Quick question about Lorry Drivers
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Quick question about Lorry Drivers
Without ranting - what bothers you most about the way truckers drive? Do you love/ hate them? Do you understand their signals? (Headlight flashes, thank you's etc)?
I'm running a big session with a bunch of transport managers tomorrow and a bit of quick and dirty info could be handy!
Thanks!
I'm running a big session with a bunch of transport managers tomorrow and a bit of quick and dirty info could be handy!
Thanks!
#2
Half the rants you will get about trucks is bourn out of ignorance by normal car drivers. They seem to forget 38 Tonnes of artic does not stop (or accelerate) as quickly as your typical family saloon.
If you want to know anything specific let me know, I used to be a Transport Manager and also have my C+E
If you want to know anything specific let me know, I used to be a Transport Manager and also have my C+E
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I have lots of respect for them, lets face it the majority of us are on the road for a shart amount of time compaired to them and the bellends that swarm our roads at the moment they have to face everyday all day!
Oviously there will always be a few *** lorry drivers, but as long as you use your head like not going on the inside of them on a roundabout when there going right etc etc, i find them no probs at all.
Oh and the flashing in bit is quality, love it! Once i was driving a smart car on the motorway when i overtook a foriegn lorry, i moved back in and he bashed all 8 lights on to flash me in
Always like to give then the indicator flashes too!
Oh the only annoying thing is when they spend ages on the motorway overtaking each other, but thats not there fault. The transport peeps need to look into the speed restrictors that they fit i recon!
Yeah no probs at all really.
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Oviously there will always be a few *** lorry drivers, but as long as you use your head like not going on the inside of them on a roundabout when there going right etc etc, i find them no probs at all.
Oh and the flashing in bit is quality, love it! Once i was driving a smart car on the motorway when i overtook a foriegn lorry, i moved back in and he bashed all 8 lights on to flash me in
Always like to give then the indicator flashes too!
Oh the only annoying thing is when they spend ages on the motorway overtaking each other, but thats not there fault. The transport peeps need to look into the speed restrictors that they fit i recon!
Yeah no probs at all really.
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Last edited by Comper100; 23 November 2004 at 04:59 PM.
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Some lorry driver are sh!te. When they are tailgating (sp?) another lorry and then they just pull out to over take because they are going 0.3mph faster than the guy in front.
Nothing wrong with that, as long as the lane they are pulling into is clear and safe to do so. Most of the time they just pull out without looking.
Still a lot of van drivers do this as well.
Nothing wrong with that, as long as the lane they are pulling into is clear and safe to do so. Most of the time they just pull out without looking.
Still a lot of van drivers do this as well.
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Originally Posted by Buckrogers
Some lorry driver are sh!te. When they are tailgating (sp?) another lorry and then they just pull out to over take because they are going 0.3mph faster than the guy in front.
Nothing wrong with that, as long as the lane they are pulling into is clear and safe to do so. Most of the time they just pull out without looking.
Still a lot of van drivers do this as well.
Nothing wrong with that, as long as the lane they are pulling into is clear and safe to do so. Most of the time they just pull out without looking.
Still a lot of van drivers do this as well.
#10
Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
I was one for 6 mths - a real eye-opener. I think they're a lot better than most drivers on the road TBH.
#12
Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
Olly - I also had a few weeks commuting 25 miles each way across Kent A-roads on a HONDA MELODY (30mph max speed). Your comment about survival is astonishingly accurate
Watching how close many pass mopeds and push bikes is terrifying, the way the cut in front of other vehicles, don't signal and are generally in their own little world, scare the cr@p out of me. It's no wonder that the Road Safety stats in this country are so poor. High standards of driving are no longer being promoted, driving skill is being dumbed down to a simple "don't speed and you'll be OK" message, and IMO it's wrong and it's killing people.
The IAM test should be madatory within 2 years of passing your basic test and there should be an additional test for motorways. Promoting driving skill is the way to improve road safety.
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Thanks for this guys - appreciate it! Have TRL (Transport Research Labs) coming along tomorrow to do their 'Fear of God' presentation. Last time I saw it I drove everywhere at 30mph for about a week!
Not one to do just before lunch.......
Not one to do just before lunch.......
#15
Was following a car today on mike bike which indicated properly for every turning roundabout, lane change etc with plenty of warning. Made me feel very comfortable and safe and it was nice not having to second guess what random moves a car was going to make.
Just a shame 99% of other car drivers aren't the same.
What always gets me is that if I look ahead and the traffic lights are red etc and slow down to let a car out of a junction the cars behind me drive right up my **** whilst getting annoyed. It would be so much nicer if drivers looked down the road rather then staring at my number plate.
Just a shame 99% of other car drivers aren't the same.
What always gets me is that if I look ahead and the traffic lights are red etc and slow down to let a car out of a junction the cars behind me drive right up my **** whilst getting annoyed. It would be so much nicer if drivers looked down the road rather then staring at my number plate.
#16
Originally Posted by stevem2k
Only the dragging .. lane1 @ 65mph , lane2 and 65.0001mph irritates ( and that's only because lane 3 is chock full of bmw's )
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Chip.
#17
Originally Posted by OllyK
If everybody spent a couple of weeks driving a truck and driving a motor cycle, the standard of driving in this country would be much improved, for those that survived anyway
Chip
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Originally Posted by OllyK
..and car drivers.
Maybe, something to do with the fact the only time you are allowed on a Motorway is once you have passed your test?
Perhaps they should have a "part 2" driving test. Once you have passed the normal test, further instruction followed by another test on Motorway driving?
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Why can't trucks be fitted with an over-ride for the 56mph speed limiter, which would allow them to do 60mph for maybe 20 minutes a day? It would save thousands of hours of time, and many lives.
But apart from that, truckers are cool I used to tow a trailer and racing kart behind a camper van which put me permanently in the 50-60mph bracket. It's a whole new way of driving and truckers always helpful and courteous.
It's the over-taking on dual carriageways, side-by-side for miles that does your head in, causes accidents, road rage, and general frustration for everyone (including the truckers).
Richard.
But apart from that, truckers are cool I used to tow a trailer and racing kart behind a camper van which put me permanently in the 50-60mph bracket. It's a whole new way of driving and truckers always helpful and courteous.
It's the over-taking on dual carriageways, side-by-side for miles that does your head in, causes accidents, road rage, and general frustration for everyone (including the truckers).
Richard.
#21
aren't the uk's driving standards better than most in europe, i think that we have less crashes, fatalities etc than most other countries.
from my own experience we're better than the french and especially the turks...every other car i seen in istanbul had battle scars on it.
from my own experience we're better than the french and especially the turks...every other car i seen in istanbul had battle scars on it.
#22
Originally Posted by Hoppy
Why can't trucks be fitted with an over-ride for the 56mph speed limiter, which would allow them to do 60mph for maybe 20 minutes a day?
Richard.
Richard.
Like someone said or hinted at above, the biggest problem with lorry drivers is......car drivers. Most of them have no appreciation of the manouvering capabilities of a lorry, speed limits or blind spots. This can lead to all sorts of problems that the car driver can cause, which the lorry driver has to deal with and everyone else blames the lorry driver. Like the little old lady that sits in front of the lorry at 35mph on an A road and everyone blames the lorry driver for going so slow when he can do nothing about it. Or the idiots that have to overtake and pull into the lorrys braking space, especially near junctions and wonder why they almost get rear ended, flashed, horned etc. I only drive a small lorry, it's left hand drive and I can lose a whole car sitting by my right hand side and I have 3 mirrors covering that area.
#23
I have a question about lorry drivers, how come Asda, Waitrose and Tesco trucks all drive down the A428(NSL road) at 35 mph, when all other trucks seem to be able to manage 50 mph(BTW I have no complaints about them driving at this speed). And no there is absolutely nothing in front of them. Do some drive slowly to be annoying t0ssers?
#24
Originally Posted by CTR
I have a question about lorry drivers, how come Asda, Waitrose and Tesco trucks all drive down the A428(NSL road) at 35 mph, when all other trucks seem to be able to manage 50 mph(BTW I have no complaints about them driving at this speed). And no there is absolutely nothing in front of them. Do some drive slowly to be annoying t0ssers?
#25
Originally Posted by CTR
I have a question about lorry drivers, how come Asda, Waitrose and Tesco trucks all drive down the A428(NSL road) at 35 mph, when all other trucks seem to be able to manage 50 mph(BTW I have no complaints about them driving at this speed). And no there is absolutely nothing in front of them. Do some drive slowly to be annoying t0ssers?
#26
Originally Posted by CTR
I have a question about lorry drivers, how come Asda, Waitrose and Tesco trucks all drive down the A428(NSL road) at 35 mph, when all other trucks seem to be able to manage 50 mph(BTW I have no complaints about them driving at this speed). And no there is absolutely nothing in front of them. Do some drive slowly to be annoying t0ssers?
A lot of these companies monitor the drivers fuel consumption thats also why most lorries on the motorway can overtake them as well
And also the quicker they get back to the depot the more work they will have to do
#27
Originally Posted by Chip
I think the driving test should at least be to the standard of the IAM test or maybe the HGV test. That way you'll be taught to drive and not taught purely to pass a test.
Chip
Chip
#29
Originally Posted by CTR
I have a question about lorry drivers, how come Asda, Waitrose and Tesco trucks all drive down the A428(NSL road) at 35 mph, when all other trucks seem to be able to manage 50 mph(BTW I have no complaints about them driving at this speed). And no there is absolutely nothing in front of them. Do some drive slowly to be annoying t0ssers?
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