Seatbelts : Stupid is as stupid does...

[woody38]

We have vans in our depot where the seatbelts does not click in, u report it but nothing ever gets done.

[ssdd]

We have vans in our depot where the seatbelts does not click in, u report it but nothing ever gets done.

To be fair, this happened to me once, and it was sorted pretty quickly. Though I made it clear I had no intention of driving the vehicle in that state.

[ihatedogs]

We have vans in our depot where the seatbelts does not click in, u report it but nothing ever gets done.

The obvious answer here is to log it off. Your manager won't be getting a fine/points if you're caught driving it.
If it's an ongoing thing then contact the area safety rep, he should put a stop to it.

[Mr Rush]

Though I made it clear I had no intention of driving the vehicle in that state.

Yep, it's unfortunate you've got to make a scene to get that fixed. Who knows how many have been cowed into driving an unsafe vehicle over the years?

[Seymour Buts]

I'll confess to not wearing mine half the time, but only on delivery going short distances at low speeds. There is one guy in our office that does what is pictured in this thread, doing 60 - 70 miles an hour around national speed limit roads on his rural. Crazy.

[HTPostman]

I'll confess to not wearing mine half the time, but only on delivery going short distances at low speeds. There is one guy in our office that does what is pictured in this thread, doing 60 - 70 miles an hour around national speed limit roads on his rural. Crazy.

Isn’t the speed limit in our vans 50mph unless on a dual carriageway (60) or motorway (70)?

I think we’ve all driven short distances without seatbelts on but nowadays it’s just not worth it what with doorbell cameras, everyone carrying a mobile.

[SpacePhoenix]

I'll confess to not wearing mine half the time, but only on delivery going short distances at low speeds. There is one guy in our office that does what is pictured in this thread, doing 60 - 70 miles an hour around national speed limit roads on his rural. Crazy.

Isn’t the speed limit in our vans 50mph unless on a dual carriageway (60) or motorway (70)?

I think we’ve all driven short distances without seatbelts on but nowadays it’s just not worth it what with doorbell cameras, everyone carrying a mobile.

I wouldn't be surprised to see RM eventually put in cab cameras in all vehicles, diesel, petrol, hybrid or electric

[yellowbelly]

I'll confess to not wearing mine half the time, but only on delivery going short distances at low speeds. There is one guy in our office that does what is pictured in this thread, doing 60 - 70 miles an hour around national speed limit roads on his rural. Crazy.

Can understand what you're saying but you can't account for what other idiots are doing on the roads. A seatbelt can protect
you from serious injury even if your vehicle is stationary. I don't want to put my life at greater risk for Royal Mail just so I can deliver
a Radio Times 10 seconds quicker.

[Route1]

Isn’t the speed limit in our vans 50mph unless on a dual carriageway (60) or motorway (70)?

I think we’ve all driven short distances without seatbelts on but nowadays it’s just not worth it what with doorbell cameras, everyone carrying a mobile.

Vans are limited to 70mph.....tested it out on a 70mph road. It wouldnt go any faster.

In my old age i tend to stick to the speed limit and wear a seat belt. Not bothered about RM pulling me up, its more I dont want to be the cause of an accident where someone else gets injured.

Likewise if the seatbelt doesnt work I wouldnt be driving that van. Not wearing a seatbelt is dumbass & so is driving one that doesnt have a working seatbelt.

We got a reserve van from the workshop recently. There were atleast 6 people from my office who drove it before me. I got the manager to have a look at the tyre & he said it was the worst tyre he'd ever seen. Outside was fine but the inside 1/4 was so bald, the metal was spiking out of the tyre. It got that bad because WE let it. WE didnt do a proper van check. Our office only had the van a week but that must have been like that for over a month.