Robertj21a
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...and that they do not go out of the gate without a satnav designed for the job and programmed for the journey. If they don't even ask for this (let alone make it mandatory to use them) how can they claim to have a safe system of work? £400 is nothing compared with their direct and immediate costs of a bridge bash, let alone the wider costs to the rest of us.
I would take away the licence to operate from any firm that failed this test.
Please don't give us excuses and whinges about how hard it is to make a living in the industry, it's the the cowboys undercutting the good ones that undermine the price and have set us on the road to becoming a third-world economy.
No need for a Satnav if the driver is a professional. The old timers will still use proper maps plus, perhaps, a Satnav for the last mile if he hasn't been there before. Many truckers cover the same routes frequently, including the usual diversionary options.