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Driving without due care and attention
Jun 7, 2010
I hit a bridge in my truck
I had the misfortune to have a road traffic accident last week. I am an HGV driver
However last Tuesday I went into work and was given a delivery to make, however I was given a different truck to my usual one which had a Q7 box on it. To cut a long story short I forgot about the height of the truck and hit a low bridge the truck tipped over and landed on a car thankfully nobody was hurt. I have driven down this road many times and have never had any problems.
How do you suggest I proceed?
However last Tuesday I went into work and was given a delivery to make, however I was given a different truck to my usual one which had a Q7 box on it. To cut a long story short I forgot about the height of the truck and hit a low bridge the truck tipped over and landed on a car thankfully nobody was hurt. I have driven down this road many times and have never had any problems.
How do you suggest I proceed?
Category: Driving without due care and attention
Posted by: patterson
I assume that you have been warned that you will get a summons for driving without due care and attention?
As a professional driver the court will take this matter seriously. It could have turned out allot worse than it did.
Thankfully you weren't hurt!
Have you got any points on your licence at the moment? You will get 3-9 points for this. Was the bridge properly signposted? Did you damage the bridge/stop the traffic for a while?
I will be happy to get involved on your behalf to try and dissuade the police from issuing a summons. They may be willing to let you do the driver improvement course as an alternative to prosecution but I suspect they may feel its too serious for that if allot of damage was done.
As a professional driver the court will take this matter seriously. It could have turned out allot worse than it did.
Thankfully you weren't hurt!
Have you got any points on your licence at the moment? You will get 3-9 points for this. Was the bridge properly signposted? Did you damage the bridge/stop the traffic for a while?
I will be happy to get involved on your behalf to try and dissuade the police from issuing a summons. They may be willing to let you do the driver improvement course as an alternative to prosecution but I suspect they may feel its too serious for that if allot of damage was done.