passed T1 KYD today on the a9 at, now wait for it
Dowally LOL
chiva:
passed 1 going northbound A9 today about 13.00 dunkeld
you musnt have been far infront of me, i was in the grahams van heading back to perth and saw the same motor, had a bulldozer on it didnt it?
It was made quite clear in the Vosa statement that Sandy Kydd had a niche market that he had built up, sadly he also abused that Niche market to the point of his drivers running bent.
Sympathy for him? Nope, Sympathy for his drivers? Nope, they decided to run illegal and have to carry the can for breaking the law. They never gave any thought about other hauliers trying to compete in that same niche market, laying off drivers because Sandy Kydd was getting all the work.
Fair do’s running over your limits once or twice a month because of unforseen circumstances, but deliberately setting off on a journey knowing you fully intended driving beyond your hours is a no no.
Regardless what was done back in the 60’s & 70’s laws have changed, enforcement is much stricter and penalties much harsher. There’s absolutely no excuse for it nowadays so Sandy Kydd and his warriors get know sympathy from me.
pecjam23:
So playing the devils advocate then it’s possible he could quite possibly of had every intention of getting caught. He knew what would happen, punishments etc and the fact if he did serve time inside he would be out within a couple of months etc and then could happily jet off to his villa in the sun for the rest of his life.Maybe the heart problems set in because he didn’t realise how much of an interest VOSA would take in a road side tacho check? And his plan for retirement hadn’t been put into place yet so he was getting stressed??
Took me best part of the morning to read the TC report
see there you go should just asked me 
Seem one early this morning lay by North Muskam
buycryder pleased your retired theres enough nutters on the road & I`m from the same era as you started 1969 ok might be a little bit younger but these new regs with POA & 15hr days surely theres enough working hours in a day without running bent go back to 12 hr days with 11 driving on log books is what I say did less in them days than I do now & some of you other nutters on about jealosy & big moters GET A LIFE
jessicas dad did I pass you today about 6-30 this morning south bound A1 Doncaster MT skelly?
Buycrider, you can dress it up how you want but the hauliers of the 60’s and 70’s stuck two fingers up at the law and basically did as they pleased. That had nothing to do with the Great Depression, they were motivated by greed. If you can’t do a job legally then you shouldn’t do it at all. Loyalty to your employer is fine but it works both ways, they shouldn’t ask you to run bent and you should do them a good days work.
I’m glad the rules have been tightened, they are occasionally ridiculous but I for one don’t want to be working 20hrs/day. My family have been in transport for years as drivers and I’ve heard plenty of tales of 3 logbooks etc. All my family agree, it had to change. It put too much pressure on the drivers and the increasing traffic levels were always going to end in disaster. Time to move on & kick out the cowboys.
I will be looking out for every pretentious prick on this link who has said good riddance to this firm,looking for you not going over 40mph on single carraigeways,not running on down hill,not going at 56mph on dual carraigeways,not tipping off the card,it does not matter how big or small the breach of the rules is it is still a breach.He who lives in glass houses,never a truer word.
Airfreight:
I will be looking out for every pretentious prick on this link who has said good riddance to this firm,looking for you not going over 40mph on single carraigeways,not running on down hill,not going at 56mph on dual carraigeways,not tipping off the card,it does not matter how big or small the breach of the rules is it is still a breach.He who lives in glass houses,never a truer word.
Airfreight:
I will be looking out for every pretentious prick on this link who has said good riddance to this firm,looking for you not going over 40mph on single carraigeways,not running on down hill,not going at 56mph on dual carraigeways,not tipping off the card,it does not matter how big or small the breach of the rules is it is still a breach.He who lives in glass houses,never a truer word.
there is a big diference in this day and age between minor offences and deliberatly flouting the laws. wake up and welcome to 2009. This is not a case of making a mistake, miscounting hours, or forgetting to put a chart in, read the judgement , read the drivers own words, they deliberatly set out to to break the law, in full knowledge of what they were doing.
I was no angel when I was driving, and yes I bent a few laws on occassion, anyone who has driven for any length of time on long distance will have, But I never set out on a day intending to do it. circumstances of that day led to the transgressions, in this case these guys set out first thing in the morning knowing that they were going to take liberties.
Sympathy… I have none, I have sympathy for the guys who worked legally and got laid off as thier boss couldnt compete, I have sympathy for the bosses who worked their asses off to try to run a business legally when their compitor was rigging the the field.
Like the laws or not, you cant pick and choose which laws to deliberatly flout, these guys did thought they could get away with it, and paid the price, dont want to do the time, dont do the crime.
I have worked with VOSA on a company that was non-compliant with the law, That company despite extracting the urine on hours, once pulled by VOSA buckled down and implemented VOSA’s suggestions, took their advice and worked with them to bring the company in line with the law… they never got in front of the TC, VOSA worked with them to resolve the problems. the worst thing you can do when caught out is shut VOSA out… which is exactly what happened in this case,
there is only a few people to blame for this situation and every single one of them work for Sandy Kydd
Airfreight:
I will be looking out for every pretentious prick on this link who has said good riddance to this firm,looking for you not going over 40mph on single carraigeways,not running on down hill,not going at 56mph on dual carraigeways,not tipping off the card,it does not matter how big or small the breach of the rules is it is still a breach.He who lives in glass houses,never a truer word.
Airfreight
You put up a very childish argument. I think that TC’s would probably look upon someone who was 2 mins short on a 45 mins break more favourably than someone who regularly had between 6000 and 10000 kms missing mileage.
It’s all relative. Those who take such a blatant disregard to the rules deserve everything they get when they are finally caught.
Airfreight:
it does not matter how big or small the breach of the rules is it is still a breach.
It does matter though, that’s the whole point!
Nobody on this thread has claimed to be whiter than white, everybody goes a few minutes over their 4.5h from time to time to get home on a night or whatever. There’s a big difference between that and running up to 4 hours a day, day in day out, without the fuse in.
Paul
greek:
jessicas dad did I pass you today about 6-30 this morning south bound A1 Doncaster MT skelly?
no not me, i went down about 5am going from leeds to doncaster railport. it would have been one of the 5.30 - 6am starters.
scottishcruiser:
He recently did acquire a 620! If he doesnt go under someone elses name I reckon keep an eye on Moodys website for these Scanias for sale.
Not this one, SK09AWR was a cancelled order for kydd and went on the road last week for D stevens
Rikki-UK:
I have worked with VOSA on a company that was non-compliant with the law, That company despite extracting the urine on hours, once pulled by VOSA buckled down and implemented VOSA’s suggestions, took their advice and worked with them to bring the company in line with the law… they never got in front of the TC, VOSA worked with them to resolve the problems. the worst thing you can do when caught out is shut VOSA out… which is exactly what happened in this case,
Was that the company with the red trucks and a nice sideline in scalpings?
saw anotherone today on the a9 heading through perth.
gogzy:
saw anotherone today on the a9 heading through perth.
is somebody else running these trucks now then if you lot keep spoting them 
His O licence is valid until Friday
He could also be lodging an appeal
Revocation of the licence takes place on the 17th, the delay is supposed to give the O/Licence holder time to lodge an appeal, can’t see that happening in this case though.
how does it count with the vosa if you head east of poland and the important issue is a safe parking and not the hours that you do? Just asking as many a time never found a parking in my driving hours and just chapped on till got somewhere safe and im not talking just over my hours im talking maybe 3hrs or more! I understand the case against mr kydd and this is slightly off topic but would like opinions plse
motley:
how does it count with the vosa if you head east of poland and the important issue is a safe parking and not the hours that you do? Just asking as many a time never found a parking in my driving hours and just chapped on till got somewhere safe and im not talking just over my hours im talking maybe 3hrs or more! I understand the case against mr kydd and this is slightly off topic but would like opinions plse
Prepare thyself to be stoned at dawn you bounder,(with rocks I mean, not in a state of anebriation 
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