Cotswoldcrunch:
I’m going to try laughing off crap drivers from now on instead of getting wound up.
No you’re not, you’ll still get wound up. Thats because you know no better. I still laugh at that picture you posted of you parked on the wrong side of the road, blaming another driver because you can’t see to get out. I’d doubt your mentality has changed. You are a class act !!!
That really wont help him get over his problems Mike, perhaps he is starting to learn how to be a professional driver!
Take it easy weeto! It is up to the overtaker to keep clear. basic rule. and the guy is making a valid point even if his truck length is out by a quarter!
hugh_b5:
Take it easy weeto! It is up to the overtaker to keep clear. basic rule. and the guy is making a valid point even if his truck length is out by a quarter!
So your saying that if I’m in lane 2 overtaking with the truck in lane 1 with his cab half way down my trailer, I’ve got to back off if he wants to move into lane 2?
hugh_b5:
Take it easy weeto! It is up to the overtaker to keep clear. basic rule. and the guy is making a valid point even if his truck length is out by a quarter!
So your saying that if I’m in lane 2 overtaking with the truck in lane 1 with his cab half way down my trailer, I’ve got to back off if he wants to move into lane 2?
Strictly speaking that would be correct. BUT, as I have experienced in the past, the authorities would see you both at fault. Overtaker should make an effort to keep clear but if lane 3, as in this scenario, is not free to use either by restriction or traffic, then it would be seen as a misjudgement of distance required to complete the manouvre. Overtakee can see the signs and has time to adjust speed to allow the overtaker to pass.
To be clear. Overtaker has not completed the manouvre until he is clear ahead of Overtakee. It is the responsibility of BOTH to be safe.
sorry boys, dont worry about road rage theres a lot on here who have got TNUK rage !!!
try not to attack your fellows members, i mean your fellow members… put your hands up in the class if you can HONESTLY say you have,nt had a bad word or thought to your compatriate drivers of all types of vehicle. I have,nt… well not for at least the last thirty seconds
Conor:
Just done the maths and it would take a minute to gain 60 yards on him with a 2MPH speed differential so you’d need probably a minute and a half to pull out and get ahead enough to pull back in safely, an artic being roughly 20 yards long. So if he was halfway down your trailer at the 1 mile marker with 45 seconds to go before you cleared him then if you’d continued as you were he would be pretty much stuck in L1 at the point of no return, certainly getting to the countdown markers for the exit.
And no it wouldn’t take you 200 yards to pass him, it would take you the thick end of 1000 yards leaving him maybe a few hundred yards and 15 seconds or so to get out, something thats not likely to happen if its someone like you behind you.
Jesus after 14 years in the game it is getting shocking how other supposedly fellow drivers behave now.
Indeed it is. People who were driving as long as me and longer would’ve moved over to let him out instead of just sitting there like you did. I can only think he’s an old timer who was expecting that courtesy which unfortunately new-comers like yourself seem not to be bothered with.
Since when has it been the overtakers problem if the overtakee cant be arsed to back off a bit to get into the lane he wants to be in?
Did the overtakee know for sure that the overtaker had no one down the side or approaching at speed in lane 3?
Just to add, your maths is wrong if you think an artic is 20 yards long!
Thank you! I always judge my overtaking on the a1 as it is duel carriageway and don’t want to hold up car drivers and Conors answer was trolling drivel so have kept away. Always keep at 55 these days so if I know I can pass easily at 56 I can get past. That is all. Move on now.
There is no point getting irate over other truckies or drivers in general: They’ll be in and out of your life in minutes, probably never to be seen again. Sometimes when there is particularly profane verbal sparring over the CB between drivers, I cut in and quote Groundhog Day: DON"T DRIVE ANGRY.
