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Mike Ruff, GW editorKeymaster
I have been working roadside breakdown for many years now, for various clubs and agents in the city and the South West. It suits me but conditions are
[See the full post at: Reader email: Why’s it taking so long to better protect roadside technicians?]TimGuestI know exactly how you feel. I’ve worked in the industry almost 2 decades. I started on the road in a service van, worked up to the larger vehicles on fleet and finally to Recovery Manager. I now deal with all the drivers and many of them comment on how close vehicles get to them when attempting to deal with casualty vehicles at the roadside.
Something needs to be done and soon, before a major incident happens.
It doesn’t just affect our industry. It affects anyone working at the roadside. I cannot understand why the likes of the large Telecomms and Gas companies and the like are not on board with SDMO. Their influence could help the cause no ends.DougalGuestI feel sure that motorists would take more notice of amber lights if they were not so often used unnecessarily.
For instance in this area we have a window cleaner who has 5 flashing amber lights on his van.
Even when parked in a marked parking bay he has them all going while he is window cleaning in somebody’s front garden.Eddie BamberGuestI’m retired now but I worked in the roadside assistance industry for over 40 years. Some of my colleagues were killed or injured during that time. Sadly, I doubt that things will change with regard to passing motorists, sometimes they gave nowhere to move over to. When I’m out in my car now and I’m passing a roadside assistance vehicle, I prepare myself fir the fact that someone could walk out in front of me unexpectedly. The answer for now lies with the operators themselves to remain vigilant at all times when working at the roadside, or to immediately move the casualty vehicle to a safer place before working on it.
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