Load restraint and your business: what should you be doing?

While we all know there are many wrong ways to secure a load, is there ever a 'right way' to secure any load?

The answer to that question will depend on many factors. Commercially, there will always be a tendency to adopt the minimum standard by which 'safe' load securing can be achieved. For many businesses, setting the standard any higher may result in an unnecessary waste of resources and over complication which may in itself have dangerous consequences.

In fact, the design of the most efficient and effective load securing may require knowledge of applied physics and use of advanced technology, neither of which may be available to the ordinary truck driver.

So where do we look for guidance?