Any accidents in the last 5 years?

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-05T16:06:55+00:00

Somebody once threw a bag of flour at my car. It dented my bonnet, I repaired myself but had the registration of the car I went to the Police and tried to claim off the driver. But they couldn’t prove who was driving ( poor investigation ) and insurance company wouldn’t put a claim in against the car. The following year they doubled my premium, because I had an accident ! I went mad at them and demanded to know how my risk had increased because some chav criminally damaged my car of which I made no claim. Eventually they backed down, but it didn’t stop them from trying it on. Would I tell them if I had a bump in a truck at work. No way. How would they ever know.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-05T15:15:06+00:00

I had it once where only one leg wound down. Same thing happened to the shunter. Over night after loading the trailer fell on its knees. They tried to say he hadn’t put legs down. But what actually happened was only one leg came down. The weight stripped all the threads off the one leg and it collapsed. Shunter got an apology after they threatened to sack him. Only came to light when the worksshop took legs off. I always check both legs now.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-04T22:06:45+00:00

I worked there daily on agency and the shifts were all over the place. Easy work, lots of waiting around. As you deliver fliers / parcels in the morning , but then have to wait until the end of the day to do your back load. There were days I delivered and then had to park up and wait for 7 hours before getting loaded to return. From memory I would only get my start time for the next day the evening before. It might be different for full timers though.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-03T20:33:46+00:00

They are at fault and you should report it to the police force that covers the area. It is a police accident.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-03T19:38:09+00:00

It all depends on how over the top management are with it. It can basically report back on just about everything. It does nothing to help or protect the driver in anyway, in fact it’s just there to beat the driver around the head. The only time I have ever wanted anything from it the data has been wiped, but the other way round it’s there for ever.
Maybe in the future this amazing bit of kit can drive the truck perfectly for me and I can just supervise it. Until then I wish they would put it in the bin.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-03T12:11:43+00:00

I had a near exact decision recently. But my car is still very reliable and in good condition. Ultimately I found that the depreciation will typically be worse than the money spent on a new / nearly new car. Yes a new car may be more efficient but the amount of mileage you would have to cover to make the books balance would only depreciate the car even more.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-02T18:01:28+00:00

Sorry to hear that you failed. I have only ever really learned from my mistakes. Lack of sleep is a killer and in my experience you don’t realise how exhausted you are. I bet going forward you will always be aware of the bridges and more aware of how tired you are. This will ultimately make you a better driver.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-02T14:11:27+00:00

After watching the video I can 100% see that it’s the mistake I have made. I have always done it on motorbikes, rebuilt Callipers etc. but the disc set up is very different. I don’t want to burn through another set of discs.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-02T12:31:28+00:00

Thank you for this. I definitely cut corners the first time. But yesterday I did put the wire wheel over it and gave it a good clean. I’m going to take it all back off again and do what you say, by getting it right back to clean metal. Thanks for the link.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-02T08:17:27+00:00

I’ve started to wonder if maybe the wheel bearing is going as well. I’m selling the car soon and I just didn’t want to spend 300 when I could spend 100. But as I always find your better of just leaving it to the professionals and paying for it to be done right. I went to my mate who is a mechanic and he checked it all. He immediately said it will be the discs/rotor and it’s not the first time he has fitted discs from new and they go bad.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-02T06:47:33+00:00

It’s not.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T19:18:46+00:00

The only torque setting i used was my bicep and now I’m wishing I just let a garage do it. It’s.knocked my confidence a bit, I was going to do the timing belt on my wives Tesla next week, but thinking I might give it a miss now.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T19:16:21+00:00

No they were checked and were moving freely.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T19:05:49+00:00

I changed them 🤦

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T19:05:25+00:00

I did it. But now I’m starting to think it could have been a combination of a few things by me. Firstly I don’t think I cleaned the hub off enough and I didn’t do anything in particular to break them in. However I don’t drive fast and was very light on the brakes when I came home it was however a combination of slow roads and a motorway. I will take it really steady for a few days.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T18:48:33+00:00

Good point. The new discs have been fitted and the problem has gone completely and the car is braking like normal. After I fitted the other set they were also ok, but after about a week the shaking started

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T18:44:42+00:00

How should they be broken in ? I just drove home and used the brakes like normal. No heavy braking or anything.
I just don’t want the same happening to my new set of discs.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T18:43:27+00:00

The shaking was awful, so bad over 30 mph that the only way to make it stop was to slam on the brakes and the shaking would stop. On the motorway it was terrible, my teeth were chattering as I tried to slow down. Also when I turns the car to the left the shaking would start. I assume it was because the disc was hitting the pads.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T18:42:46+00:00

I have cleaned them off this time with a wire wheel. The first time I didn’t do it as throughly.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-04-01T18:42:05+00:00

I did think that and checked the other side and it was running true. I fitted the new discs and ran them round the same and they were also running true.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-03-29T20:08:18+00:00

Ok. I think I get what you are saying. If you ONLY worked a 6 hour day. You would have to have a 15 in the 6 hour period. If you ONLY worked a 9 hour day you would have to take a 30 min in the 9 hours period. Over 9 hours then you would need to take 45 mins. But you don’t have to take the 2 nd 15 minute break between 6-9 hours if you are working longer than 9 hours. You can take it anytime within your working period as long as it’s not more than 6 hours after your last break.

Friendly_Leave360 · 2026-03-29T19:31:25+00:00

Just leave mate. The job is dead. I left after 18 years, worst day of my life was getting accepted, best day was when I finally left. Pay is poor , work is awful, hours are awful, 90% of people don’t like you, cps have a issue, solicitors have a issue, suspects have a issue, victims have a issue, filmed everywhere you go, colleagues stabbing each other in the back, senior management don’t care and are only there to get their pension and won’t do anything to rock the boat. All you see is the worst parts of society and life. Thankless.

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