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kerwinishere wrote:Bloodclart
Pantos wrote:driver was thrown onto roadway and instantly killed.
Jaipaulsingh wrote:Pantos wrote:driver was thrown onto roadway and instantly killed.
Thank goodness the driver had on the seatbelt.
pete wrote:So, if that was indeed the case, why does traffic need to be stopped for this crane to go through a red light? They do this all the time, make people get out of the way for these loads to move around the country all for what reason?
Far safer thing would be for them to just make sure that the roads are clear enough that no vehicles get hit because of how wide/long the cranes are but still obey all the regular traffic signals etc.
pete wrote:Well this is probably the first time someone has been killed because of the police utilising this dangerous practice. Would hate to be the driver of the crane. Maybe the drivers should tell the police they not down with breaking red lights.
Definitely what a "police escort" for heavy equipment entails should be looked at. This is unnecessarily dangerous, especially at night!
pete wrote:I think it's more the police want to get the job over as quick as possible to get back to sleeping in the station.
How could it be safer to have this hazardous equipment breaking traffic lights or having people forced to the side of the road for it to pass in standstill traffic when the equipment or truck transporting it can just stop as everyone else does?
It's not going to fall over or cause the road to collapse. Yeah I hear what you're saying that the police say go ahead and you're following instructions. That doesn't make what the police are telling you to do correct.
*edit* Same goes for when they're transporting explosives. Sure they may only get the cargo cleared at 3PM. Surely it would be much safer to keep the explosives in a secure location until 6pm on the port rather than squeeze through Wrightson road traffic and possibly Beetham traffic at peak traffic times? Every time I see that I just hope that doesn't something happen cause if it does..
pete wrote:I think it's more the police want to get the job over as quick as possible to get back to sleeping in the station.
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ruffrider27 wrote:Do the police get pay extra at the side to escort heavy equipment ?
Dj_Bee wrote:ruffrider27 wrote:Do the police get pay extra at the side to escort heavy equipment ?
Nope
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