Very sad but avoidable if the operators cared just enough to ensure they're drivers had breaks
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel A taxi driver died after falling asleep at the wheel following a 12-hour shift and ploughed into an on-coming lorry, an inquest heard. The airbags in the cab Colin Barker was supplied failed to work and he was not wearing a seatbelt which he was not legally required to wear. A postmortem showed the 46-year-old twin, who lived at Camborne, died from multiple injuries in the accident on November 3 last year at around 5.30am on Tregolls Road, Truro. Polish lorry driver Henryk Glinowiecki was driving the white DAF box lorry from Exeter to Falmouth when he neared a bend in the road. In a statement read out to an inquest in Truro yesterday, he said: “It (the taxi) just kept going straight as if the bend was not there. He drove across the road into my lorry. I had no time to steer away.” Mark Richards, vehicle examiner, said although there were no mechanical defects with the taxi to make it veer onto the wrong side of the road, the air-bags were faulty. PC Paul Frost, crash scene investigator, described the impact as “low” with both vehicles travelling at around 20mph. He said: “It’s unlikely the lorry driver could have done anything to avoid it. My findings are consistent with Mr Barker falling asleep when the collision occurred.” Mr Barker, who served for 11 years in the Royal Ordnance Corps, worked for Truro-based A2B Taxis. Asked if Mr Barker had taken breaks during his shift, Julie Perryman, who co-owns the business with her husband Philip, said: “We do always suggest they take plenty of breaks.” It was up to the drivers how many hours they chose to work, she said. Coroner Barrie van den Berg recorded a verdict of accidental death. Source:This is Cornwall |
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| Author: | toots [ Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
Very sad but avoidable if the operators cared just enough to ensure they're drivers had breaks
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
Add's weight to the thread Jasbar started in the Scots section. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
captain cab wrote: Asked if Mr Barker had taken breaks during his shift, Julie Perryman, who co-owns the business with her husband Philip, said: “We do always suggest they take plenty of breaks.” Has anyone ever heard an operator give advice to drivers to take plenty of breaks?  And don't the new data systems have a facility to ensure drivers can only book on for X number of hours? Is that facility ever used anywhere? 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
Sussex wrote: Is that facility ever used anywhere? Didnt the chap from a certain Sefton PH firm tell the LC although drivers worked long hours they had to press a button every so often on the datahead to make sure they were awake? |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
captain cab wrote: Didnt the chap from a certain Sefton PH firm tell the LC although drivers worked long hours they had to press a button every so often on the datahead to make sure they were awake? I believe that's how they accept a job. 
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
Sussex wrote: I believe that's how they accept a job. I seem to remember seeing it somewhere.....it could have been from the select committee? |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
The guy at 1:43 is complaining that he phoned for a cab but couldnt get one.......aint that a PHV issue? |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
captain cab wrote: The guy at 1:43 is complaining that he phoned for a cab but couldnt get one.......aint that a PHV issue? No. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
Sussex wrote: captain cab wrote: The guy at 1:43 is complaining that he phoned for a cab but couldnt get one.......aint that a PHV issue? No. oops wrong thread! |
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
captain cab wrote: Sussex wrote: I believe that's how they accept a job. I seem to remember seeing it somewhere.....it could have been from the select committee? Yeah he did say it and it's called the 'pass the buck button'  I think it's on a thread here somewhere
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
toots wrote: Yeah he did say it and it's called the 'pass the buck button' I think it's on a thread here somewherewas it on the radio show? |
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| Author: | toots [ Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Camborne taxi driver died sleeping at the wheel |
captain cab wrote: toots wrote: Yeah he did say it and it's called the 'pass the buck button' I think it's on a thread here somewherewas it on the radio show? I don't think it was tbh |
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