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".


T Raymond

"T_Raymond" wrote in message
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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".


T Raymond

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. Any
problems caused when an HGV breaks down will be caused by the fact that it
can not be pushed out of the way, as a car could be, and anybody of average
intelligence or above would realise that without having to have it explained
to them.

Hope I have managed to explain this to you in a way that you can understand.

Vince

"Knight of the Road" wrote in message
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"T_Raymond" wrote in message
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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".


T Raymond

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. Any problems caused when an HGV breaks down will be caused by the fact
that it can not be pushed out of the way, as a car could be, and anybody
of average intelligence or above would realise that without having to have
it explained to them.

Hope I have managed to explain this to you in a way that you can
understand.

I'm doubtful that you have, although the vast majority of people would
understand perfectly well.

Of course, just to add, vehicles break down due to unforeseeable defects
like like a flat tyre or other component breaking.

On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" wrote:
"T_Raymond" 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

"T_Raymond" wrote in message
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On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" wrote:
"T_Raymond" 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...

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:28:16 +0100, loopy livernose wrote:

"T_Raymond" wrote in message
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On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" wrote:
"T_Raymond" 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

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Remove prejudice to reply.

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.
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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

On 13/08/2010 15:26, T_Raymond wrote:
On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the wrote:
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.


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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

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

"T_Raymond" wrote in message
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On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" wrote:
"T_Raymond" 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