Reversing cameras on Biglorryblog. Meachers responds to the age-old cry from Panto..'Look behind you!"

"Hmmm...well I'm stuck in this RDC queue for the next three months..I wonder what's on the telly? I know it's Richard and Judy!" In this brave new world or Corporate Manslaughter, Corporate Governance, Health & Safety, risk assessment, accident management (tick one from column A and one from column B) Biglorryblog increasingly receives press releases announcing the fitment of various bits of H&S kit. And so it is with Meachers Group, an operator who, I'm told is:" Renowned for being at the forefront of embracing the latest health & safety technology." And who is BLB to disagree especially as it's just invested in reversing cameras for the company’s extensive fleet of tractors and trailers. The reversing cameras will be fitted to all Meachers fleet at its sites in Southampton and Derby.

Given the risk of injury and even death from reversing trucks this makes sounds sense to me.
The back-up cameras come courtesy of Autosonics with Meachers speccing the "state-of-the-art CAM4000 back view reversing LED camera system in conjunction with a 5.6” TFT LCD colour monitor and sound facility with volume control so that the driver can hear if someone outside the cab shouts a warning when he is reversing. Shock resistant, the camera can operate in temperatures ranging from -10C to +50C and is waterproof rated to IP67."

Why cameras? Click through here to read the thoughts of Meachers director Richard Lambourne, the man with the H&S responsibility for the company.