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Two of our vehicles have been invaded this year , two people caught in jan (cost the driver £1600 in fines) and another three caught a couple of weeks ago.This despite TIR cords on the curtain sides.
Now the guys returning via this port are banned from stopping within 50 kms
of the ferry terminal.
I am so glad I no longer do Europe.
Now the guys returning via this port are banned from stopping within 50 kms
of the ferry terminal.
I am so glad I no longer do Europe.
Grumpy they really are upping their game, there has been some nasty incidents as well.
I spent a night in calais about two weeks ago and picked up two in my empty pallet locker.
I found them at my drop, I had taken them 100 miles into France.
The trick is to have a container lock on your trailer and just be vigilant.
I spent a night in calais about two weeks ago and picked up two in my empty pallet locker.
I found them at my drop, I had taken them 100 miles into France.
The trick is to have a container lock on your trailer and just be vigilant.
Our guys are issued with a kit with multiple seals ,padlocks and a curtain repair kit , they also must complete an intruder check sheet at EVERY stop whilst in Europe .
Yet the Mayor of Calais maintains we Brits don't do enough, yet our immigration and customs officers in France detect far more than the french authorities do when working in France .
Yet the Mayor of Calais maintains we Brits don't do enough, yet our immigration and customs officers in France detect far more than the french authorities do when working in France .
grumpy52 said:
Two of our vehicles have been invaded this year , two people caught in jan (cost the driver £1600 in fines)
That stinks tbh. The woman on the news last week had one in her Fiat Panda. I bet she's not been fined. You would tell if someone in your car especially a small car like a Panda. Not exactly like the little bastids hiding in a trailer etc is it.
There have been a few problems at the tunnel in the past, but nothing like Calais.
It seems that the french look at it as not their responsibility as the offenders are only transiting the area .
I do wonder how it would go if we ever left the EU .The freedom of movement rubbish could be fun if it ended at the channel, would it become a french problem then or would they just shut their eyes to it as they do at the present.
It seems that the french look at it as not their responsibility as the offenders are only transiting the area .
I do wonder how it would go if we ever left the EU .The freedom of movement rubbish could be fun if it ended at the channel, would it become a french problem then or would they just shut their eyes to it as they do at the present.
Video taken by a foreign driver of the diversion through the old hover terminal. Why are they doing this? It just seems to give them more opportunity to jump an a slow moving truck.
http://youtu.be/uERlkc_uzjU
http://youtu.be/uERlkc_uzjU
theshrew said:
That stinks tbh.
The woman on the news last week had one in her Fiat Panda. I bet she's not been fined. You would tell if someone in your car especially a small car like a Panda. Not exactly like the little bastids hiding in a trailer etc is it.
I was told about that.The woman on the news last week had one in her Fiat Panda. I bet she's not been fined. You would tell if someone in your car especially a small car like a Panda. Not exactly like the little bastids hiding in a trailer etc is it.
How TF does a full grown man hide under a Panda seat with apparently 2 dogs in the back too ?
grumpy52 said:
Our guys are issued with a kit with multiple seals ,padlocks and a curtain repair kit , they also must complete an intruder check sheet at EVERY stop whilst in Europe .
Yet the Mayor of Calais maintains we Brits don't do enough, yet our immigration and customs officers in France detect far more than the french authorities do when working in France .
The mayor of calais is seriously pissed off, he blames our immigration policy, they have started storming the ferries now, a brit driver was attacked and seriously beaten a month back, I'm wondering when it will end.Yet the Mayor of Calais maintains we Brits don't do enough, yet our immigration and customs officers in France detect far more than the french authorities do when working in France .
Trouble is though grumpy, if you speak to them all they say is ' I want the free house, free money, free health ' .
I really don't know where I stand on this, a lot just look wretched and I pity them, but they have crossed safe countries to get here, they are also making the french citizens life a misery, the French rightly or wrongly blame our immigration policy.
I'm back through there Tuesday, with a couple of exceptions ( different routes ) I have used calais at least once a week this year, it's definitely getting worse.
Went through 4 times last wk, always a bit of a worry in present times.
My set ups are relatively easy to check for intruders but im always worried one/some will jump from another truck whilst on ferry & despite my comprehensive check I'll get clobbered at Dover, so I've taken to using the phone video.
I film the tacho hence has time & mileage etc & can see im checking at the docks, then jump out & do my checks filming it all.
If somehow I do have em on board at Dover I can prove I've done my best & was clear of 'em at dover.
My set ups are relatively easy to check for intruders but im always worried one/some will jump from another truck whilst on ferry & despite my comprehensive check I'll get clobbered at Dover, so I've taken to using the phone video.
I film the tacho hence has time & mileage etc & can see im checking at the docks, then jump out & do my checks filming it all.
If somehow I do have em on board at Dover I can prove I've done my best & was clear of 'em at dover.
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