dangerous driving.

[nick2008]

bigvern1:
I trust you had pulled over in a safe location, after carefully noting the reg number and truck details,then phoning the Police whilst he passed you in a second?

quite legal to call the police or any other emergency service using a hand held device whilst driving if safe to do so …

[ovlov_jay]

trubster:

OVLOV JAY:
What’s the point of calling the old bill. If I got pulled and they had no evidence, I’d just say it must have been the numbskull I had a verbal with a few miles back, then proceed with a [zb] story about a car trying to force me over at an onslip. I just saw a blakemans rigid in the roadworks at stafford, literally 4ft from the punto in front. Did I ring the 5o? No. Did I think to myself what a ■■■? Yes

Calling the 5o when a driver is watching a movie on a laptop could save someones life! (Assuming they manage to make it out of the police station)

It is clear from either side of the vehicle at night that a movie is being played, even from a cars viewpoint.

But the op never said anything about watching a film, he said he had his feet on the dash. Maybe the op need to elaborate whether the alleged offender was stretched out diagonally with his feet in the middle, or as I suspect, one foot on the grab rail and one on the engine hump

[gasgas]

That’s the standard driving position for Italian truck drivers.

It’s safe too, because they have about 1 metre separation on the Autostrada so , if one were to brake there would be a disaster. By keeping really close to the truck in front, no one can cut into the lane and force anyone to brake.

Its a technique learned form the USAAF 8th Air Force in World War 2, where the Flying Fortresses were supposed to keep less than an Me Bf 109’s wingspan away from each other on all sides. Made it impossible for the opposing fighters to dive through the bombers, and in pulling up/turning away they were a good target for the gunners.

Or that’s what an Italian truck driver told me…

[rocky_7]

OVLOV JAY:

trubster:

OVLOV JAY:
What’s the point of calling the old bill. If I got pulled and they had no evidence, I’d just say it must have been the numbskull I had a verbal with a few miles back, then proceed with a [zb] story about a car trying to force me over at an onslip. I just saw a blakemans rigid in the roadworks at stafford, literally 4ft from the punto in front. Did I ring the 5o? No. Did I think to myself what a ■■■? Yes

Calling the 5o when a driver is watching a movie on a laptop could save someones life! (Assuming they manage to make it out of the police station)

It is clear from either side of the vehicle at night that a movie is being played, even from a cars viewpoint.

But the op never said anything about watching a film, he said he had his feet on the dash. Maybe the op need to elaborate whether the alleged offender was stretched out diagonally with his feet in the middle, or as I suspect, one foot on the grab rail and one on the engine hump

His feet where not were they should have been , and if an emergency had have risen he would not have been able to respond to it quickly enough in the position he was in.

[rocky_7]

I suppose over the years I have been truck driving (50 for the record) I have at sometime been guilty of bad driving sometimes careless driving but never dangerous driving,If I start to nod its the next lay by or services for a kip.and bugger the timed deliveries. and for friend armageddon as an ex ME driver I have no need to fantasise, I leave that to the wannabees.

[ched]

Jesus H Christ! What’s the greater crime here? Someone with his feet on the dash steering under his knees or someone using a mobile phone whilst driving?

If this driver had crashed and killed someone then you would all wade in demonizing him with out a second thought. But because he didn’t kill anyone some of you automatically wade in and attack the OP for using a mobile whilst driving

There’s no way he could have got his feet to the brake pedal if something unexpected happened in front of him. It’s all very well saying you can judge the road and anticipate other drivers moves, but accidents happen when something happens that you couldn’t have anticipated. If people could foresee everything that might happen around them then there would be no accidents.

[armagedon]

Gas Gas you’ve never been to Italy indeed you’ve never left Gloucester, expect you heard that tale in a journalistic restroom by Skype.

[pimpdaddy]

Anybody who grasses others up is an aerosol, #simples

[rentadent]

Certain times of the day/night and on certain roads I doubt there is a problem putting your feet up for a while.
The guy might have just been stretching his legs out for a few minutes while the road was quiet and didn’t bank on overtaking Officer Dibble who couldn’t wait to call in his colleagues.

[rocky_7]

Pimpdaddy:
Anybody who grasses others up is an aerosol, #simples

Well pal this aerosol, would not hesitate to report you if I saw you pulling a stunt like I saw . there’s a difference in reporting dangerous driving and grassing on something trivial, which I would not do.

[rocky_7]

Rentadent:
Certain times of the day/night and on certain roads I doubt there is a problem putting your feet up for a while.
The guy might have just been stretching his legs out for a few minutes while the road was quiet and didn’t bank on overtaking Officer Dibble who couldn’t wait to call in his colleagues.

If you need to strech your legs , park up for 10 minutes…
How the hell do some of you people have the cheek to call yourselves “proffessional” drivers

[armagedon]

Good buddy Rocky I have to ask…what’s a ‘ME’ driver, as a pensioner in 4 weeks I am sure you will understand my mental frailty.

[dogsbody]

I think the issue here is similar to drink driving, it’s now socially unacceptable. I reckon 99% of people would phone the Police if they saw someone attempting to drive if they knew for definite they were in no fit state. I have seen many lhd tucks with laptops on the dashboard ( not 1 with uk plates!)
With the Introduction of all these iPads etc, the temptation to use them Whilst driving is obviously too great for some!
Aren’t we all supposed to look out for each other? If a driver who’s perceived to be driving dangerously is stopped from doing so, isn’t that better for everyone?
Daz.

[pimpdaddy]

rocky 7:
Well pal this aerosol, would not hesitate to report you if I saw you pulling a stunt like I saw . there’s a difference in reporting dangerous driving and grassing on something trivial, which I would not do.

You must live a sad little boring life to find time to do such zb, ‘pal’…! At no point did you mention what manner the vehicle was being driven in, no incident occurred as a result of the drivers actions did it…!?

[rocky_7]

Armagedon:
Good buddy Rocky I have to ask…what’s a ‘ME’ driver, as a pensioner in 4 weeks I am sure you will understand my mental frailty.

I spent some time driving on the Middle East.

[rocky_7]

Pimpdaddy:

rocky 7:
Well pal this aerosol, would not hesitate to report you if I saw you pulling a stunt like I saw . there’s a difference in reporting dangerous driving and grassing on something trivial, which I would not do.

You must live a sad little boring life to find time to do such zb, ‘pal’…! At no point did you mention what manner the vehicle was being driven in, no incident occurred as a result of the drivers actions did it…!?

If you had have had my life friend you wouldnt think so, also no incident occured because a sad little ■■■■■■■ like me put a stop to it before it did…

[mickyblue]

rocky 7:
On monday on my way up Scotch, I was overtaken by a Romanian reg artic. The driver had both his feet up on the dash and appeared to be steering from underneath his knees.As he passed he gave me one of those"Look how clever I am" looks.
I showed him how clever I was by reporting him to the police.
When I caught up with him parked on the shoulder of the M74 having been stopped by the law, I would really like to know exactly what they have done with him.And before Ory’s or any other foreign driver gets on to me about racism, I will Grass any driver English, Scots, or Irish If I see this sort of dangerous driving.

You a tanker driver by any chance?

[fatboy_slimslow]

rocky 7:

Pimpdaddy:

rocky 7:
If you had have had my life friend you wouldnt think so, also no incident occured because a sad little [zb] like me put a stop to it before it did…

if you’ve been driving 50 years, hurry up and RETIRE! please stop thieving oxygen, before anything happens to you on the road!

[denis_f]

Armagedon:
Good buddy Rocky I have to ask…what’s a ‘ME’ driver, as a pensioner in 4 weeks I am sure you will understand my mental frailty.

I think it means he’s driven here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands

[joker83]

In romania you can probably pass class one test for 100 dollars and a few sausage rolls from uk without any tests etc.well done to call police and maybe save someone’s life.
If he had he’s feet on the dash god knows what else he does on the road, because its childish and always innocent road users being affected by people like this.artic lorry it’s not a keyring…