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The costs of an accident on delivery

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postslippete
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The costs of an accident on delivery

Post by postslippete »

It all adds up


- The cost of repairing the van
- The cost of finding the guy who has been taken off driving some work to do if no-one is sick
- The cost of doing driver training for a day instead of doing a delivery
- The cost of the re-test
- The cost of paying the guy who does the re-test


Just heard that a guy was taken off his driving duty even though he wasn't the one at fault! It could only happen in Royal Mail I guess
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Re: The costs of an accident on delivery

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Why is he not putting in a counter claim against RM if he is not at fault as the accusation has been made by royal mail that he could be at fault?
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Re: The costs of an accident on delivery

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Was told on average each RTA cost £2500
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Re: The costs of an accident on delivery

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We had a new (ish) starter have two in one day! No other vehicle involved, no third party damage (allegedly).

No action taken, van still bears the scars.
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Re: The costs of an accident on delivery

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£2500? Yeah I bet that's what an accountant would work out. But our vans are NEVER repaired (unless it puts them off the road). Our yard looks like we've all been Banger Racing! :shock:

Not a very good corporate image...Although customers can't see half the damage because it's covered by all the crap! :Very Happy
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Re: The costs of an accident on delivery

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Dorset Plodder wrote:£2500? Yeah I bet that's what an accountant would work out. But our vans are NEVER repaired (unless it puts them off the road). Our yard looks like we've all been Banger Racing! :shock:

Not a very good corporate image...Although customers can't see half the damage because it's covered by all the crap! :Very Happy
It's amazing what you can "fix" with duct tape and cable ties ...
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Re: The costs of an accident on delivery

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I've always said, as soon as we get a new van we should "Up Armour" it with old tyres fixed to the corners and nice big bull bars front and rear! :Very Happy
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