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Highway Code says:
“Vehicles with flashing amber
beacons. - These warn of a slow-
moving or stationary vehicle (such
as a Traffic Officer vehicle, salt
spreader, snow plough or recovery
vehicle) or abnormal loads,
so approach with caution. On Recovery Industry Engineering Standards
unrestricted dual carriageways,
motor vehicles first used on
or after 1 January 1947 with a
maximum speed of 25 mph (40 www.riesuk.com
km/h) or less (such as tractors)
MUST use a flashing amber
beacon”

The operative words here are PAS 43
“slow moving or stationery.” There
are too many recovery operators
who are travelling along the
road at normal road speed for
their vehicle with flashing amber
beacons still on. I am quite sure &
that in training you were told that
you should switch your beacons ALL other Accreditation Services
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hazard to others then you could
leave the beacons on.
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FUEL THEFT

Fuel theft from vehicles continues Given policy excesses start at
to be a problem for some clients. around £500, is it worth claiming?
That sometimes leads to a question Is it worth impacting claims
about whether a claim can be frequency with a relatively small
made under a commercial vehicle claim?
insurance policy for the stolen
fuel. A simple question but not an It’s also worth being aware that
entirely straightforward answer. if fuel were to be stolen from say
three trucks, an excess would apply
Issues to consider include: to the loss from each of the three
Can the loss be proven? vehicles.
Is there evidence to show
that the loss was not down to Our advice is invariably to think
employees taking fuel? about how fuel theft can be avoided
How much fuel was stolen in in the first place, for example by
monetary terms? fitting a good quality anti-syphon
Does the motor policy cover or device such as the TISS Tank-Safe.
exclude claims solely for fuel theft? Towergate Insurance
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