The usual state of play on Friday, sitting in a jam on the M25 and crawling along to the M1 Junction. As I sat in the off ramp crawling at about 10mph a Bulgarian lorry flew past me on the Hard Shoulder, this idiot was going flat out. All I managed to get was the BG on back of his license plate and the back of the trailer. This is some moron who thinks that the hard shoulder is another lane and couldn’t wait like the rest of us to join the M1. This has considerably lowered my opinion of Eastern European drivers. We all have bad moments every now and then when we drive but this was sheer lunacy.
Can this thread be merged into the Eastern European thread so it doesn’t get missed 
Paul-H:
The usual state of play on Friday, sitting in a jam on the M25 and crawling along to the M1 Junction. As I sat in the off ramp crawling at about 10mph a Bulgarian lorry flew past me on the Hard Shoulder, this idiot was going flat out. All I managed to get was the BG on back of his license plate and the back of the trailer. This is some moron who thinks that the hard shoulder is another lane and couldn’t wait like the rest of us to join the M1. This has considerably lowered my opinion of Eastern European drivers. We all have bad moments every now and then when we drive but this was sheer lunacy.
Thanks for your report.
Question is, did he do it because he was Bulgarian, or because he was a [zb]wit? 
Paul-H:
…a Bulgarian lorry flew past me on the Hard Shoulder, … flat out. This is some moron … and … was sheer lunacy…’
Lunacy? Our politicians would disagree.
They call it ‘diversity’ and tell us both to accept the ways of others doing their dirt in our front garden and even embrace it 
They would also suggest (though I am definitely not suggesting it) that you are a racist bigot because we apparently need this feral behaviour to survive as a thriving [sic] nation, etc, etc.
Welcome to the formerly ‘Great’ but now just ‘British’ part of the EU
Happy Keith:
Paul-H:
…a Bulgarian lorry flew past me on the Hard Shoulder, … flat out. This is some moron … and … was sheer lunacy…’Lunacy? Our politicians would disagree.
They call it ‘diversity’ and tell us both to accept the ways of others doing their dirt in our front garden and even embrace it
They would also suggest (though I am definitely not suggesting it) that you are a racist bigot because we apparently need this feral behaviour to survive as a thriving [sic] nation, etc, etc.
Welcome to the formerly ‘Great’ but now just ‘British’ part of the EU
Ah Happy you never fail to deliver
I’m starting to miss CF. 
Saw a nice little bump yesterday, not a Bulgarian but a Belgian or a Belgian reg wagon anyway. Just past toddington n/bound on m1 inside lane was closed with another muppets breakdown. I was in lane 2 Belgian just in front in lane 1. He went to cut my nose off swinging into lane 2 but a car was in the way. BUMP! pmsl as i sailed by. 
Paul-H:
The usual state of play on Friday, sitting in a jam on the M25 and crawling along to the M1 Junction. As I sat in the off ramp crawling at about 10mph a Bulgarian lorry flew past me on the Hard Shoulder, this idiot was going flat out. All I managed to get was the BG on back of his license plate and the back of the trailer. This is some moron who thinks that the hard shoulder is another lane and couldn’t wait like the rest of us to join the M1. This has considerably lowered my opinion of Eastern European drivers. We all have bad moments every now and then when we drive but this was sheer lunacy.
What’s up Paul? It’s allowed on the M42 isn’t it!! 
Rob K:
I’m starting to miss CF.
Have you forgot the password?
i do agree there are some bad european drivers out there and because of the amount of stuff we think we need there are lots of them here most of the time. but we cannot forget there was a time when we were thought of in the same way by the europeans as some of our drivers thought they were above any of there laws. when there were more brits than europeans on the ferries some were total drunken idiots shouting and throwing food about. i know ferry food was not the best but it was free after all. when i shipped out of poole i used to sit with the euros for some peace.
I went to pull into Kronospan mill the other day, I turned into the junction to be confronted with a polish lorry in the right hand lane which was my left hand lane he then turned right and proceded to ignore the 7.5ton weight restriction in Chirk even though there is 2 signs telling you that you can only turn left.
In the days of SOMAT, Hungarocamion etc. etc. never lots of problems because only the best of their best were ever sent out of the bloc.Edit: Ooh wait apart from the three Hungaro trucks in Toulouse.1 & 2 stopped at the lights,No. 3 didn’t There was an article in TRUCK mag. about Hungaro’s training programme.A very professional company,poor 3 fell through the holes on probably his 1st trip.No more COMECON hauliers so expect the worst.
bubsy06:
I went to pull into Kronospan mill the other day, I turned into the junction to be confronted with a polish lorry in the right hand lane which was my left hand lane
that will bugger Cadburys up then if the lorries cannot go past Kronospan.
Sir +:
In the days of SOMAT, Hungarocamion etc. etc. never lots of problems because only the best of their best were ever sent out of the bloc.There was an article in TRUCK mag. about Hungaro’s training programme.A very professional company.Now, no more COMECON hauliers so expect the worst.
Think i remember that article,they had to have 5yrs service with the com before being considered for travel outside the bloc and also be trained mechanics,cant get more proffesional than that.
regards dave.
dafdave:
Sir +:
In the days of SOMAT, Hungarocamion etc. etc. never lots of problems because only the best of their best were ever sent out of the bloc.There was an article in TRUCK mag. about Hungaro’s training programme.A very professional company.Now, no more COMECON hauliers so expect the worst.Think i remember that article,they had to have 5yrs service with the com before being considered for travel outside the bloc and also be trained mechanics,cant get more proffesional than that.
regards dave.
some of them had to double man with a KGB spy
Wheel Nut:
some of them had to double man with a KGB spy
Well, I’ve heard that and also,especially with Sovtransavto that one,both or neither were KGB and therefore they both had to ‘behave’.BUT there was that case of a Sov. lorry allegedly broken down near the perimiter of an UK airbase (I forget where ) for two days.‘Investigations showed’ there was no fault with the vehicle
pavaroti:
Saw a nice little bump yesterday, not a Bulgarian but a Belgian or a Belgian reg wagon anyway. Just past toddington n/bound on m1 inside lane was closed with another muppets breakdown. I was in lane 2 Belgian just in front in lane 1. He went to cut my nose off swinging into lane 2 but a car was in the way. BUMP! pmsl as i sailed by.
Lot of Belgian trucks driven by Bulgarian, Czech, and Romanian drivers. We have several Belgian registered units parked in the car park at our place each night waiting for their trailers in the morning. None of them are driven by Belgians.
Paul-H:
a Bulgarian lorry flew past me on the Hard Shoulder, this idiot was going flat out.
Actually you’ll find over here in Bulgaria we do happen to overtake on the left
I gave a Bulgarian directions from wigston to smethick about 6 months ago. Since then i’ve seen this 1 Bulgarian 5 times at various places round the country, everytime we shake hands and chat, 1 time he give me bottle of Bulgarian beer. At dacher dartford, thursday night, I saw a Bulgarian bird driving a wagon, I would’nt have said no. Bulgarians are ok.