I like having a day time nap when I stop at the services so still a no from me

I don't see the problem using them on commercial vehicles. I've had a case where a council tried to pass a nasty claim on to my client as they said the work wasn't done. The tracker information showed it was. Likewise we defended a trucker involved in a multiple fatal. Facing charges including causi...

Interesting thread, fwiw I'm on a tracker on my company vehicle, initially I viewed it exactly the same as Perkles - it's intrusive and it essentially says that your employer doesn't trust you. However, a few years back one of the sales reps at my previous company was on a sales call and pulled over...

This all reminds me of a case about a decade or more ago...think it was Chicago or Detroit area, if memory serves. A 5 years-old boy was struck & killed by a car. The driver claimed to have been driving at or around the speed limit. A subsequent investigation of the data in the car's computer st...

Kwacky wrote:I always try to work with my opposite number

Aka "to beat your enemy, you must know your enemy"

I know that with a couple of my clients who run small fleets of Company cars, the insurers insist on one or two of the drivers using a black box all the time due to their accident/speeding records. Doubt it will be many years before that filters down to all of us.

I always try to work with my opposite number

Kwacky wrote:I'm a critical injury and catastrophic defendant insurance lawyer by trade

Ah, OK, so we work on opposite sides then

Tonight will mainly involve alcohol, perfect antidote to a hard week.

Tomorrow see's a skip being delivered and some gardening man style, read as destruction and power tools.

Bike is booked in for it's mot (only 2 weeks late this time)

Sunday will probably be more "gardening"

I'm a critical injury and catastrophic defendant insurance lawyer by trade

Kwacky wrote:I know we've discussed this before.

This morning I had a long chat with an expert we use for accident investigations and reconstructions. He's been to an annual conference and gave me a call to give me an update as it's an area we deal in.

Do you deal in personal injury claims?

There's a 'black box' device available here for getting around this stuff. Allegedly it fits right under the dash, and there's a few connectors to get it all hooked up and sending out some kind of false signal from one of 20 other cars or sommit. If I were to have a stepson who was into street-racin...

A lot of sales guys I know are now having trackers fitted to company cars to track what youve been up to ,I wouldnt accept a job with one.The whole reason I love sales is the freedom it gives you
Big brother can go do one

Kwacky wrote:

I must admit being pulled the other week has made me back off on the main roads. If he had clocked my top speed I would have lost my licence and my job.

erm may I remind you of our ride last Sunday down the Stratford to Worcester dual carriage way

Being smoother but making similar progress will help return better mpg

I must admit being pulled the other week has made me back off on the main roads. If he had clocked my top speed I would have lost my licence and my job.

It's the baffles as I can't see it as you being sensible

I know we've discussed this before. This morning I had a long chat with an expert we use for accident investigations and reconstructions. He's been to an annual conference and gave me a call to give me an update as it's an area we deal in. The amount of information cars are carrying now is staggerin...

Not sure if it's the baffles or if I'm being more sensible, but the mpg has gone up by a couple of miles over the last week.

... the the power deficit riding in the Peaks. I'd say a decent rider on a 450 single would leave you both for dust. Speaking from the experience of being left in the dust in the Alps by the locals on Husqvarna's! I know it's tongue in cheek pal (lol) Totally agree faster rider on a slower bike can ...