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Smiffy
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driver's responsibility to ensure the vehicle is roadworthy at the start of each working day and to report any defects (to himself if it's his) and rectify any dangerous faults before setting off, other wise the vehicle is not roadworthy .. end of
he knew it was in that state and didn't give two ****s
But say anything to most farmers I've met and you'll just get the sack and replaced the next day by another teenager. The same can be said for most haulage firms. And most people are not in the financial position to be sacked. This is why the operators should be fined not the driver. As at the moment there is little incentive for operators especially agricultural it seems to run straight as they just say they weren't informed of the defects.
The only problem with that rig that should be down to the driver is insecure load. But even then really it should only be a fine to the driver if the equipment is available to secure the load. (I can see spare binders in the photo so he should have been able to do something) but if an operator sends a rug out without the proper load securing equipment it should be them that is held to account not the operator. Likewise it should be operators held responsible for overloading. As in my experience if vehicles are overloaded by a driver it is down to a culture within the company that the operator needs to take responsibility for
