dust cart / trash truck should be classed as a HGV and as such is subject to 6 weekly maintenance/service checks as part of the vehicles classification. These 6 wkly checks are on top of/in addition to a yearly service/VOSA Certified MOT inspection.

As STEED says, fight them on the grounds that the vehicle was not maintained correctly. Just make sure that inspection documents have not been falsefied by the council's maintence dept after the accident (this does happen). The member of your company/council who holds the Transport Certificate is ultimatley responsible for the upkeep of all vehicles. He should be in court not you.

[August]

If I read the op right, the brakes were set but the truck slid down the hill. Not much anyone could do about that maintenance wise...