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I would hate to be the driver when the Traffic Commissioner gets this accident across his desk.
No excuse what-so-ever, and before my opponent says “Haven’t I ever made a mistake” the short answer to that is “ Yes I have” but “I have never hit a bridge” or anything else for that matter, and I have spent more years than I care to remember sat in the saddle of trucks and busses.
Drivers ought to use their observational skills a little more often, with less reliance on the Sat Nav which ought to be renamed Pratt Nav, but having said that Councils up and down the country should ensure signage is clear, clean, and not hidden behind foliage, even more important that they don’t use the excuse of lack of cash to placate people as to why these things are not done. In many places the signs are hidden from view at this time of year by foliage from trees and bushes.
Obviously the buck should quite rightly stop with the driver, who in this day and age faces many problems while conducting his daily work. In many instances unrealistic pressure to meet deadlines ( incidentally made by others) in respect of delivery times. Trucks don’t make money unless the wheels are turning and drivers work long hours. A driver can work 60 hrs a week, be on duty for 84 hours a week under Working Time regulation 361/85 and drivers hours regulations 561/2006 it is then no wonder accidents happen. It is very easy to point the finger and scoff and utter “You should know better” and for those that are so inclined so to do,try becoming a truck driver and try to work under the pressure that they work under day in and day out you’ll soon change your tune. What we need to consider is, that everything we use, eat, live in, put on our backs, drive, play with or generally use in our existence has at some time either in part or wholly been transported by a lorry driver, add to that the fact of all the rubbish we create is taken away by lorry driver you will begin to see a simple fact that is- We can do without football stars on £100,000 a match but I’m afraid we can’t do without truck drivers.