Motoring by Press Association 13/05/2019, 7:55 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A lorry driver has been filmed with no hands on the steering wheel while making a credit card payment. The man was caught holding a credit card and mobile phone as he drove on the M40 near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He was one of 3,000 law-breaking drivers filmed by police from a fleet of three Highways England-funded HGV cabs in the past year. The cabs give officers an elevated position to observe and film unsafe driving on England’s motorways and major A-roads as part of Operation Tramline. They will be deployed on the M1 in the coming week. Highways England head of road safety Richard Leonard said: “Hundreds of thousands of drivers use our roads every day and the vast majority are sensible behind the wheel, but some are putting themselves and others at risk. “We introduced the three new HGV supercabs last year to help keep the roads safe and … [Read more...] about Lorry driver caught on camera holding phone and credit card
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‘Staggering’ Northern Ireland lorry driver four times over limit in petrol station
'Staggering' Northern Ireland lorry driver four times over limit in petrol station BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Police in Antrim have described how they were "lost for words" after arresting a lorry driver who was almost four times over the drink-drive limit. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/staggering-northern-ireland-lorry-driver-four-times-over-limit-in-petrol-station-37691252.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37691249.ece/da282/AUTOCROP/h342/Police_generic.jpg Email Police in Antrim have described how they were "lost for words" after arresting a lorry driver who was almost four times over the drink-drive limit. In a post on social media, PSNI Antrim said they received a report on Monday night of a male in a service station in the town "staggering all over the place" and went to investigate. "It’s very rare as police officers that we hear something that leaves us lost for words. Generally we think we’ve seen … [Read more...] about ‘Staggering’ Northern Ireland lorry driver four times over limit in petrol station
Lorry driver highlights need for headlights in rainy conditions
Motoring by Press Association 11/12/2018, 1:55 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A lorry driver has shown exactly why motorists should turn their headlights on in wet and rainy conditions – by posting a photo of a near-invisible car behind him. Scott Chidley, of Morebath, Devon, shared a picture on Facebook of the view from his lorry’s side mirror during heavy rain on the M5 on Saturday. The view behind is so obscured that he was forced to draw an arrow on the photo, pointing to a faint blur – which is all that’s visible of the following car. Chidley urged drivers to follow the ‘wipers on, lights on’ procedure – where drivers put their headlights on in wet weather as well as when it gets dark. “We have over foot long mirrors,” he commented alongside the photo, pointing out the comparative size of his HGV’s side mirrors. “Imagine in car mirrors? Please, … [Read more...] about Lorry driver highlights need for headlights in rainy conditions
Lorry driver ‘fixes’ his broken indicator by sellotaping a Lucozade bottle to his rear lights
STUNNED police officers caught a lorry driver using a Lucozade bottle for an indicator. The bottle was flattened and stuck onto the rear lights using tonnes of sticky tape. West Yorkshire traffic cop Dave Cant stopped the vehicle on the M62 near Bradford. Having tweeted pictures of incident, 'Traffic Dave' joked that the Lucozade bottle was actually a good colour match. The brake light on the lorry was also broken, as well as having a smashed wing mirror and cracked windscreen. Pulled over on November 3, the unnamed driver had even overloaded the vehicle to make matters worse. The driver was fined and prohibited from moving the lorry until the weight issue was rectified. He was in the process of delivering beds, with the vehicle originating from "the wrong side of the Pennines", according PC Cant's tweets. When asked what the driver will get [as punishment], the officer also quipped "hydration and lots of energy". Another Twitter user commented: "That is quite possibly he worst HGV … [Read more...] about Lorry driver ‘fixes’ his broken indicator by sellotaping a Lucozade bottle to his rear lights
Lorry driver charged over death of cyclist on Chelsea Bridge
A lorry driver has been charged in connection with the death of a cyclist who was killed on Chelsea Bridge. Claudette Landi, 36, was cycling on the morning of Wednesday, September 27, 2017, when she was struck by a lorry on Chelsea Embankment, at the junction of Grosvenor Road and Chelsea Bridge. Following the crash, just before 8am, a 15-year-old boy performed CPR on the cyclist as they waited for emergency services to arrive. Claudette was rushed to hospital but was declared dead later that morning. She became the seventh cyclist to be killed on London's roads in 2017. At the time of the crash, the Metropolitan Police said the driver of the lorry had stopped at the scene and had been arrested by police on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Jason Edmunds, 43, of North Cockerford, in Basildon, who police say is the driver of the lorry, has now been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on October … [Read more...] about Lorry driver charged over death of cyclist on Chelsea Bridge