Kitty Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 But it isn't...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=509833&in_page_id=1811&in_a_source= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jxedwards Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Cathy,I would still argue that they are immune to elf & safety madness.Try working for an American company in the oil & gas industry....!!!!!Also you have quoted the Daily 'Facist' which is hardly noted for writing the truth.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The question is regardless of whether you think the Daily Mail tells lies or not ...."Is the x-ray scanner being used in Calais today or is it not ? " If it is not and immigrants get in the lorries ...then they are not helping their own French lorry drivers by insisting it is not used as they face huge penalties when immigration find them .....I would have thought it in the interest of the lorry drivers for them to insist that the scans carry on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiee Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 [quote user="jxedwards"]Also you have quoted the Daily 'Facist' which is hardly noted for writing the truth.John[/quote] I hear ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 [quote user="jxedwards"]Try working for an American company in the oil & gas industry....!!!!![/quote]A massive "here here" to that [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Of course, it can have nothing to do with the earlier French strategy, pre-Sangatte, of herding as many illegal immigrants as they could onto ferries and out of France, could it!All immigration have to do is can the trucks in Dover - within the port secure area - and send any they catch straight back to France!BTW: this story was also covered on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I think the French stance seems quite reasonable: you can't just go around exposing people to radiation without telling them that you are doing so, no matter that they might be trying to smuggle themselves across a border unlawfully. A single dose might be OK, but supposing they got 10 doses in as many days? Or if they were pregant? Or they were carrying an infant? There are plenty of passive ways of detecting people hiding in lorries: heat sensors, carbon dioxide sniffers, scent detectors - dogs even - but these of course require skilled (read expensive) operators, whereas a gamma ray or X ray scanner requires the ability to watch television.What is worrying is that the UK authorities think that this is perfectly OK, so maybe they are already zapping the citizenry of Britain left, right and centre in the interests of prosecuting the war against terror, preventing dissent amongst the supermarket going populace or seeing just who that hoodie really is. Mutations could be imminant. Actually, looking at the state of modern British pimply youth, Russell Brand and that strange Winehouse girl, perhaps it is already rife. If the Mail starts running tales of two headed children in Bridlington or some such, remember you heard it here first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Immigrants in Brid? Even they could not cope with that. Or is that normal? Please specify RRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The solution is quite simple. All the authorities have to do is to havesome kind of public address system that has messaages in all knownlanguages broadcast alongside the trucks asking if there is anyone inthem. If there is no answer then they can use the XRAYS without fear ofhurting anyone. Cant they?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Do it on the British side and put the findings on a cattle truck straight back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Simple .....big pipe onto a huge pump and suck the air out .....listen for the banging on the side of the truck to start up while you do it ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 [quote user="trevoraki"]The solution is quite simple. All the authorities have to do is to have some kind of public address system that has messaages in all known languages broadcast alongside the trucks asking if there is anyone in them. If there is no answer then they can use the XRAYS without fear of hurting anyone. Cant they??[/quote]Job done, Trev. You should e-mail the immigration office with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 What would the message say? Something like 'This truck is about to be microwaved, survivours will be microwaved again!'Seriously though, something has to be done, go near Calais ferry port any evening and for miles back there are groups of exclusively young men trying to get on a truck which is parked up. They even make road blocks on the autoroute (yes I've seen it) to stop trucks and get on board. The drivers patrol their vehicles and carry bats and iron bars to beat them off. Only a matter of time before someone is killed. Cops couldn't seem to care less, when they even turn up that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 "... Brittany Ferries, said it used CO2 detectors to unearth people hidingthe back of lorries and hauliers were under obligation to make checksthemselves....""...P&O Stena Line introduced checks at Calais on 6 December using ateam of French security guards equipped with carbon dioxide detectors.The company has already saved pounds 1.29m in potential fines..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ This is what happens when you let people sumgglers run around England, how many more kids are out there? The problem is not just illegals its the Brits who help them in ths country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 'Elf and safey does not exist in the supermarkets here. I have lost count of the number of times I have walked by smashed bottles of oil, beer and other such slippery stuff in the aisles of Intermarche, Carrefour and Le Clerc, and not within at least 30 minutes has the mess been attended to or had a 'danger' sign placed nearby. My first introduction to a French supermarket was at the big Champion in Pezenas in 2001. Someone, a child maybe, had vomited bigtime at one of the checkouts near the entrance, we passed by it. 45 minutes later the mess was still there. I have to say I have never been in a Champion, anywhere, ever since[+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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