Tanker drivers strike

[stevewool]

Of course if we'd maintained the inland water ways better we'd be transporting most of this stuff, including most of the frieght, coa,l etc by boats instead of clogging up the roads with hgv's. Works very well over in holland etc.

never will work here, its been tried to ship cargo onto trains to towns but you still have to move it from the station, plus its not just the hgvs clogging the roads

[subseastu]

never will work here, its been tried to ship cargo onto trains to towns but you still have to move it from the station, plus its not just the hgvs clogging the roads

True but if you can transport goods closer to their detination by river / canal or indeed rail then you should reduce the amount of haulage using the motorways etc shouldn't you? You are right its not just the hgv's etc that are clogging up the roads, the amount of cars on UK roads is growing very quickly.

[lastlid]

True but if you can transport goods closer to their detination by river / canal or indeed rail then you should reduce the amount of haulage using the motorways etc shouldn't you? You are right its not just the hgv's etc that are clogging up the roads, the amount of cars on UK roads is growing very quickly.

Yes. And I would think safety issues, which seem to be at the core of the tanker drivers grievance, would be lessened (not eliminated) by canal. Only thing is, transport by waterway is painfully slow.

[stevewool]

[QUOTE=lastlid;350538]Yes. And I would think safety issues, which seem to be at the core of the tanker drivers grievance,

safety issues, wha safety issues i causing this, people dont realize that the health and safety issues that tanker drivers go through its just the sme as our drivers and me, to carry some floor cleaners and washing up liquid, even packs of batteries all come under the same licence, drivers hours, well workmore you get paid more, they are ways round everything, i think this has nothing to do with drivers its the unions and the goverment both parties i believe, just my thoughts, dont mean to offend anyone

[lastlid]

[QUOTE=stevewool;350560]

Yes. And I would think safety issues, which seem to be at the core of the tanker drivers grievance,

safety issues, wha safety issues i causing this, people dont realize that the health and safety issues that tanker drivers go through its just the sme as our drivers and me, to carry some floor cleaners and washing up liquid, even packs of batteries all come under the same licence, drivers hours, well workmore you get paid more, they are ways round everything, i think this has nothing to do with drivers its the unions and the goverment both parties i believe, just my thoughts, dont mean to offend anyone

A tanker full of fuel is a higher risk than a lorry full of, say, baby food. If those boys are involved in an accident then the consequences are potentially more dire, Steve.

In our side of the oil industry anything flammable goes by sea and not by helicopter, slightly different I know but similar kind of thing.

Having said that, I am all ears, Steve as I have never driven a lorry.......I just empathise with the saftey side of this issue but I confess I dont know the full story.