How Sneezing Can Become Deadly

We interrupt our weekly programming of news about the fuel crisis, *yawn* to bring you a sad story about sneezing.

You may have heard the tragic news already, but if you haven’t, then let this serve as a stark warning.

What Reacting Too Late Can Cost You

The tragic incident of a van driver becoming blind in one eye, and suffering brain damage, happened nearly 3 years ago.

However, the man who was the cause of the accident has just been sentenced.

The event happened due to a lorry driver suffering a sneezing fit.

His reactions were too slow, and unfortunately, he did not slow down in time.

This resulted in a crash between his lorry and the van driver.

It has also been reported that the lorry driver was using cruise control.

Unfortunately, after three years, the van driver, Mr Steven Hurst, still suffers from severe memory loss.

The Price to Pay

The lorry driver will spend a year in prison for his mistake, as well as a driving ban lasting two years.

On top of this, he will carry out 80 hours of work (unpaid).

He will also follow the rules of a strict curfew for half a year, as his sentence has been deferred for 15 months.

However, there is clear remorse from Colin Shaw, as he has accepted his mistake and declared he did not react quickly enough.

He agreed that despite traffic being clear to see for nearly half of a mile, he did not use his brakes in time and was too slow to do so.

A sobering admission.

Van Drivers, Be Vigilant

We know this could happen to any motorist out there, but lorry and van drivers, in particular, deal with long hours.

The tiring effects can be detrimental to driving confidence and ability.

We have even heard about people getting into accidents due to wasps in the car, or something similar.

Our sympathies go out to Mr Hurst and his family.

It is tragic and cannot be helped, but perhaps being aware of what could go wrong can help.

Should things take a tragic turn of events, you’re going to want to make sure you’re covered by good insurance.

Fill out this quick 3-minute form to see how you gain just that, as well as make a saving. 

Avoid Abuse And Change Your Career?

So, we have two things to report on this week.

The first is actually from across the pond, involving an angry Amazon manager and his poor employee.

The second is related to the ongoing fear of driver shortages Britain is facing at the moment.

Stay Off My Lawn!

Something perhaps more fitting for an elderly gentleman to yell at some troublesome teens.

But no.

This unfortunate Amazon delivery driver received a whole lotta abuse from his own manager. 

You may have seen the video doing the rounds online.

It’s been published in most tabloid newspapers, so it isn’t too hard to find, but you may not want to watch it.

If delivery drivers didn’t have enough to put up with already, this really takes the biscuit. 

The manager claims his employee broke several rules whilst delivering the package to his loving boss.

So, naturally, he felt the best way to let his worker know about it, was to yell at him.

Obviously. 

The main issue the video captures is the berated delivery driver walking across his manager’s grass to deliver the package.

Clearly, a rookie mistake and one that warrants verbal abuse.

Said no one, ever. 

Have you ever experienced unreasonable behaviour from your manager as a delivery driver?

Let us know — we’d love to call them out on it.

Of course, we’d hope no one in Britain would be quite as ‘stern’ when talking to their delivery drivers.

It appears America is a whole other kettle of fish.

Considering A Career Change?

Next up.

If you feel you aren’t being treated well enough as a delivery driver, then why not consider becoming a lorry driver?

With all the driver shortages, Brexit, Covid-19, and just general chaos and hoo-ha that’s hit Britain lately.

Selco is helping with the panic. 

They’ve decided to launch an academy for lorry drivers, encouraging van drivers to become HGV drivers instead.

They’ve also recently increased their pay.

Not too shabby, eh?

So, what do you reckon?

Career change to rid yourself of the annoying boss?

We’d hope not, especially in the UK.

So until then, and as usual, we’ve got your back with the cheapest van insurance quotes around.

You’re welcome.

He Told The Lorry Driver – “I’m Going To Wipe Your…”

Those Police drug vans we told you about are stalking the roads of our nation. They are hunting down the “drug drivers” and taking prisoners.

Take Police in Essex as an example. They are one of the pioneers of a new technology called “DrugWipe” and around the roads of Essex they drive, day after day, in their Police Vans and armed with a big pack of DrugWipes.

Which is just as well. Because while patrolling the Essex motorway recently they noticed a HGV lorry pulled up on the hard shoulder. It wasn’t broke down and the lorry driver wasn’t stranded.

Instead, he was…

Fast asleep, like a baby!

That’s right. This particular lorry driver had decided to get 40 winks while the other traffic whizzed on by. He really didn’t have a care in the world.

He should have used an allocated rest zone or a service station, but not this lorry driver…the hard shoulder was the place to be, right there and then.

So it was right there and then when Essex Police swooped in and gave this lorry driver a rude awakening.

“Wakey wakey, rise and shine,” said the police officer.

No doubt the lorry driver was surprised to see an officer in blue waking him up, but he was probably even more surprised about what happened next…

After giving the lorry driver a stern telling off and taking down his particulars, the police officer then said something which shocked the lorry driver…

“I’m going to wipe your…mouth. It’s a DrugWipe. I need to get a sample of your saliva”

And guess what? It turns out the lorry driver wasn’t sleepy because he had been working hard. Oh no. He was sleepy because he was off his face on puff the magic dragon. Oh yes.

Can you believe that? Here at CVI we are a drug free zone and we condemn “drug driving” and applaud the new “DrugWipe” and the Police drug vans.

“If you snort up and then start up…your lorry or van…then you are NOT welcome at Cheap Van Insurance,” said a spokesperson for CVI.

As for the lorry driver. He was taken directly to jail. No passing go and no collecting £200 pounds.

Which reminds me. If you use our 3 minute form for Cheap Van Insurance then you could potentially save £200 or more on what you are currently paying.

Just make sure you don’t park on the hard shoulder to use CVI. And definitely do NOT fill in the form while high on your own supply.

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