From: Chris Whelan on 13 Aug 2010 11:37 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:28:16 +0100, loopy livernose wrote: > "T_Raymond" <tonyraymond79(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:8329176a-0a0f-469d-84ef- cb506c7c0c3c(a)l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: >>> "T_Raymond" <tonyraymon...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >>> >>> Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an >>> alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever >>> comes >>> first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more so. >> >> Is this also true of lorries from Poland and other foreign parts? >> >> T Raymond > > irrelevant in a "UK.rec." hierarchy news group... Not if you live in the South-east of the UK... Chris -- Remove prejudice to reply.
From: Conor on 13 Aug 2010 13:50 On 13/08/2010 11:26, T_Raymond wrote: > What's so hard with the maintenance of these vehicles? > > I'm starting to get sick and tired of finding the reason I've been > stuck in traffic for an hour is due to a broken down lorry. It's all I > every hear on the traffic report."Delays due to a broken down lorry". > They're maintained far better than cars are. The ones where I worked did 800 miles PER DAY. They're not doing a piddly 30 mile commute. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
From: Conor on 13 Aug 2010 13:50 On 13/08/2010 15:26, T_Raymond wrote: > On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road"<nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: >> "T_Raymond"<tonyraymon...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an >> alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever comes >> first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more so. > > Is this also true of lorries from Poland and other foreign parts? > Yes although other former Eastern Bloc countries aren't as strict. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
From: Conor on 13 Aug 2010 13:51 On 13/08/2010 11:26, T_Raymond wrote: > What's so hard with the maintenance of these vehicles? > > I'm starting to get sick and tired of finding the reason I've been > stuck in traffic for an hour is due to a broken down lorry. It's all I > every hear on the traffic report."Delays due to a broken down lorry". > The lorry isn't the problem - its the 30,000,000 cars on a small island. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
From: Knight of the Road on 13 Aug 2010 14:01
"T_Raymond" <tonyraymond79(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:8329176a-0a0f-469d-84ef-cb506c7c0c3c(a)l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: >> "T_Raymond" <tonyraymon...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an >> alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever >> comes >> first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more so. > > Is this also true of lorries from Poland and other foreign parts? I do not know what Poland's procedure is, but I can assure you firstly that it will have one- Poland is not a third world country- and secondly that the German BAG (like our VOSA but with Nazi attitude) would deal with unroadworthy Polish trucks long before they got here. But in any event it is not in any operator's interest to have an unreliable vehicle because the truck is not earning if it is not moving. Delays caused by breakdowns of HGVs are likely to cause more disruption than those of cars firstly because it is not possible to push a stricken vehicle out of the way as it is with a car and secondly because there are far fewer mechanics and recovery vehicles for lorries and so they are therefore likely to take longer to reach a stricken vehicle than the local AA van or franchaised garage, since they are likely to have started from further away. Vince |