Terry T:
As some have already said, I also drive around at 53 in a truck restricted to 56. I breeze past the supermarket jockeys and the limiter lords breeze past me. If I creep up on someone then I knock it from Auto Eco mode to Auto and speed up to 56. The overtake lasts about 20 seconds and I’m back in lane 1. Once I pull out a decent enough gap I knock it back into Eco mode which automatically knocks me back down to 53. Job done, no stress.
At last, someone on here who knows how to overtake another truck without the need for tailbacks or interaction from other drivers.
Let’s address the “thou shall not pass” attitude of a few. So you’ve spent 4 miles waving willies at each other, the driver with the bigger willy pulls in front (at long last).
Do you;
A) Spend the next 20 miles up his jacksy, waiting for a safe gap to reappear.
B) Knock the cruise off for ten seconds to build a safe gap back up.
If it’s b, the correct answer, then try not being a bell end in the first place and back off as soon as it’s apparent the quicker truck is going to take a while getting by…
khdgsa:
It can’t be beyond the wit of man and all the computerised components to allow limiters to have a “kick down” facility - allowing acceleration to a maximum speed of 60mph for a minute, once in every 15 minutes for example, before it automatically throttles back. It would stop most of this 0.05mph overtaking.
I’ve thought about this myself a fair bit. On a car with a turbo you can get an over boost button, which allows the turbo to run a bit more boost for overtaking.
Imagine you had an override button that you could press and it allows you to increase your speed limiter to 60 mph. You’d only be allowed to use this override ability for, say fifteen minutes a day.
Each time you pressed it, the timer would start ticking down, and would continue for every second you were in excess of 56mph (or whatever speed your limiter was set at) and when the time got to zero, that would be it for the remainder of your shift.
15 minutes of extra speed per shift would allow you to pass without these elephant races.
Roymondo:
Can’t understand it - I stick my CC on at 85kph and trundle along. Not very often I (slowly) come up behind another truck. Once I’m close enough, I pull out and overtake (at 90kph), then settle back down to 85 once past. No stress, and in the real world it makes SQRT(FA) difference to arrival times.
Yeh. I’ve been driving three years and only heard that “trick” last month. From a day driver, you see until recently I was a night driver 95% of the time, foot to the floor.
Knocking cruise down to 88 from 90 makes life so much easier.
When I was very new, an older driver passed on his attitude of always easing off when someone is overtaking. If I do that 5 times on the M1 or M40, what am I losing, 10 seconds in total? It’s nothing and everyone gets along.
If someone won’t ease up for me, I’ll start signalling and give the idea that it’s finally time to move over.
What is it with this crap attitude some have of ‘I aint backing off, I’m in the right me’’
What does it matter ffs, …how many seconds do you lose, if you ease off and let the guy overtake.
If you don’t you are as bad as him.imo.
The overtaking things that ■■■■ me more, are when you politely and helpfully pull into lane 2 to let a truck join the M.way, and the knob accelerstes and leaves you hanging alongside him, usually followed by a procession of cars coming up your nearside behind the 2at.
Or the Anti Christs of overtakers …, the ‘‘I know exactly where the back of my trailer is’’ the arse holes who cut in on you. I start growing horns out of my head, with steam coming out of my nostrils whenever these basts (almost) overtake me.
bestbooties:
Travelling north through the roadworks on the A1 between Leeming and Scotch corner at around 04.00 this last Monday morning.
It IS a 50 limit, and it DOES say lane two for vehicles limited to 2 metres wide. this did not stop a Stobbies , white DAF CF ?, trying to pass me the whole length of the works.
No way could he do it, but didn’t stop him trying, but with the changes of camber and patched hardtop it’s a full time job keeping between the lines.
When we cleared the road works but before the speed de restriction he was out and attempted a pass, got alongside, at the de restriction I opened up to 56 and left him behind, he didn’t have the legs!
■■■■■■!
in a case like this I would have stradled both lanes. [zb] him , can you imagine him getting along side of you,with camber ,narrow lanes etc. he’s another one that gives good truck drivers a bad name,
There was no need to straddle both lanes, as I said, with the changes in camber, patchy hardtop etc. in places it is enough to stay on the correct side of the dividing line anyway at 50. Apart from flying, there was no way for another truck to pass.
but you said (with camber, hardtop, hard to keep in lane no way for another truck to pass ) he was trying to pass you, I would not have, given him that chance. if its 2.m restriction ,he should not even be tryin to pass you .■■ him,
bestbooties:
Travelling north through the roadworks on the A1 between Leeming and Scotch corner at around 04.00 this last Monday morning.
It IS a 50 limit, and it DOES say lane two for vehicles limited to 2 metres wide. this did not stop a Stobbies , white DAF CF ?, trying to pass me the whole length of the works.
No way could he do it, but didn’t stop him trying, but with the changes of camber and patched hardtop it’s a full time job keeping between the lines.
When we cleared the road works but before the speed de restriction he was out and attempted a pass, got alongside, at the de restriction I opened up to 56 and left him behind, he didn’t have the legs!
■■■■■■!
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in a case like this I would have stradled both lanes. [zb] him , can you imagine him getting along side of you,with camber ,narrow lanes etc. he’s another one that gives good truck drivers a bad name,
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There was no need to straddle both lanes, as I said, with the changes in camber, patchy hardtop etc. in places it is enough to stay on the correct side of the dividing line anyway at 50. Apart from flying, there was no way for another truck to pass.
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but you said (with camber, hardtop, hard to keep in lane no way for another truck to pass ) he was trying to pass you, I would not have, given him that chance. if its 2.m restriction ,he should not even be tryin to pass you .[zb] him,
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love that bit
bestbooties:
Travelling north through the roadworks on the A1 between Leeming and Scotch corner at around 04.00 this last Monday morning.
It IS a 50 limit, and it DOES say lane two for vehicles limited to 2 metres wide. this did not stop a Stobbies , white DAF CF ?, trying to pass me the whole length of the works.
No way could he do it, but didn’t stop him trying, but with the changes of camber and patched hardtop it’s a full time job keeping between the lines.
When we cleared the road works but before the speed de restriction he was out and attempted a pass, got alongside, at the de restriction I opened up to 56 and left him behind, he didn’t have the legs!
■■■■■■!
in a case like this I would have stradled both lanes. [zb] him , can you imagine him getting along side of you,with camber ,narrow lanes etc. he’s another one that gives good truck drivers a bad name,
So ‘‘The guy who gives truckers a bad name’’ (I agree btw) commits an offence by travelling/overtaking in a restricted lane, and your re.action is to commit another offence by straddling two lanes, not only potentially dangerous, but you would be implicating yourself if he had just carried on with the manouvere and collided, …and recorded on camera most probably.
Where as if the same situation had occured with the o/p (collided )it would be entirely down to the overtaking driver.
The o/p would be blameless, as he had kept lane discipline.
The overtaker had not, and drove dangerously.
So by taking your re.action in comparison, are you not as bad as the knob who was trying to overtake?
Also who appointed you to Marshall traffic on the A1 exactly?
Hang on a minute … this is the guy who tried to teach me Road traffic regs and called me a bad driver on here a while ago, …when I asked opinions on here about overtaking cars in the snow…remember?..I do.
A bit inconsistent with your views on bad driving maybe mate eh? …Not to mention hypocritical.
Nah, Doubt it mate, he came on here once and called me a ■■■■ prick a couple of months ago, when I said I overtook a line of cars on slush.
(First word f )…some will agree btw.
I shot his argument down but he did not have the decency (not to mention the vocabulary) to take it on board and answer my point, let alone apologise.
Then he comes on here and tries to justify dangerous driving
Can I just say it aint that I am insecure or sad enough to let his insults ‘‘bother me’’ as such,…they don’t. It’s just that my intolerance towards nobheads, combined with my memory like an elephant urged me to bring it up.
bestbooties:
Travelling north through the roadworks on the A1 between Leeming and Scotch corner at around 04.00 this last Monday morning.
It IS a 50 limit, and it DOES say lane two for vehicles limited to 2 metres wide. this did not stop a Stobbies , white DAF CF ?, trying to pass me the whole length of the works.
No way could he do it, but didn’t stop him trying, but with the changes of camber and patched hardtop it’s a full time job keeping between the lines.
When we cleared the road works but before the speed de restriction he was out and attempted a pass, got alongside, at the de restriction I opened up to 56 and left him behind, he didn’t have the legs!
■■■■■■!
in a case like this I would have stradled both lanes. [zb] him , can you imagine him getting along side of you,with camber ,narrow lanes etc. he’s another one that gives good truck drivers a bad name,
So ‘‘The guy who gives truckers a bad name’’ (I agree btw) commits an offence by travelling/overtaking in a restricted lane, and your re.action is to commit another offence by straddling two lanes, not only potentially dangerous, but you would be implicating yourself if he had just carried on with the manouvere and collided, …and recorded on camera most probably.
Where as if the same situation had occured with the o/p (collided )it would be entirely down to the overtaking driver.
The o/p would be blameless, as he had kept lane discipline.
The overtaker had not, and drove dangerously.
So by taking your re.action in comparison, are you not as bad as the knob who was trying to overtake?
Also who appointed you to Marshall traffic on the A1 exactly?
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Got to say Robroy, with how rough that road is through there, I would straddle the lanes too, I’d rather protest a ticket from the Cops, than give any idiot driving a truck in a restricted lane, the chance to get beside Me and ram me into the shoulder or worse, the works area where there might be road workers.
As for marshalling the A1, if there aint enough traffic cops to do it then yes, to protect myself, and those who would be potentially caught up in any carnage caused by allowing the Knob to get beside Me, which in those roadworks at the moment would be asking for trouble
Its no wonder why the Highways Agency shut roads, for overnight roadworks, when some idiots just cant sit back and go steady with every other driver, but have to try and push through
eddie snax:
Got to say Robroy, with how rough that road is through there, I would straddle the lanes too, I’d rather protest a ticket from the Cops, than give any idiot driving a truck in a restricted lane, the chance to get beside Me and ram me into the shoulder or worse, the works area where there might be road workers.
As for marshalling the A1, if there aint enough traffic cops to do it then yes, to protect myself, and those who would be potentially caught up in any carnage caused by allowing the Knob to get beside Me, which in those roadworks at the moment would be asking for trouble
You know what mate?..Fair enough, Under those circumstances I would more than likely probably do the same to be honest with you. Defensive driving I reckon.
I was just making a point by being as quick to jump on self righteous matey as he did on me.
Have yourself a look at the ‘Snow driving’ thread if you can be arsed, as I can’t to highlight it.
eddie snax:
Got to say Robroy, with how rough that road is through there, I would straddle the lanes too, I’d rather protest a ticket from the Cops, than give any idiot driving a truck in a restricted lane, the chance to get beside Me and ram me into the shoulder or worse, the works area where there might be road workers.
As for marshalling the A1, if there aint enough traffic cops to do it then yes, to protect myself, and those who would be potentially caught up in any carnage caused by allowing the Knob to get beside Me, which in those roadworks at the moment would be asking for trouble
You know what mate?..Fair enough, Under those circumstances I would more than likely probably do the same to be honest with you. Defensive driving I reckon.
I was just making a point by being as quick to jump on self righteous matey as he did on me.
Have yourself a look at the ‘Snow driving’ thread if you can be arsed, as I can’t to highlight it.
Agree with you on the Police situation also.
Fair dues Mate, I didn’t want to contradict you, as you normaly you tend to post the view of the reasoned majority, and yes, jumping on the self righteous is a duty, not a chor
When all the paint is dry, I’ll probs look up “snow driving thread”
I’ve found the more generous the limiter, the less folk flash you in. At 57-58 most people flash in. Once 60+ you become a leper, some people seem to get upset at the strangest of things!
AF1:
I’ve found the more generous the limiter, the less folk flash you in. At 57-58 most people flash in. Once 60+ you become a leper, some people seem to get upset at the strangest of things!
Its not that I’m being all sulky, its just I cant react that quick
Seriously, you pass at whatever speed takes your fancy, I’ll still be trundling at 86-87k’s
…, the ‘‘I know exactly where the back of my trailer is’’ the arse holes who cut in on you. 
