If your truly interested in hgv information this attachment is excellent.
THE ROLE OF DRIVER FATIGUEIN COMMERCIAL ROAD … - ETSC www.etsc.eu/oldsite/drivfatigue.pdfFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Research shows that driver fatigue is a significant factor in approximately 20% of commercial road transport crashes.
THE husband of a woman crushed by a lorry has pleaded with the driver to explain why his wife died. Robert Bulmer drove his HGV into Julie Watson’s car as she waited at traffic lights on the A164, near Beverley. The judge dismissed claims Bulmer, 56, was blinded by the sun and said he was “away with the fairies”. After Bulmer was given a suspended sentence, Mrs Watson’s husband, John, said: "I would like Mr Bulmer to explain exactly what he was doing. "As a family, we are absolutely devastated. “I would like to him to stand by Julie’s graveside with us and explain what happened.” Bulmer, who worked for lorry firm Eddie Stobart, ploughed into Mrs Watson’s VW Beetle on May 23 last year at Jock’s Lodge. He was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but his trial collapsed after police investigator Ian Charlton gave evidence. Mr Charlton originally claimed Bulmer had 24 seconds to react before the collision but later admitted he may have had fewer than seven seconds. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was forced to drop the charge of death by dangerous driving following Mr Charlton’s revelations. The Honorary Recorder of Hull and the East Riding, Judge Michael Mettyear, questioned the CPS’s decision to “overcharge” Bulmer, failing to accept his plea to causing death by careless driving last November. He said: "This is a tragedy in every sense and has been made worse by the long delay in finality. "I’m not here to criticise anyone. "This is a difficult case and difficult decisions had to be made but delays have been caused by the erroneous decision to overcharge. "It was, in my view, a case of causing death by careless driving from the outset. “He offered to plead to this and it should have been accepted by the Crown much, much earlier.” Bulmer has been sentenced to a six-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. He was ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work in the community and was banned from driving for two years. Judge Mettyear said: "There is no point in sending him to prison for such a short period — it wouldn’t bring Mrs Watson back or do any good for society. "This is a tragic case. Julie Watson was a remarkable lady, she had already achieved a great deal in her 40 years of life. "The court’s sympathy goes out to all who knew and loved her, especially to her family — theirs is a grievous loss. "She was in no way responsible for the collision that took her life. It was caused by the defendant failing to pay proper attention to what was going on in the road ahead. "The sun may have been bright and he may have reacted to it but it cannot fully explain this collision. "No one else claimed to have been affected by it in the way he did. "Her car was there to be seen by anyone properly concentrating. It is quite clear he didn’t see it, only why he didn’t see it remains a mystery. “Witnesses said he appeared to be away with the fairies.” Hull Crown Court heard Bulmer has two convictions for speeding and one for failing to stop at a red light. Through tears, Mrs Watson’s parents, Roy and Diana Wardell, paid tribute to a “wonderful daughter”. Roy said: “She lit up the room when she came in. She was a very successful young woman and I’m extremely proud of her.” Her family donated her organs, which helped to save the lives of three people. Her husband, John, said: “We never had any regrets with what we had planned to do, it’s just our timing was cut short.” Mrs Watson was the director of membership services and human resources at the University of Hull’s Students’ Union. Her project work saw the university awarded a top accolade.
Dude, are you high?
You really are spending too much time on this subject. Forget about it and move on with your life.
We get it, Stobarts ■■■■.
thanks for the feedback,some was nice and some was not so nice.
best wishes to you all, and safe driving,
i think everybody got there point across and i value all the comments.
As you were aware this happened a few years ago, it was not an obsession,
the case concluded recently and its over.
i just wanted to get a point across.
sorry if i was a tad abrupt.
It did get a reaction mind.
I tried to delete my account but can not find a link.
As i have made my point and have fund your views lets call it a day.
Please contact the moderator to request this account is deleted.
Thanks and safe driving.
end of thread
youtube.com/watch?v=CGqlT0Uc5-U
Mercedes-Benz Safety Truck
by Tittu89-3 years ago- 225,168 views
Test driving Mercedes-Benz safety truck
Ross v stobart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGqlT0Uc5-UMercedes-Benz Safety Truck
by Tittu89-3 years ago- 225,168 views
Test driving Mercedes-Benz safety truck
what as this got to do with this thread 
That thread has finished.
Like a different direction.
Its an interesting documentary.
well not a documentary just some latest technology.
Just in case you find yourself tired,its there to assist.
the truck has no brakes.
Ross v stobart:
well not a documentary just some latest technology.
Just in case you find yourself tired,its there to assist.
the truck has no brakes.
I would never trust that, when there first tried it hit the car I think it was on the news.
sounds like the other car hit you 
I have just completed reading all of the above posts.
It took a while and I have come away from it more apprehensive about the future for drivers in this industry than I have ever been.
I have been involved in haulage and logistics since 1979. Like many others, driving HGVs has infected my being to a point where rational judgements have not been forthcoming from my addled Geordie brain.
Having seen life from both sides of the divide, ( in senior management as well as shop floor level), I am now winding down my last couple years indulging my passion for the open road.
However, I cannot begin to describe how disappointed I am that this industry continues to bump along the bottom in terms of public respect and still fails to attract the calibre of person to insist on a better level of recognition for the incredible impact we have on the economy as a whole.
If drivers see themselves as just “a nut on the steering wheel”, IMHO it is because they have failed to assert the power that they have, in other words they deserve it.
It is my argument thus:
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Operators can do nothing about the cost of equipment, it is what it is.
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Operators can do nothing about fuel costs, despite threats of protests etc., who thinks that anyone can seriously threaten the oil companies?
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Operators seem to think that rate negotiation entails undercutting the opposition, thereby reducing margins even further.
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Which leaves the driver as the only real profit potential. Get him/her to do more for less and hey presto, profit.
If somebody asked me to describe my job it would be thus:
Get up at 0400 to start at 0500, work 15 hours (including 10 hrs behind the wheel of a 44t killing machine), park in a service area in the middle of nowhere,endure substandard food, get washed in a public toilet, sleep in my office, take a 9 hour break and get the privelige of doing it all again tomorrow…say that to the average bloke and he thinks you are deluded.
I must admit, I honestly believed that the WTD would restore a quality of life and a work/ home balance that would avoid the large percentage hgv drivers not living long enough to enjoy their well earned retirement. However, talking to other drivers up and down the country over the last 12 months, I am amazed that so few are even aware of the regulations, never mind how to comply with them.
One driver who works for a west Wales Company, said that his boss told him that they were “opted out” of the WTD altogether, whilst paying him the legal minimum wage for the pleasure of 65-70 hours work, I give up.
I could go on but it all seems pointless to me. Instead of hgv driving being a respected, professional career, it will continue to be regarded as non skilled employment and attract the individual with diesel in the blood and little in the bank…
Roll on retirement where I can indulge my wanderlust in Europe, touring with the wife in our motorhome and watch all the trucks flat out in the middle lane 3 feet off the vehicle in front with no time for even the most common courtesy.
Jeysus, what a load of twaddle,
I knew i should not have started to read this post.
What is happening to Tnet.■■?
Klunk (just an old fashioned trucker maybe)
Jesus help you.
And those around you. 
Positive comments.
Profit is from drivers low wages.
I’ve thought they,all,along.
Oh when your driving through Europe try and go to obersdorf in germany, and fussen, good wishes and safe journey.