carryfast-yeti:
we used to be ‘knights of the road’…apparently…now everyone seems to hate us
Everyone hates trucks. This has always been the case. Nothing ever changed. What are you talking about?
V40LLY:
carryfast-yeti:
we used to be ‘knights of the road’…apparently…now everyone seems to hate usEveryone hates trucks. This has always been the case. Nothing ever changed. What are you talking about?
Joe publics dislike of trucks has always been, tis true. Though with the roads being vastly more congested with ordinary drivers commuting further on a daily basis, kids being chauffeured to and fro school, out of town shopping etc. The fact that the modern truck has a better ability to accelerate to keep nearer the flow off traffic, which aids the trucks driver to drive closer to the vehicle in front, for whatever reason. Add to this mayhem, fewer overtaking opportunities for all, whether that being due to congestion, speed, road restrictions or any other reason. Can anyone be surprised that anger and resentment builds. Human nature is to always target the outsider, to joe public, we are the outsider, we dominate the road space, making their 30 minute commute a pain,and fouling their laybys and business parks, for no good reason, as we all know it could all go on a train 
Truckers used to help each other more, but the camaraderie of the road has all but gone. There are a millions reasons for this, some might be down to pressure from the traffic office, trying to make ever shorter margins work, by sweating the asset, that’s you and Me by the way. Maybe its as simple as not helping others rope and sheet, or strip a tilt 2 hands in both situation were better than 1(I preferred tilts). When we go into a café, unless we are with a colleague, we all tend to sit on our own nowadays, I remember going into Cafes and them being so busy you had to share. If it was a regular stop, you’d check your pocket for change, first duty half a dozen cups of tea for all those you knew, and they could be some very extended breaks 
