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Crash For Cash With A Camera

Crash for Cash Incidents Increasing By 50% Over The Past Year. According to recent motor insurer reports - 865 dishonest motor insurance claims are being made every week, worth £10.4m, something that will be lessened with the introduction of in-vehicle cameras, says the FTA. It believes the ‘crash for cash’ scammers are targeting commercial vehicles in particular as van and HGV drivers account for a…

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15 January 2015
Read more about the article Pallet Truck Lock
Pallet Truck Lock – Lee Lock From aide automotive ltd
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Pallet Truck Lock

Trailer Load Safety Guidance Confirmed By DVSA Conflict about load restraint on curtain-sided trailers and bodies appears to have been resolved by a change in policy at the DVSA. The agency has now accepted that loads carried inside curtainsiders built to the European Standard EN 12642-XL do not need internal load restraint because the body and curtains are strong enough to contain the load. Until…

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11 December 2014
Read more about the article Truck Crash Camera
road rage incidents happen every day in Britain
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Truck Crash Camera

Truck Crash Camera Truck operating companies are often seen to be to the guilty party, with no evidence the blame is usually laid with the truck, but with a witness camera the blame can easily be proved. A recent incident caught on a witness camera is as follows, a motorist swerves into the path of a lorry in a bizarre road rage incident. The Ford…

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28 November 2014
Read more about the article Truck Trailer Reversing System – BackStop
Truck Reversing Auto Braking System – BackStop
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Truck Trailer Reversing System – BackStop

A lorry driver making deliveries to Marks & Spencer was left red-faced after tearing down part of a wall. He became stuck reversing into the back of the Brighton store yesterday morning and struck the wall. When he moved forward again, it collapsed. Bob Higham, who lives in Regent Hill, where the accident happened, claimed lorries caused numerous accidents in the area’s narrow streets and…

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25 September 2014
Read more about the article Truck Brake Test Within Maintenance Routine
BrakeCheck is a portable brake tester that works from the principle of measuring deceleration or Brake Efficiency
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Truck Brake Test Within Maintenance Routine

Keep Commercial Vehicles Roadworthy - Truck Brake Test Poor Truck Maintenance A False Economy Figures released by VOSA may show a rise in HGV annual test pass rates, but far too many of the lorries and commercial vans in operation in Britain today are below the general roadworthiness expected by VOSA. That’s the view of Paul Hassall, operations director of Stoke-on-Trent-based commercial vehicle contract hire…

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16 September 2014
Read more about the article Prevent Goods In Transit Damage By a Pallet Truck
Stop Goods Damage Secured a Pallet Truck
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Prevent Goods In Transit Damage By a Pallet Truck

Pallet Truck Prevent Goods In Transit Damage & Becomes Standard Fit Heygates Makes Pallet Truck Lock A Standard Fit To All New Trailers DVSA (VOSA) & the Health & Safety Executive are pressing hard to prevent trailer unsecured loads. Load security is one of the top issues when Paul Walker, VOSA’s Industry Liaison Manager, talks to Operators and Drivers across the country. “Unsafe loads are a…

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3 July 2014
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Stop Goods Damage Secured a Pallet Truck
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Pallet Truck Secured With Lock

Pallet Truck Lock  - Lee Lock Secures A Load As VOSA makes load security a top issue! Load security is one of the top issues when Paul Walker, VOSA’s Industry Liaison Manager, talks to Operators and Drivers across the country. Paul says: ”During my meetings with the road haulage sector I am often asked about load safety. I always underline the importance of the driver…

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1 April 2014
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Stop Goods Damage Secured a Pallet Truck
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Secure A Pallet Truck

VOSA & the Health & Safety Executive are pressing hard to prevent trailer unsecured loads. Although most operators think of the goods within the trailer, the Pallet Truck could be classed as an Unsecured Load. Here at aide automotive ltd we have a simple lock for the pallet truck that will stop goods and curtain damage from a runaway pallet truck! Also with VOSA &…

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17 October 2013