Abnormal load escort vehicles - power to direct traffic?

Usual modus operandi from TNUK’s resident troll

Condescending / inflammatory work of fiction - check
Instant name calling in reply to anyone who questions said work of fiction - check

Surprised people are still biting at this clowns posts

Sammy there’s a reason wide loads have escorts to stop the load being overtaken and causing accidents,as you have never done wide loads apart from getting your head through the 3 wheeler door (that’s all I would let you be in charge of),yes he slowed you down oh well happens to everyone just part of being on the road.
At least it makes a change you didn’t hit anything this time lol :unamused:

sammym:

Conor:
No, you with absolutely sod all experience and without x-ray vision, not that good knowledge of the road network and zero knowledge of the stuff you pay no attention to but which are hazards to those shifting stuff like 14ft wide static caravans could see no obstruction that would bother you.

Hark at it!!! Accusing others of lacking x-ray vision but being an expert in all things when he wasn’t even there.

If I wanted your opinion about my person I’d ask for it. You are clearly an angry little man who has a lot to say on the internet. Frankly… I couldn’t care less what you think about me. And as for being ‘thick’ - I’d love to compare our educational qualifications and our earning potential.

well done you :wink: You are the only person there so you knew what the situation was :grimacing:

DGW131:

sammym:

Conor:
No, you with absolutely sod all experience and without x-ray vision, not that good knowledge of the road network and zero knowledge of the stuff you pay no attention to but which are hazards to those shifting stuff like 14ft wide static caravans could see no obstruction that would bother you.

Hark at it!!! Accusing others of lacking x-ray vision but being an expert in all things when he wasn’t even there.

If I wanted your opinion about my person I’d ask for it. You are clearly an angry little man who has a lot to say on the internet. Frankly… I couldn’t care less what you think about me. And as for being ‘thick’ - I’d love to compare our educational qualifications and our earning potential.

well done you :wink: You are the only person there so you knew what the situation was :grimacing:

That’s if it ever happened lol

Rob K:

sammym:

Rob K:
I can’t be the only one who is puzzled by how Sammy was (according to his post) behind the ■■■■■■ vehicle and 2 static caravan loads, unable to overtake because the ■■■■■■ vehicle was blocking his path, but then in the next sentence he is now in front of the ■■■■■■ vehicle but still behind the 2 static caravans :confused: . How did he get in front of the ■■■■■■ if he was blocking his path? And as he was apparently able to do so, why did he not continue past the 2 trucks as well? :confused: I feel that we are only getting half of the story here, but that aside, the ■■■■■■ had no reason to be blocking an overtake of 2 static caravan loads on a well-sighted dual carriageway for the simple reason that when the tables are turned and you’re holding them up they never hesitate to overtake you regardless of how much of a squeeze it is - it ends up being you that is forced to move over to the shoulder so that you don’t get your offside mirror taken off as they come past. :open_mouth:

He came out to block me… And then stayed at the same speed as his wagons. So I pulled in and went up the inside of him. Causing him to be stuck out until he came behind me. It was a childish move on my part to do that. But I was just a bit like… :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: As I couldn’t understand why he was playing silly buggers. I then managed to do my overtake - but they picked up speeds down the hill and got very upset with me when I did overtake on the flat part.

Now I could take the view as many do on here that his flashing lights and chevrons mean I should do exactly what he wants. And that I should ‘stay in my lane’ so to speak. But the idea that because you have a slightly larger load you will have to suddenly lurch into the right-hand lane is ludicrous. And any driver who things they will needs their head looking at - imagine if it was a car overtaking that got crunched cos the almighty powerful big rigger wasn’t willing to slow down like a normal person for an obstruction.

I only wanted to know if there were special rules for them. And I got that answer. The reality is I’m a pretty considerate guy. In that position, I’d have knocked my cruise off to the other vehicle get passed more quickly and then flashed them in. And if they had been turning or doing something where I’d get in the way on tight roads I’d have sat behind for an hour if needed. But I’m not putting up with those games on a dual carriageway because they can’t take being overtaken by a smaller vehicle.

To be honest if the situation was exactly as described I would have held back after the initial ‘block’ and waited to see what the craic was. Give him the benefit of the doubt and all that. If we’d gone another 5 miles down the road and nothing had changed then that would tell me I was dealing with a Walt and I would’ve done exactly the same as you. It strikes me as being more of a small ■■■■■ issue due to having a lower limiter speed than a space issue. :bulb:

At the risk of finding out i am one, what is a Walt ?

What kind of person is Walter Mitty?

Walter Mitty’s dominant character trait is that he is a lonely dreamer. He creates an imaginary world where he is successful and happy, and brave as exciting things happen. These daydreams allow him to forget that his is an average, ordinary person leading a normal, boring life.

sammym:
Both beefy and sammym are driving normal vehicles…

Not ever going to happen son - I don’t drive anything normal and I’m not going to be held up by an 18 tonner loaded or empty . The rest of your pathetic story does not make any kind of sence . Boats don’t wait for you to get your act together - neither do I .
Get yourself a few years experience before you decide to change the world - if you survive that long .

I normally try to get to the right of a wide load as much as I can when overtaking. A lot of the time I’m almost in the central reservation when I do go for the overtake. I’ve been driving 6 years in total and in that time, not once have I ever been blocked by an ■■■■■■ vehicle. I call BS on this story.

beefy4605:

sammym:
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Both beefy and sammym are driving normal vehicles…

Not ever going to happen son - I don’t drive anything normal and I’m not going to be held up by an 18 tonner loaded or empty . The rest of your pathetic story does not make any kind of sence . Boats don’t wait for you to get your act together - neither do I .
Get yourself a few years experience before you decide to change the world - if you survive that long .

sammym:

beefy4605:

sammym:
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Both beefy and sammym are driving normal vehicles…

Not ever going to happen son - I don’t drive anything normal and I’m not going to be held up by an 18 tonner loaded or empty . The rest of your pathetic story does not make any kind of sence . Boats don’t wait for you to get your act together - neither do I .
Get yourself a few years experience before you decide to change the world - if you survive that long .

School report for sammym
1/10
Poor effort . Must try harder .

Well as per usual another post degenerates into a slagging match. In fairness to sammym he described a situation and asked a reasonable question and is accused of being a troll everything except the assassination of Kennedy. Unless I’m missing some previous history, it sounded like a fair question to me.
Walks away shaking head.

mick.mh2racing:
Well as per usual another post degenerates into a slagging match. In fairness to sammym he described a situation and asked a reasonable question and is accused of being a troll everything except the assassination of Kennedy. Unless I’m missing some previous history, it sounded like a fair question to me.
Walks away shaking head.

The OP could have presented it in a far less confrontational manner and would have got a better response.

I kind of get the impression that any way presented would have been attacked in the same way. I thought it was presented in a matter of fact way.

sent using smoke signals

beefy4605:

sammym:

beefy4605:

sammym:
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Both beefy and sammym are driving normal vehicles…

Not ever going to happen son - I don’t drive anything normal and I’m not going to be held up by an 18 tonner loaded or empty . The rest of your pathetic story does not make any kind of sence . Boats don’t wait for you to get your act together - neither do I .
Get yourself a few years experience before you decide to change the world - if you survive that long .

School report for sammym
1/10
Poor effort . Must try harder .

I’d give it 8out of 10 nice one.

All for 2 mph :unamused:

Punchy Dan:
All for 2 mph :unamused:

My thoughts exactly Dan,just aswell didn’t get caught behind moving the transformers out of Didcot power station :open_mouth:

The A465 by Abergavenny you say? East or west bound?

For those not familiar with the A465 by Abergavenny, it is being dual carriaged as we speak. Part of it is finished, but has a number of roundabouts on it, the rest is still a mess, and I mean narrow single lanes and contraflows. So perhaps Sammy would like to be a bit more specific of where his alleged incident happened.

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the nodding donkey:
The A465 by Abergavenny you say? East or west bound?

For those not familiar with the A465 by Abergavenny, it is being dual carriaged as we speak. Part of it is finished, but has a number of roundabouts on it, the rest is still a mess, and I mean narrow single lanes and contraflows. So perhaps Sammy would like to be a bit more specific of where his alleged incident happened.

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West. But it doesn’t really matter because you are going to find fault with it either way… and I didn’t really ask about the incident - I asked about the powers of the escorts. Which was answered in about three posts and then people got a bit emotional over nothing as far as I can see.

sammym:

the nodding donkey:
The A465 by Abergavenny you say? East or west bound?

For those not familiar with the A465 by Abergavenny, it is being dual carriaged as we speak. Part of it is finished, but has a number of roundabouts on it, the rest is still a mess, and I mean narrow single lanes and contraflows. So perhaps Sammy would like to be a bit more specific of where his alleged incident happened.

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West. But it doesn’t really matter because you are going to find fault with it either way… and I didn’t really ask about the incident - I asked about the powers of the escorts. Which was answered in about three posts and then people got a bit emotional over nothing as far as I can see.

Aye… you were approaching the road works then

You’re a

mrginge:
What kind of person is Walter Mitty?

Walter Mitty’s dominant character trait is that he is a lonely dreamer. He creates an imaginary world where he is successful and happy, and brave as exciting things happen. These daydreams allow him to forget that his is an average, ordinary person leading a normal, boring life.

Thanks