Near Miss of the Day 541: DPD driver undertakes and then immediately turns right

Rendel Harris wrote:

DPD notorious for ignoring complaints, have had two NIPs sent when I explicitly said to them (and sent them the video) if you have a word with your driver and tell me you have I won't send to the police - ignored. Clearly a great employer, they won't be paying the fines or taking the points so why save their drivers from getting them?

They may well just not provide the drivers name. Police often won't follow that up at all, let alone with a large company

That is all of the delivery drivers now, not just them. Too many are on gig economy type deliveries so the faster they get done, the more they get paid and no penalties. 

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

That is all of the delivery drivers now, not just them. Too many are on gig economy type deliveries so the faster they get done, the more they get paid and no penalties. 

Not my company. I used to train the drivers. We're very clear that if you're going to be late, pull over and phone ahead, then take it easy.

That's not to say the drivers always do. There is an ingrained mind set in some folk that "I'm never late".

One of the biggest incentives for rushing though is"job and knock". Sadly my company does have this policy. In spite of a healthy OT rate, drivers return 1 hour ahead of schedule on average. IMO this should be not allowed for safety critical roles.

I don't believe driving like this gets you there any faster. In my experience journey times depend on traffic and traffic lights. Driving more dangerously doesn't get you there quicker but it does increase brake wear, tyre wear road wear and fuel consumption. Plus, of couse, it puts us all at greater risk.

It is the fallacy of driving like an idiot and thinking you will get to your destination faster, the only thing they ever to faster is the next convoy, queue of other stationary vehicles or traffic lights.

All it does is increase their levels of frustration and anger and endangers everyone around them.

ktache wrote:

It is the fallacy of driving like an idiot and thinking you will get to your destination faster, the only thing they ever to faster is the next convoy, queue of other stationary vehicles or traffic lights.

All it does is increase their levels of frustration and anger and endangers everyone around them.

I think there's also a common misconception that driving fast and/or aggressively is a measure of driving skill.

Didn't Top Gear do one of their 'experiments' once when they had to drive to Scotland or something? One in the slow lane, one in the slow and middle lane and one in slow, middle and 'fast' lane. And they all arrived pretty much at the same time. 

Lukas wrote:

Didn't Top Gear do one of their 'experiments' once when they had to drive to Scotland or something? One in the slow lane, one in the slow and middle lane and one in slow, middle and 'fast' lane. And they all arrived pretty much at the same time. 

Without wishing to sound like a pendant there is no such thing as a slow lane and fast lane on a motorway. There are two overtaking lanes. Unfortunately there are too many people who drive as if the scenario in the post is the case causing congestion and forcing people who drive correctly to have to frequently crossover two lanes of moving traffic to overtake.