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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:18 pm 
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i hope for his sake he wasnt also in breach of his driver hours, once you have driven on tacho you are bound by the driver hours, and have to keep the chart for 7 working days minimum, and fill out a chart even if driving a vehicle which isnt equipped with a tacho


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limo man wrote:

This is a sad case of company greed as normal with drivers who have done a long day job then to do a late night driving for long hours in a limousine as per normal.


You obviously don't know anything about this case or you would know that the accident happened on a Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm. :roll:

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toots wrote:
Whilst I agree that there was no intent this man obviously was not paying attention to the road. Perhaps he was a little tired, he is also a London bus driver. Bus drivers are only suppose spend a certain amount of hours driving a bus and probably for a good reason, they may get tired. Again whilst I don't dissagree to people having more than one job (sometimes needs must) taking a 2nd driving job seems a little foolish to me. One can't justify accidents by saying there was no intent that's why they are accidents because there was no intent but we have to draw the line somewhere as to what is an unavoidable accident and what could have been prevented with a little commonsense and observation.


Hindsight is a marvellous thing. We can convince ourselves of anything even when passing judgement on others. I often wonder why everything seems so avoidable after the event but we allowed it to happen anyway?

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Skull wrote:
Hindsight is a marvellous thing. We can convince ourselves of anything even when passing judgement on others. I often wonder why everything seems so avoidable after the event but we allowed it to happen anyway?


I actually agree! :shock:

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You obviously don't know anything about this case or you would know that the accident happened on a Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm.

Says the man greedy little man who leaves paying people at ascot? #-o :^o
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Hindsight is a marvellous thing. We can convince ourselves of anything even when passing judgement on others. I often wonder why everything seems so avoidable after the event but we allowed it to happen anyway?

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I agree with you!


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Skull wrote:

Hindsight is a marvellous thing. We can convince ourselves of anything even when passing judgement on others. I often wonder why everything seems so avoidable after the event but we allowed it to happen anyway?


I agree with you hindsight is a mavellous thing but we still have to draw the line as to what is acceptable driving. Perhaps there was a good reason why he hit the car in front, I don't know :?

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