Chris1207:
raymundo:
OVLOV JAY:
These sort of manoeuvres are now quite rare in England. Shame the Scots didn’t take the same chance to raise the speed limit for hgv’s
You don’t see many trucks in Scotland sticking to the 40 mph rule, 56 is their 40 !! 
And the majority of the roads up here in the far north are not fit for 40 even
Oi, we’re not all crazy tipper drivers 
I stick to the limits, I’m salaried, the slower I go the better 
I used to drive a fish truck and when you start the engine the revs go to the max and stay there till you turn it off (at your destination) …
raymundo:
Chris1207:
raymundo:
OVLOV JAY:
These sort of manoeuvres are now quite rare in England. Shame the Scots didn’t take the same chance to raise the speed limit for hgv’s
You don’t see many trucks in Scotland sticking to the 40 mph rule, 56 is their 40 !! And the majority of the roads up here in the far north are not fit for 40 even
Oi, we’re not all crazy tipper drivers I stick to the limits, I’m salaried, the slower I go the better
I used to drive a fish truck and when you start the engine the revs go to the max and stay there till you turn it off (at your destination) …
Just like Dutch fresh cut flower trucks then… 
Something like that, we used to do Peterhead to Boulogne via the pipe in a 15 hr spread over …
nsmith1180:
Bluey Circles:
nsmith1180:
Bluey Circles:
There is something very unusual with the road markings on this road, it is maybe some weird relic from the past. All lines (NSL roads) should be centered at 9m intervals. However these seem to change from 9 Yard to 6 Yard. ■■? (lines used to be 9 yard centres they are now painted on at 9 metre centres (on NSL))
Traffic calming measures. When the markings get busier on a road the brain automatically percieves a higher threat environment and steps up a gear. You find that markings shorten at accident blackspots all over the UK because its one way to encourage drivers to slow down a touch.
It is not in the manual - all lines on NSL should be centered at 9m intervals and on roads 40mph and below they should be a 6m intervals. Whether it be a short line or a long line the centering should be the same. As far as I am aware they can’t shorten the centering of the lines even at blackspots. The visual clue that danger presents is simply more paint
I cant say what the manual says, I’m just going on what I was told when I was a naughty boy and had to go and learn the highway code for five hours on an evening or take some points.
TBH, I’m a long way off being fully convinced myself, my statement was as much a question as an answer. I will not bore anyone with the details but I needed to learn quite a lot about road markings a few years back - they follow very strict guidelines and need the be very accurate and the change of length of the lines in that situation seems very unusual, it is as though they have accidentally used the line lengths for a built up area. I think the chances are the road markings will be correct and it will be me who is wrong.
anyway, it does explain how Dipper, Myself and some others thought that Chris (in the OP) had speeded up, he clearly hadn’t.
And getting back to the OP - what a complete numpty in that car. hopefully it will be the close call for the driver to wake their ideas up before they kill themselves or someone else.
Probably thought as its only half a real car she should be able to squeeze it through that little gap. lack of reaction by oncoming truck probably means (although a stupid move) wasnt such a close call off camera…
Carryfast:
nsmith1180:
Bluey Circles:
There is something very unusual with the road markings on this road, it is maybe some weird relic from the past. All lines (NSL roads) should be centered at 9m intervals. However these seem to change from 9 Yard to 6 Yard. ■■? (lines used to be 9 yard centres they are now painted on at 9 metre centres (on NSL))
Traffic calming measures. When the markings get busier on a road the brain automatically percieves a higher threat environment and steps up a gear. You find that markings shorten at accident blackspots all over the UK because its one way to encourage drivers to slow down a touch.
It’s not traffic ‘calming’ that’s needed there.What’s needed is prevention of overtakes in the form of islands and solid lines.
Common sense and a sense of self preservation might help.
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