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just about.
But you are right in that it doesn't suit all hauliers.
From a pure driving hours point it is quicker to drive from Calais to Barcelona than to tale the Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry and...

Not quite so.

It depends where the truck is going.

12 hours is long enough to count as a daily rest period. Hence the driver can drive for 9 hours to get to the boat and 9 hours on the other...

Firstly "don't call me Shirley.

Secondly its vector motion and the triangle of components of a vector.


Yeah Barry but the point was the relationship. If yuo were to list all variables down...

This I find very strange.

So should NCOs try out their own version of IAs on the range

Many things are done in certain ways that people may not agree with and think tht they know better ways...

Maximum range 45 degrees.

Gravity pulls the projectile to the ground. It's constant. Sort of.

So firing horrizontally the projectile is puled down and hits the ground with a high forward...

I was not suggesting you had.


Not in this case. Although said officer currently wants to string me behind a 6x6 I cannot deny him the kudos that he had earned. He has been personally...

Not usually but it has happened with devastating results!!!

Yes the older ones, the 2003 ammendment to the directive would have probably been enacted here around 2005. Since it only applies to new vehicles any post 05 bus should not have them.

And TD...

He is but considering the work he does you could easily mistake him for being part at DTpt.

Having a bit of gucci kit is little compensation for the amount of effort he puts in to the benifit of...

Well there is enough of that!!
But the PA seen talking to the boss here is dressed the same as most of his collegues....

The 2003 ammendment to Council Directive 74/408/EEC abolished side facing seats in new vehicles,

The world road transport organisation fought against it on the grounds that many luxury limos and...

Correct, the truck went over a cliff. ROPS would not have saved them.

However this is not a "colision"
Also that happened on the same section of road that a bus ran off the road killing several...

I agree with Trell.

We all know they are Meerkats or Mobile roundabouts.

They watch your every move and when told to you better go round them, in the right direction!!

But if you don't...

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I am finding this hard to believe.

I have studied with a number of your collegues over the years. Your tpt safety record is, statistically, no worse than anyone else in the UK.

But...

So less on uniforms and more on the assessment.

S&S you mentioned stand to.

Well we drivers had our stand to as well.

In the absents of the usual duty room we had to improvise. Some...

Why would the RDF PAs be wearing motor bike PPE when they didn't have bikes with them.

LOL, Dev that truck is what started this chain of posts.:biggrin:


ROPS was introduced to increase safety ofter a very public incident. On and off there has been numerous injuries and after...

Truck with test rops is an Iveco. Next one is a Scania. The Std ROPS is as in Back Ground.
This is what we have in most trucks now

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Now thats from a man that actually knows!!!

Hey Yellow, unusual to see you comment here!!

I do???

I am just waiting for the arse-kicking phone call or the mods to remove it all.



Whats new. Next you will be saying you got no friends!!!!:-D

Correct AFAIK

And CW thanks for noticing how sporty we are:-D

Only one problem with this logic and worries on troop transport.

ROPS trucks are not combat vehicles. They are logs vehicles.

The object is to transport the maximum volume of what ever you...

Well I would be remiss if I didn't mention those that supported the drivers in their duties.

The man who is responsible for us all OC Tpt.
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The ROPS seats fold down. There is a Roll cage that gives te rear extra strength in event of a collision or roll over. Rex could tell you about the effectiveness of it.

But in answer to your...

Ah now I am safe from that.

I don't detail vehicles. But the person that does has been know to bring the wrong type. He has never needed an IMO defence he uses the "well the other truck had it so...