robroy:
I pointed out that you don’t park in bad places through choice, it’s an absolute last desperate resort situation
Yeah you do do it out of choice when you chose to pass all those perfectly good places you could have stopped at trying to wring every last minute out of the tacho leaving you getting to the point where you literally just have to abandon it where you roll over to 9hrs.
Well I was talking from my own personal point of view, as I certainly don’t work like that, but I reckon that will be the case with some of em some of the time yeh, granted.
I have to admit to doing that a few times in the past.But they were all actually driving at the time and I could see they were struggling keeping within the white lines after a long delayed night usually followed by a flash and/or wave of thanks. Also been thanfkful for the favour in return maybe once or twice.The shot of adrenaline it creates is unbelievable.DAF’s being some of the best out there.
robroy:
I pointed out that you don’t park in bad places through choice, it’s an absolute last desperate resort situation
Yeah you do do it out of choice when you chose to pass all those perfectly good places you could have stopped at trying to wring every last minute out of the tacho leaving you getting to the point where you literally just have to abandon it where you roll over to 9hrs.
Says the man who’s never really had to do a driving job that actually required any thought. A man who can only cope when every single second of his day is planned by others.
the maoster:
Absolute scum. The type of amoeba with zero social graces, the type of pondlife who’d not show any gratitude or acknowledgement to you holding a door open for them, letting them out of a sliproad, backing off when they’re struggling to get past, the list goes on.
All in all the type of person that I’d happily squat down beside and enjoy watching them take their last breath as they die from throat cancer!
Apart from that I have no problem with them!
Jeez Maoster, remind me never to cross you.
Recruitment officer : " why do you want to be a sniper?"
Moaster: " I want to watch a man, when I squeeze the trigger, and see his head explode"
Had to night out at Leicester Forest East unexpectedly about a month ago and their was a number of DPD drivers doing trailer swoops leaving the engine running. They would then stand there for ages chatting loudly with the engines still running. It was obvious they couldn’t give a ■■■■ about people trying to sleep.
It’s one of the reasons I avoid MSA as best I can.
LisasGuy:
Had to night out at Leicester Forest East unexpectedly about a month ago and their was a number of DPD drivers doing trailer swoops leaving the engine running. They would then stand there for ages chatting loudly with the engines still running. It was obvious they couldn’t give a [zb] about people trying to sleep.
It’s one of the reasons I avoid MSA as best I can.
Good opportunity to teach them about the importance of double checking the clip (I joke , I joke!)
LisasGuy:
Had to night out at Leicester Forest East unexpectedly about a month ago and their was a number of DPD drivers doing trailer swoops leaving the engine running. They would then stand there for ages chatting loudly with the engines still running. It was obvious they couldn’t give a [zb] about people trying to sleep.
It’s one of the reasons I avoid MSA as best I can.
I know what you mean, but they are just inconsiderate and ignorant ■■■■■■ the noise they make is whilst doing their job.
Where as the individuals who think it’s a laugh to try and wake a tramper on his daily rest comes under the full on unbalanced f/whit category.
LisasGuy:
Had to night out at Leicester Forest East unexpectedly about a month ago and their was a number of DPD drivers doing trailer swoops leaving the engine running. They would then stand there for ages chatting loudly with the engines still running. It was obvious they couldn’t give a [zb] about people trying to sleep.
It’s one of the reasons I avoid MSA as best I can.
I know what you mean, but they are just inconsiderate and ignorant [zb], the noise they make is whilst doing their job.
Where as the individuals who think it’s a laugh to try and wake a tramper on his daily rest comes under the full on unbalanced f/whit category.
Yes there’s some real idiots especially at Lockerbie that’s why I don’t bother stopping anymore .
years ago .used parked near a wickes distribution centre in hemel hempstead.
on and off all night kept hearing trucks beeping and music. i couldt sleep so looked out . and basically all the night drivers from wickes somehow found it hilarious to drive along the road doing about 5 mph windows down music on beeping away at all the trucks parked along the road .
childish if you ask me
There’s some prick that drives down the A1 blowing his airhorns as he passes lay-bys. I’ve heard him a couple of times. I’d love to get his reg number and company name then name and shame on here [emoji2959]
edd1974:
years ago .used parked near a wickes distribution centre in hemel hempstead.
on and off all night kept hearing trucks beeping and music. i couldt sleep so looked out . and basically all the night drivers from wickes somehow found it hilarious to drive along the road doing about 5 mph windows down music on beeping away at all the trucks parked along the road .
childish if you ask me
Childish yes, but it all boils down to ‘proper drivers’ and those who play at it, and who are actually nothing more than car drivers with an HGV licence.
There ain’t much solidarity today , but once over there was at the very least an underlying type of bond, however tenuous where drivers did at least have a bit of mutual respect and empathy towards each other, (those who have done a bit will know exactly what I’m trying to say, those who have not will not)
I can not imagine that scenario happening once over.
This is part of the reason that the job is ■■■■ ed.
LisasGuy:
Had to night out at Leicester Forest East unexpectedly about a month ago and their was a number of DPD drivers doing trailer swoops leaving the engine running. They would then stand there for ages chatting loudly with the engines still running. It was obvious they couldn’t give a [zb] about people trying to sleep.
It’s one of the reasons I avoid MSA as best I can.
I know what you mean, but they are just inconsiderate and ignorant [zb], the noise they make is whilst doing their job.
Where as the individuals who think it’s a laugh to try and wake a tramper on his daily rest comes under the full on unbalanced f/whit category.
Yes there’s some real idiots especially at Lockerbie that’s why I don’t bother stopping anymore .
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i saw what you did there…wait until he wakes up this afternoon and deciphers the hidden agenda.
peirre:
I wouldn’t do it to a truck, but twice this week I have driven past a bunch of mobile caravan dwellers who have pitched up close to the depot and given them a toot at 5am to show my appreciation of their presence
I remember reading an article.maybe watching something
The Dutch had problems with caravaners .
The authorities got hold of a stage truck equipped with a loud speaker system.
And they drove it past at intervals during the night turned up fully. And eventaulkynthe caravaners got fed.up and.moved on
Robroy have i got a real numbnut one for you…parked up at a casino just inside south dakota , the parking area was huge so … not a truck in the place i parked up in the furtherest corner away from entrance .So got a lift on the security guys golfcart to the restaurant and wandered back after meal still no one else parked up at 9pm. About 1am i hear boom boom boom so after 5or so mins im thinking its music ! so i pull the curtain and there is a truck parked about 6inch of my mirrors windows open music blasting , driver with his back to the open window watching music videos FFS!. Well still no one else in this parking area bigger than some uk farms and i loose it big time ,down goes my window me in just a pair u shorts a tyre club in my hand cab light on in my loudest scots voice telling him he was a disrespectful sob and where the club was going in one minutes time and him telling me “im just relaxing man” with me telling him so was i till your jungle bunny music woke me up! move or else. He went away and parked up out o my sight. Was then i realised he might have been armed . . postnote drove over to casino in morning old security guard was laughing he said he saw it all on camera and other steering wheel attendent had came over to complain about me and guard had told him luckily for him some guys would have beaten him senseless.
JIMBO47:
Robroy have i got a real numbnut one for you…parked up at a casino just inside south dakota , the parking area was huge so … not a truck in the place i parked up in the furtherest corner away from entrance .So got a lift on the security guys golfcart to the restaurant and wandered back after meal still no one else parked up at 9pm. About 1am i hear boom boom boom so after 5or so mins im thinking its music ! so i pull the curtain and there is a truck parked about 6inch of my mirrors windows open, driver with his back to the open window watching music videos FFS!. Well still no one else in this parking area bigger than some uk farms and i loose it big time ,down goes my window me in just a pair u shorts a tyre club in my hand cab light on in my loudest scots voice telling him he was a disrespectful sob and where the club was going in one minutes time and him telling me “im just relaxing man” with me telling him so was i till your jungle bunny music woke me up! move or else. He went away and parked up out o my sight. Was then i realised he might have been armed . . postnote drove over to casino in morning old security guard was laughing he said he saw it all on camera and other steering wheel attendent had came over to complain about me and guard had told him luckily for him some guys would have beaten him senseless.
Ffs …So d/heads who drive trucks ain’t exclusive to the UK then eh?
dozy:
ZB me I park in lay-bys & don’t have this much trouble , seems from your posts this week your stressed out rob , looking for a fight every day , which is surprising as you’ve only been back to work for 5 mins after sitting on your ■■■ drinking beer for months !!!
afraid not, one thing though other trucks seem to park away from us grain haulers if they can , seems we have a bad attitudes with lots o us of a certain age
dozy:
ZB me I park in lay-bys & don’t have this much trouble , seems from your posts this week your stressed out rob , looking for a fight every day , which is surprising as you’ve only been back to work for 5 mins after sitting on your ■■■ drinking beer for months !!!
I usually can’t stand Dozy’s posts, but this one…
Didn’t even notice it, what with him being on pre.mod and all that.
Best respond to him bless him.
Aye that’s right doze, stressed out to ■■■■ as usual, mate, climbing the walls…you know how highly strung and panicky I am.
Anyhow mate, you won’t even notice the knobheads trying to wake you, as you’re normally cream crackered after being ran ragged to the last minute you park in your lay by, you’ll be dead to the world for 8 hours and 59 mins.
Get yourself on the Red Bull man to ease the fatigue,… keep off the beer and leave it to us with a stress free life sat on our arses relaxing after an easy day.
Also been thanfkful for the favour in return maybe once or twice.The shot of adrenaline it creates is unbelievable.DAF’s being some of the best out there. 
Jeez Maoster, remind me never to cross you. 
, but once over there was at the very least an underlying type of bond, however tenuous where drivers did at least have a bit of mutual respect and empathy towards each other, (those who have done a bit will know exactly what I’m trying to say, those who have not will not)