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Zillah Wehinger-Maguire

1 reviews | Active since May 2012

12 Mar 2015, 14:38

Stones flying OFF trucks SPEEDING driver

AS PER EMAIL SENT!!! <br> Good day,<br> I was driving on Peter road towards Ruimsig today, at 12:50pm when one of your trucks came speeding around the corner in the opposite direction (towards Beyers Naude drive) as he took the corner stones came off the top of the truck (there was no net securing the contents loaded on the truck) and struck my windscreen, leaving it full of chips and 1 big crack where the largest stone hit. there seems to be no damage on the bonnet of my car. As I said over the phone to Louis, I would not have called if I was travelling behind the truck and the stones were due to the trucks tyres, I am complaining as the stones did not come from the road surface, but rather from the top of the truck, which I feel should be secured if it was so full or the truck should have taken the corner in the road at a much slower place, so to not displace the load it was bearing.<br> Kindly let me know if you would like me to either supply photos or to bring my vehicle in so that you may have a look at the damage.<br> As I was travelling in the opposite direction and it was around a corner in a single lane, with no place to pull over or turn around.(could not take reg number!)

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Renico
Renico's reply12 Mar 2015, 16:19
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Hello Zillah,

It is a pity that you did not manage to get the vehicles fleet or registration number. All our vehicles are fitted with tracking devices to monitor positioning as well as speeds, stops and erratic driving.

We will need to check our entire fleet of tippers to see which vehicle was on Peter Road at approx. 12:50 pm.

Also note that it is not a requirement for any tipper truck to have a net securing the load whilst driving.

Regards