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Carry Out Your Daily Vehicle Checks Properly.

Posted on March 28, 2021 Written by Jack The Trucker Leave a Comment

Daily vehicle checks should be done properly to ensure that the vehicle you are driving is free from defects and completely legal for you to take it out on the road. So before you start driving for the day there are a number of checks that you should make to be sure, this applies whether you drive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driver's, Maintenance Tagged With: daily vehicle checks

When You Are Being Passed At 55mph On The Motorway.

Posted on July 5, 2020 Written by Jack The Trucker 5 Comments

I have seen this scenario many times on the motorway. For example, a truck that is travelling along a three-lane carriageway at 55mph and is slowly being caught up by another truck, that is also travelling at 55mph. Eventually, the overtaking truck is running alongside the slower truck and many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driver's, Trucking Tagged With: overtaking, safe driving

A Driver Is His Own Worst Enemy!

Posted on July 3, 2020 Written by Jack The Trucker Leave a Comment

Why do I say that you might ask? Well, let me explain why I think that a driver is his own worst enemy. There are two driving jobs being advertised, both are for a well-known company and are fulltime positions. One is an HGV driver requiring you to drive an artic and the second one is a van … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Driver's, Trucking Tagged With: drivers, driving, driving jobs

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