Guerry drives a roll-on/roll-off skip for a construction company
He often works off-road on building sites and industrial estates where the road surface is not always good
The company Gary works for advices their customers that the maximum weight of the skips should not exceed 12 tonnes
Gary often picks up skips which have been at a site for several days or even weeks
And often does not know what is in them
Gary picks up a skip from a demolition site and he is stopped and weighed by an authorized officer
It's found that the vehicle is two tons overweight who may be prosecuted
The customer at the demolition site. Is he overloaded the skip despite the advice given?
Gary and his employer
Gary his employer and the customer
Which of the following may be illegal defense to being overweight
The employer told a driver he had to take the load away a
Customer was told to put no more than 12 tons in the skip
The driver had no reason to suspect that the vehicle was overweight
The driver was on his way to the nearest public weigh bridge
Gary picks up an open-topped. Skip from an office refurbishment project
There's a mix of materials on the vehicle including old desks filing cabinets and cardboard boxes
Despite Gary netting the load some of the cardboard flies off the vehicle in transit who may be prosecuted
No one because Gary had netted the load and it was not his fault that some cardboard left the vehicle
Gary only the customer at the refurbishment site
Gary and his employer
When taking away controlled waste from a site to a recycling plant
what additional documentation must Gary carry in his truck a
waste compliance note an
ADR training certificate or a waste transfer note a
recycling certificate
The truck gary drives is a rigid vehicle with four axles
Assuming it has Road friendly suspension. What would be its maximum gross weight?
Select for answers
When leaving a skipper to customers premises what should Gary take account of?
Any soft ground which may allow the vehicle to sink once the skip is loaded
Any overhead cables
street lighting any children or other vulnerable people around the area
any
Underground pipes etc
speed limits
Select two answers
What checks should Gary make on the skip before lifting it from a customer's premises that
The lights on the skip are working that the rear doors of the skip are secure
That nothing is over spilling the skip and becoming entangled with property that it is not overweight
That nothing is over spilling the skip and becoming entangled with property fences, etc
Select two answers
What checks should Gary make once the skip is loaded, but before he leaves the site
But the ABS light has gone off that all locking devices have secured the skip to the vehicle
But any automatic cheating system has operated correctly that the customer has signed
David drives an 18-ton box van all over the UK
He leaves his base on a Sunday night and spend several days making multi-drop deliveries around a particular town or city
His vehicle is fitted with a digital tachograph and David recently attended a Driver CPC
course on drivers hours and tachograph s--
How many spare rolls of digital tachograph paper must David carry
Sufficient so that he can always provide a printout if asked to do so by an authorized officer
Which of the following must a driver write on to a printout made at the start of the duty
Because his card has been lost or stolen
The start odometer reading
His digital card number or driving license number the date and time at the
vehicle registration number a
Regular weekly rest consists of at least how many hours
Select three answers when must david make a printout
When an unexpected event has occurred
Ie an accident on a motorway which has required the driver to exceed driving limits to reach a place of safety
when a driver card has been lost or stolen when required to do so by an ax
The regulations require the data is downloaded regularly how often must driver cards be downloaded
The regulations require that data is downloaded regularly how often must the vehicle unit be downloaded
Gethin drives a variety of rigid and articulated vehicles for his employer based in the West Midlands
He's often engaged in work taking him to major distribution warehouses and satellite sites throughout the UK
All of the vehicles he drives are less than five years old
The company he works for does operate some refrigerated vehicles
Most of his driving is on motorways and dual carriageways and he often drives for long periods of time on the speed limiter
When reversing into a loading bay
It's important to check the height of the bay in relation to the height of the rear of the vehicle or trailer
You should
Leave any adjustment to the loading staff as they are more
Experienced and rely upon the dock leveler to make any adjustment
Adjust after reversing into the bay so that you achieved the correct height
Adjust before reversing into the bay to prevent damage to the vehicle and bay bump stops
select two answers
in addition to his driving license what will get in need to drive all of the company vehicles a
Six year tachograph calibration certificate a banks Minh certificate a driver qualification card a
Digital tachograph driver card
Today Geffen has delivered a load of frozen chickens to a warehouse in Dudley
He is then picking up a load of ambient goods to take to Wolverhampton
Which of the following should he do?
Switch off the fridge before loading the ambient goods switch off the fridge after unloading the chicken
When filling up the diesel tank for the fridge
Geffen's employer uses red diesel rather than the white type used in the vehicle fuel tanks. Why is this?
It is more
environmentally friendly than the normal white diesel
It is more fuel efficient in the smaller engine used for the fridge motor
It's cheaper to buy as it does not have the same high level of it can run at lower temperatures
What is the maximum permitted weight of the largest two axle rigid vehicle get in drives in the UK
Select two answers
Gethin sometimes become sleepy driving along the motorway
How can he reduce this risk? And
Sure, the cab is always kept warm and draft-free
Take frequent breaks every two hours and have a short walk
Drink high-energy can drinks regularly and sure the cab is well ventilated
Jeff drives a five axle articulated tanker carrying hazardous materials all over the UK
Today Jeff will be delivering three different but compatible chemicals from a factory in Scotland to Penzance in Cornwall
The whole trip will involve around 13 hours of driving
He will start work at 5:45 a.m. And leave the depot after completing his vehicle checks at 6 a.m
The vehicle and trailer have a combined curbside weight of 16 tonnes
It's Monday morning. And Jeff has just completed a reduced weekly rest
What is the maximum payload of Jeff's vehicle under UK law