seth 70:
I see argos have joined the rolling road block gang by limiting their motors to 50,its fair enough for lorries to plod along at 50 on dual carriageways etc,but not on mways ,they should leave them set at 56 but tell the driver to try and stick to 50,the reason for my winge is because a argos motor decided he fancied overtaking a caravan this morning on the way up the m11,FFS talk about elephant racing ,it went on for yonks a neither would give way,propper knobs
The worst bit about it was ,i flashed the argos man so he could overtake the caravan,he did me like a kipper ,when i got past him i looked thru my nearside widow and he avoided all eye contact or acknowledgement of me ,he was not phased one bit,these motors set at 50 are bang out of order for traffic flow etc,a truck doing 50 on a mway is as bad as tractors on the a1
seth 70:
I see argos have joined the rolling road block gang by limiting their motors to 50,its fair enough for lorries to plod along at 50 on dual carriageways etc,but not on mways ,they should leave them set at 56 but tell the driver to try and stick to 50,the reason for my winge is because a argos motor decided he fancied overtaking a caravan this morning on the way up the m11,FFS talk about elephant racing ,it went on for yonks a neither would give way,propper knobs
The worst bit about it was ,i flashed the argos man so he could overtake the caravan,he did me like a kipper ,when i got past him i looked thru my nearside widow and he avoided all eye contact or acknowledgement of me ,he was not phased one bit,these motors set at 50 are bang out of order for traffic flow etc,a truck doing 50 on a mway is as bad as tractors on the a1
Company lowers the limit and its the drivers that get all the flack.
lizard:
Itās a speed LIMIT, not a TARGET, and I can 99.99% put my neck out and say the argos wagon (doing 50mph) is TAXED & INSURED so has every right to be in lane 2 of the M11 if he wishes and no 1 has the right to say that because heās going slower than me that he canāt hold up the traffic behind him.
Iām quiet happy to sit out there at 55mph whilst overtaking another doing 54.99mph.
you donāt own the road just like no one else does so calm yourselfs down and take a chill pill and just let the day flow along.
Well 56/58mph travellers love you (sarcasm) as does everyone else who can legally do 70mphā¦ffs have respect for other road users, you cause part of the issues on the motorway network with that attitude.
Click your fāing CC to 54mph and do the M11 a favour
You made about hmmmm seconds maybe a minute on your journey overtaking ? but the inconvenience you caused to other road users is just a by product?
Couldnāt give a crap. I paid to do a job and thatās exactly what I do. I donāt give 2 monkeys if I hold anyone up, just like no one else cares.
seth 70:
I see argos have joined the rolling road block gang by limiting their motors to 50,its fair enough for lorries to plod along at 50 on dual carriageways etc,but not on mways ,they should leave them set at 56 but tell the driver to try and stick to 50,the reason for my winge is because a argos motor decided he fancied overtaking a caravan this morning on the way up the m11,FFS talk about elephant racing ,it went on for yonks a neither would give way,propper knobs
The worst bit about it was ,i flashed the argos man so he could overtake the caravan,he did me like a kipper ,when i got past him i looked thru my nearside widow and he avoided all eye contact or acknowledgement of me ,he was not phased one bit,these motors set at 50 are bang out of order for traffic flow etc,a truck doing 50 on a mway is as bad as tractors on the a1
Company lowers the limit and its the drivers that get all the flack.
Why do it in the first place,driver and company are at fault m8,the bloke knew he was driving a slug so why try and overtake summat
lizard:
Itās a speed LIMIT, not a TARGET, and I can 99.99% put my neck out and say the argos wagon (doing 50mph) is TAXED & INSURED so has every right to be in lane 2 of the M11 if he wishes and no 1 has the right to say that because heās going slower than me that he canāt hold up the traffic behind him.
Iām quiet happy to sit out there at 55mph whilst overtaking another doing 54.99mph.
you donāt own the road just like no one else does so calm yourselfs down and take a chill pill and just let the day flow along.
Well 56/58mph travellers love you (sarcasm) as does everyone else who can legally do 70mphā¦ffs have respect for other road users, you cause part of the issues on the motorway network with that attitude.
Click your fāing CC to 54mph and do the M11 a favour
You made about hmmmm seconds maybe a minute on your journey overtaking ? but the inconvenience you caused to other road users is just a by product?
Couldnāt give a crap. I paid to do a job and thatās exactly what I do. I donāt give 2 monkeys if I hold anyone up, just like no one else cares.
Class man, keep it up, rock on, crack on, keep it litā¦ ā¦and breathā¦and more scotch
Because if heās limited to that slow the last thing he needs is to be held up 0.1mph
To be fair if heās overtaking something heās overtaking, no laws on how quick this has to be but agree if heās just hanging out there blocking off the road taking miles to overtake then its a bit inconsiderate.
ajt:
Because if heās limited to that slow the last thing he needs is to be held up 0.1mph
To be fair if heās overtaking something heās overtaking, no laws on how quick this has to be but agree if heās just hanging out there blocking off the road taking miles to overtake then its a bit inconsiderate.
Flash his headlghts at the caravan fella to get his arse into gear would have been a better option rather than bringing all stanstead nose to tail and seth chomping on the bit to get home satdy
lizard:
Itās a speed LIMIT, not a TARGET, and I can 99.99% put my neck out and say the argos wagon (doing 50mph) is TAXED & INSURED so has every right to be in lane 2 of the M11 if he wishes and no 1 has the right to say that because heās going slower than me that he canāt hold up the traffic behind him.
Iām quiet happy to sit out there at 55mph whilst overtaking another doing 54.99mph.
you donāt own the road just like no one else does so calm yourselfs down and take a chill pill and just let the day flow along.
Some of the stuff on this thread is comical, youāve got the 56mph merchants saying the 50mph merchants are only gaining seconds when they overtake but are causing others untold heartache, Iāve never heard so much ā ā ā ā in all my life, the 56 mph merchants are holding others up while they overtake so whatās all the high an mighty stuff all about??
Some of you lot wanna spend a few days goin at 50 mph, itās less stress, less hassleā¦all youāve gotta watch out for is the 56 mph merchants nearly taking the front of the cab off coz youāve put them out and made you overtake them
seth 70:
I see argos have joined the rolling road block gang by limiting their motors to 50,its fair enough for lorries to plod along at 50 on dual carriageways etc,but not on mways ,they should leave them set at 56 but tell the driver to try and stick to 50,the reason for my winge is because a argos motor decided he fancied overtaking a caravan this morning on the way up the m11,FFS talk about elephant racing ,it went on for yonks a neither would give way,propper knobs
selby newcomer:
Some of the stuff on this thread is comical, youāve got the 56mph merchants saying the 50mph merchants are only gaining seconds when they overtake but are causing others untold heartache, Iāve never heard so much [zb] in all my life, the 56 mph merchants are holding others up while they overtake so whatās all the high an mighty stuff all about??
Some of you lot wanna spend a few days goin at 50 mph, itās less stress, less hassleā¦all youāve gotta watch out for is the 56 mph merchants nearly taking the front of the cab off coz youāve put them out and made you overtake them
Okay, so its us and them
We as wagon drivers are not the only users of the roads , honest we arenāt, really
So you couldnāt give a flying ā ā ā ā about holding other road users up? Nice
A 56mph can overtake a 50/52mph reasonably quickly but overtaking something (not just wagons) when they are doing 0.1 of a mile slower than you is the overtaker just being a selfish knob and doing the Elephant syndrome causing an unnecessary rolling road block in number two lane.
Drift:
I would like a database here of 50mph restricted firms, saves thinking about getting into the Elephant race syndrome
Then again you see a trailer of a firm you think is on a restricted 50mph limiter and wonder why you cant pass him and your doing 58mph, the realise its a subbie pulling the trailer
Same as when I was at Tesco and pulled a Stobart trailer, people mustāve wondered why it was doing 50
merc0447:
Iād be blaming the caravan rather than the Argos driver.
Iād put a fiver on the caravan driver being one of these slow down, speed up type people and Argos got fed up and tried to overtake but then got held out to dry by the caravan driver either being a thick bastart or playing games.
Yeah, Iād agreeā¦
Caravan driver bumbling along, looks in his mirror, āOh dear! I must be going too slow as one of them big lorries is overtaking meā¦ I better speed up!!!ā and off the to55er goesā¦
Professional or not, Our trucks are limited at 50-52, I sit on CC at 50mph on motorways, if I have to Iāll slow down to 48mph if Iām behind a Adsa truck or a fool just out to slow traffic, fine by meā¦ but when Iām continually having to cancel CC and continually adjust my speed from 50 down to 45, up to 48, down to 44, up to 50 and so on, for a long distanceā¦ Iād be desperate to pass the idiot, screw everyone else being held up behind me, as in those circumstances, in my mindā¦ Iām holding nobody up, he is holding everyone up lol
Our wagons are limited to 52 and I wouldnāt have it any other way. You get used to it. Iām in no rush. Lane 1, CC on, chill out & let everyone else worry about overtaking. Itās bliss.
Amazing how worked up lorry drivers get over 4-6mph.
it was better in the 1980āsā¦the Gardner boys trundling along in the low-mid 50ās in the āslowā lane,most of the rest of us cruising past them in the low 60āsā¦and the Irish lads in the 141ās and F88s coming past us all in the āfastā lane
lizard:
Iām quiet happy to sit out there at 55mph whilst overtaking another doing 54.99mph.
lizard:
Couldnāt give a crap.
What an utter bell end.
Couldnāt agree with you moreā¦ its bad enough having motorists constantly sit in either the middle lane of a 3 lane motorway or the outside lane of a 2 lane motorway, when your trying to pass a slower moving vehicle without this ā ā ā ā adding to it. We a seen as nuisance on the roads by the majority of other motorists as it is. No wonder really with planks like him. If ever im in a position where i suddenly canāt complete an overtake, i will drop back in behind and then apologise to all the passing traffic by raising my hand. Thats normally enough to stop me getting abuse from them as they pass byā¦ But to just sit out there with a āI dont give a crapā attitude, just goes to show the mentality of this so called professional driverā¦
Why not start a government petition to allow LGVās to undertake on the hard shoulder as the government seem keen to utilise the hard shoulder for all manner of things these days.
