A lot of the time I park with no phone signal. Guess if I have a serious problem overnight then I’ll die. Possibly a slow lingering lonely death.
don’t really have to memorize the latitude and longitude, if I make an emergency call they will see where I am…
I guess I need start looking at my own personal security when out all week.
I park up in laybys or where ever I want.
Never lock the doors or have ratchets strapping me in, nor do I have 12 inch blade just in case.
Never heard anything so stupid ratching ur self in the UK.
Why would anyone want to get in ur cab. U scared in case u get bumbed in the middle of the night.
They want ur load and diesel not ur annus.
Its like the bloke who parked is car in Liverpool. A lad strolls up and says A £ 5 to take care of your car , The chap says no need my dog inside will look after it. The lad says is he any good at putting fire out.
dieseldog999:
Contraflow:
Toby you worry too much, you’re probably going to give yourself a myocardial infarction.would that be before or after he has a stroke?..
During it.
Running out of driving time, I came off the forest road from Bordeaux to Irun.
Found a spot in the middle of nowhere, it was pitch black at night, I reversed in to a clearing off the road.
Before shipping out, I saw the Blair Witch Project film.
In the night I hear noises, were the woods haunted, was there a mad axe man on the run.
I kept waking up,with images of the witch film.
I kept looking out of the window.
It was a strange night.No phone signal.
Tonight I’d like to park up North of Miffins Bridge but if it’s closed then Cadbury Street will have to do.
Themoocher:
I guess I need start looking at my own personal security when out all week.I park up in laybys or where ever I want.
Never lock the doors or have ratchets strapping me in, nor do I have 12 inch blade just in case.
Never heard anything so stupid ratching ur self in the UK.
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I think its wise to lock the doors, but got to agree, a ratchet strap across the doors whats that about 
surely would get in the way off the kettle 
and the only 12 inch blade I carry is to slice my bread
Many years ago, one off the guys at a firm I worked for, drove one off 2 Transcons on our fleet. One night he was parked at the Farmhouse at Fleet Hargate nr Holbeech, middle off the night his cab doors swung open to the noise off some scrote hitting the floors, it turned out the low life was trying to nick his CB ariel, so on that occasion an unlocked door prevented theft
klunk/■■■■■■■■
Contraflow wrote:Toby you worry too much, you’re probably going to give yourself a myocardial infarction.
would that be before or after he has a stroke?..
The stroke would come first because it survival is better than the heart attack,a myocardial infarction has a less chance of survival,as below,
Up to 50% of people who have an acute myocardial infarction die within 30 days of the event, and over half of these deaths occur before medical assistance arrives or the patient reaches hospital. About one third of all deaths occur within the first hour,
Klunk
ok,now try and read it in the humour it was intended… 
Definitely know where I am or I wouldn’t have got there in the first place!
If I need an ambulance or medical attention, I phone up, I can tell them where I am no problem.
Always lock the door.
I lock my doors and I have an iron rod from the tire kit on the engine hump.
Radar19:
…an iron rod from the tire kit on the engine hump.
…is now no longer just an iron rod from the tyre kit.
I’m suprised at the amount of folk on here who panic and ■■■■ their pants about going a minute over their driving time, yet think nothing of being in posession of an offensive weapon.
Very strange.
I think it’s a comfort thing. Sort of like having an iron bar there, you’re hoping the bar will sort it all out for you.
Most people despite their bravado about getting into fisty cuffs would ■■■■ themselves if they cracked someone’s skull open with a tyre iron as you may well get slotted yourself once the 2 others you didnt see decide to make you quiet or once the adrenaline dies down aren’t killed in retaliation (having just escalated things) you’re then faced with a whole new level of ■■■■ from the police. People forget this bit and sit their feeling they’re handy with the fists so what’s an extra baseball bat or crow bar. They don’t think that bit out, that’ll all work out of course as it happens. Just like in t’ films. My old pa said to me about it “Never go out at night from bed in the buff wielding a knife if you hear someone rustling unless you know ■■■■ sure who they are and you can deal with that knife coming back your way”
James the cat:
Most people despite their bravado about getting into fisty cuffs would [zb] themselves if they cracked someone’s skull open with a tyre iron…
Yes, but that’s not my point.
Picture the scene; you get pulled over by the filth, you’ve a minor infringement on your card and a tyre iron readily available on the engine hump.
Which of these is your average TruckNet user more bothered about? The tyre iron or the infringement?
Which of these is the filth more bothered about?
I know it wasn’t your point. I was adding my own point! I agree by the way. Odd balance of worry.
Like I said in reference to my point. If you get my point, but it adds to your point, I don’t think people think too much beyond the comfort it gives them. They don’t cotton the end game of that tyre iron, even contemplate the legality of having it (its just a tyre rod in a truck?) or what they intend doing with it, “be alright, It’ll all work itself out” . Yet tacho rules. All drivers have been surrounded by talk of these for years so witter on about them. In driver world they think about the end game of going over the hours far more as its what they’re used to and it’s real. Not many people are actually used to or really, let’s be honest think they’re really going to shatter a skull with that tyre iron. Or do they? Mmmm? This is the problem. They don’t think.
Contraflow:
Radar19:
…an iron rod from the tire kit on the engine hump.…is now no longer just an iron rod from the tyre kit.
I’m suprised at the amount of folk on here who panic and [zb] their pants about going a minute over their driving time, yet think nothing of being in posession of an offensive weapon.
Very strange.
Its part of the kit as the kit bag is down the side of the bunk but when you think about it, it doesn’t look that great either way. Would I be tempted to use it as a means of defending myself? Maybe. I’ve never been in that situation, touch wood.
A Greek driver was in the UK, two men tried to rob cargo from his trailer.
One man got stabbed and later died, the driver was released without charges.
The men were on the Police radar for prolific
lorry crimes in the area.
A young lad who shall remain nameless parked in a forestry quarry one night. I’d already told him a tale about the old woman of the hill who haunts that particular area of forestry.
An hour or so later another driver parks down the road and walks into the quarry. By now it’s pitch black and the young lad will be settled down in his jim jams to watch Blue Peter or whatever the young uns are into.
The other driver then picks up a very sizeable rock and drops it from the quarry edge into the trailer. 5 minutes later he repeated this. And again. Then off back to his own wagon.
Young driver told us about the banging on his trailer and the fact he was cacking it all night. Hardly slept and possibly needed new pyjamas.
He called us names when we told him what had happened.
I find the worst thing is owls that perch on your wind kit over night. They land on the top edge and struggle to balance. Then all your hear is the scratching noise of their talons as they scramble on the slope to regain balance.
." the scratching noise of their talons as they scramble on the slope to regain balance."
Bloody hell. My missus was on top last night!
Were you watching Happysack?