Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 westy the hours might be clocked onthe tacho but you can still ple the hours in 15 hour shifts and even on the 11 stints youve got the stupid POA, but with 56 actual driving hours you can go along way in that time i once drove for 5 days across russia without crossing a phyical border thats when you know your in a big conntry in this little island its 2 days driving tops years ago we used to load washing machines in thurso [top of scotland] and deliver them in plymouth a day later madnessI was trying to keep it simple WTD,drivers hours,POA,drivers cpc blah blah blah has killed the job along with all the fines etc but the worst thing I have in my cab is tracker and the poxy mobile!!!!!! Russia I bet that was a fun trip.......not!!! Who were you pulling for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Thats the thing nowdays why the need for the knowledge when we have sat navs ? Yes a medical Yes a Enhanced CRB Check Yes speak acceptable English Yes pass a Cab driving Test But is there a need for the knowledge ? What if sat nav breaks or worse cig lighter melts and can't charge it?If the waiting room was rammed to take the knowledge think how many more cab drivers they'd be if it wasn't there,I this day and age I doubt it's strictly needed but holds off a wave of new cabbies. If sat nav breaks mate you go buy anotherHaving had this happen at night when everything's shut whilst working it ain't always that simple and if your a cabbie how crap does that look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy Ross 236 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Keep a spare one perhaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 And that dies/lost it/left at home etc etc The point is your livelihood is based on a bit of tech kit that can fail, if you do the knowledge then it isn't needed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy Ross 236 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 And the cab could break down, you could get a puncture, etc etc. aren't most trades nowadays reliant on tools that can fail? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 And the cab could break down, you could get a puncture, etc etc. aren't most trades nowadays reliant on tools that can fail?That's part and parcel of the job and why black cabs are required to be serviced every couple of months and I may be wrong but I think 2 annual inspections a year(mot) but replacing your brain with a sat nav is different especially in one city.I use a sat nav in the truck but if you saw the amour of uk and European maps I used to carry it was mad. So for the original question knowledge or sat nav,I'm still saying knowledge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy Ross 236 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I'd rather my taxi driver knew where he was going to but I don't mind guiding them, it isn't that big a deal. If I didn't know the route and they used satnav, so be it. But I agree, knowledge would be better but I'd rather have a good driver than someone who knows all the streets tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I'd rather the driver kept his eyes on the road rather than trying to decipher a sat nav screen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Suzy Ross 236 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Good point westy, same with those lorry drivers with 40 tons on the back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 the worst thing they ever done to trucks was limit them to 56mph then you get the supermarket boys at 50--52 beggers belief how they stay awake and even worse is the 5 ton vans and 7.5 tonner s limits to 56 accidents waiting to happen it was far better back in the olden days 75- mph drive all day and all night proper lorry drivers then no twatnav s you knew your way around and proper trucks with gearboxs in them , we used to leave truro sunday loaded to the gunels tip edinburgh or glasgow markets reload and home for tea monday cant do that now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 the worst thing they ever done to trucks was limit them to 56mph then you get the supermarket boys at 50--52 beggers belief how they stay awake and even worse is the 5 ton vans and 7.5 tonner s limits to 56 accidents waiting to happen it was far better back in the olden days 75- mph drive all day and all night proper lorry drivers then no twatnav s you knew your way around and proper trucks with gearboxs in them , we used to leave truro sunday loaded to the gunels tip edinburgh or glasgow markets reload and home for tea monday cant do that nowTwin splitters and crash boxes......glory days lolYou and I both know it all still happens everything can be got round just depends on your conscience and a liking for prison food if caught Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Good point westy, same with those lorry drivers with 40 tons on the back.44 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 23 years ago tomorrow i left Ankera [turkey] as my daughter was due to be born for a one hit home all was going well until i hit the austrian border and the grenze politzi parked me up but after a couple of hours they let a couple of dutch drivers go so i tagged on the end and escaped then homeward bound i pulled into calias grabbed some kickstarter coffee got on the boat - soon be home well i got of in dover cleared customs pulled out the dock and had to stop at the lights which seemed to take ages the next thing i knew some old lady was banging on the cab door -- you ok driver she shouted i looked down on her and said yep fine love and gunned the old girl home id nodded off after 47 hours straight through but her banging on the door gave me a new lease of life i got in had a drink and something to eat and crashed out for 10 hours the next day there was no movement on the birthing front so i went and tipped the load in avonmouth and then at 2pm the phone goes and the mother in laws after me contractions are at 5 mins ah no problem il be back in a bit got home about 6 ish had a shower and says you ready then so by the time got her going she says iam hungery so stopped for a big mac getsto the hospital at ten to eight and ten to ten it was all over didn t know what all the fuss was about i had a few days off then stuck on locals for a bit doing germany twice a week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Westy76 546 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I used to pull for Davis turner out of avonmouth what a shower they they were!!!! I've done some silly things to get home in time for kids b'day etc but I used to do a few weeks away going slightly native and trailer swapping a hay bay/windhoff meet all my mates for a weekend of beer then turn straight round sun night to get the train from Freiburg to Milan to get some kip on the worst train in the world!!!! Honestly I swear the nazis sold it to the Swiss as they felt it was inhuman but ok for truckers lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOPPER 1,809 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 know what you mean been on that heap of scrap a few times , dt s havent changed still a shit hole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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