CRIME PREVENTION
HGV Security
- Don't be fooled! Only deliver to the destination address, Thieves will use a plausible cover story about a flooded warehouse, broken forklift, urgent trans-shipment or queue ahead and will offer to help you offload then will steal your load. If you have any doubt as to the authenticity of the delivery point, contact your traffic office.
Thieves will try and stop you by employing a number of methods including 'staged' accidents, impersonating police, trickling you with pretext that your trailer doors are open or that your trailer plate has fallen of
- Stick to the pre-arranged routes which are randomly varied so that you don't take your breaks at the same place all the time.
- Keep your doors locked - even when you are driving.
- Use a variety of busy cafes for you stopovers, and if possible park your vehicle within sight while you eat
- Avoid talking about loads with other drivers and customers. Remember - careless talk costs loads.
- Park in secure well-lit reputable overnight lorry parks if your rest stops can be planned this way.
- Park at overnight stops with the rear doors of your trailer/container hard up against another vehicle, so that one of the vehicles has to be moved before either rear door can be attacked.
- Never pick up passengers.
- If stopped by an unmarked vehicle, pull over when it is safe to do so in a well lit area so as to afford maximum health and safety protection. Remain in your vehicle with the engine running and doors locked. Call your traffic office to report that you have been stopped.
- Always lock your vehicle when you leave it and set alarms. Always take the keys with you and never leave them in the cab when it is unattended. Load-carrying compartment keys should always be on the same ring as the ignition key. This way you keep the ignition key with you when you leave the cab to open the load compartment.
- Protect documents such as shipping orders and consignment notes. If these are stolen, thieves can use them as authority to pick up valuable loads.
