dew:
switchlogic:
I always carry a rachet strap and get my ‘co driver’ to strap me to the bed…That all sounds a bit brokeback mountain to me!
How you are doing it?
It must be the only useful thing ever fitted to a Scania, the front mounted top bunk, probably resulting from some MMTM me bull in Sweden
I’ve done it a few times,but for a decent rest it all depends on the driving style of whoever’s driving.
A few times I’ve slept on the bed whilst a Swedish colleague was at the wheel,no problem,he was used to driving double manned and was very smooth with braking and cornering.
I did it once with an English colleague,and it was bloody terrible,with him braking at the last minute and hard cornering!
I used to take my missus with me and we’d leave Belgium in the evening for the trip to Northampton,she slept like a log (apart from having to get up to go on the shuttle).
Gogan:
The ‘Heavy Goods Vehicle Inspection Manual’ (MOT testers manual for HGV’s) states that for vehicles first used from 1/10/2001 the drivers seat and front passenger seat(s) must be equipped with a lap-belt as a minimum. Rear passenger seats (defined in legislation as being seats which are positioned behind the line of the drivers seat) are not required to be fitted with seat belts.
Wheel Nut:
It must be the only useful thing ever fitted to a Scania, the front mounted top bunk, probably resulting from some MMTM me bull in Sweden
Taking Gogan’s quote from the MOT testers manual into consideration wouldn’t the front mounted bunk need a seatbelt? Perhaps not as there isn’t a big open space, or glass to cause as much trouble under heavy breaking?
I’m not attempting to stir anything up or start any kind of argument, honest! 
. The UK traffic laws just genuinely facinate me some times. 
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Dexter-M:
Taking Gogan’s quote from the MOT testers manual into consideration wouldn’t the front mounted bunk need a seatbelt? Perhaps not as there isn’t a big open space, or glass to cause as much trouble under heavy breaking?
Only if you intended to use it as a seat whilst the vehicle was in motion, which would not be possible (or legal) for obvious reasons.
it`s best to sleep on the top bunk,if the co pilot slams on you just bounce off the overhead lockers and land on top of him rather than going through the windscreen 
So an incentive for them to look ahead well and brake gently. 
dew:
switchlogic:
I always carry a rachet strap and get my ‘co driver’ to strap me to the bed…That all sounds a bit brokeback mountain to me!
I fell off the top bunk in a Magnum once when out with my dad when I was 10ish. Hurt like a ■■■■■■■ but best days of my childhood. Shame
coz I cant imagine being allowed to bring my son with me in 9 and a half years time!
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commonrail:
it`s best to sleep on the top bunk,if the co pilot slams on you just bounce off the overhead lockers and land on top of him rather than going through the windscreen
I await reading that one on Commerical Motor…
“Driver died when his co driver fell from the top bunk, crushing him like one of those large boulders off Indiana Jones…”
Spent a few years double manning to Italy and always slept in bed while not driving never had a problem