i got stuck on the M42 today due more drivers who struggle going in a straight line with everyone going the same direction
Well there’s sympathy from me especially for those innocent victims who suffer because of the actions of one person probably.
oh yes the innocent people who get caught up dont get me wrong but to be fair mirror signal manover and 2nd rule instead of tailgating while updating facebook. then as well theirs those that as soon as they get hit start holding their back in pain while on the phone to neil hudgall and ambelance.
i got stuck on the M42 today due more drivers who struggle going in a straight line with everyone going the same direction
Well there’s sympathy from me especially for those innocent victims who suffer because of the actions of one person probably.
oh yes the innocent people who get caught up dont get me wrong but to be fair mirror signal manover and 2nd rule instead of tailgating while updating facebook. then as well theirs those that as soon as they get hit start holding their back in pain while on the phone to neil hudgall and ambelance.
beattun:
with regards to limiters, do you really feel like youre being safer being limited to 56? you cant pull yourself out of a jacknife (unless youre travelling at about 50), and really dpes the stopping distance between travelling at 56 and 70 really make stuff all of a difference when sh-t goes wrong? usually when a truck is in trouble like that, its gonna be bad regardless
You think you can pull yourself out of a jackknife at 50-56? Yr a better driver than I could ever hope to be.
Absolutely, having jackknifed a truck myself, I can tell Beattun that a truck will jackknife quicker than you can say the word “jackknife”.
Having also jackknifed a truck at 50 odd mph I whole heartedly concur. All you can do is hang on and ride it out it happens that fast.
I think beattun’s comment is about as realistic as those who say they don’t wear a seatbelt so they can jump out of the seat and into the bunk in the event of an accident.
toby1234abc:
Swans that mistake the motorway as a river,and land.
Are you for [zb] real??
Does happen, got held up near Kings Lynn for over an hour a few years ago when a pair landed on the wet road, two cars went off the road trying to avoid them! Mind you, they probably have sat nav these days.
beattun:
with regards to limiters, do you really feel like youre being safer being limited to 56? you cant pull yourself out of a jacknife (unless youre travelling at about 50), and really dpes the stopping distance between travelling at 56 and 70 really make stuff all of a difference when sh-t goes wrong? usually when a truck is in trouble like that, its gonna be bad regardless
You think you can pull yourself out of a jackknife at 50-56? Yr a better driver than I could ever hope to be.
Absolutely, having jackknifed a truck myself, I can tell Beattun that a truck will jackknife quicker than you can say the word “jackknife”.
Having also jackknifed a truck at 50 odd mph I whole heartedly concur. All you can do is hang on and ride it out it happens that fast.
I think beattun’s comment is about as realistic as those who say they don’t wear a seatbelt so they can jump out of the seat and into the bunk in the event of an accident.
You mean not wearing a seatbelt isn’t going to save my life■■? Bugger.
toby1234abc:
Swans that mistake the motorway as a river,and land.
Are you for [zb] real??
Unfortunately he’s telling the truth. I’ve been to numerous swan jobs where they’ve landed on the motorway thinking it’s a river. Sadly a lot of them have already been killed by the time we get there.
toby1234abc:
Swans that mistake the motorway as a river,and land.
Are you for [zb] real??
Unfortunately he’s telling the truth. I’ve been to numerous swan jobs where they’ve landed on the motorway thinking it’s a river. Sadly a lot of them have already been killed by the time we get there.
Saw one on the southbound M6 where it joins the toll road a few months ago. Strolling about the carriageway and a full closure had been put in place. Size of those things could do some serious damage to a driver if they went through a windscreen.
toby1234abc:
Swans that mistake the motorway as a river,and land.
Are you for [zb] real??
Unfortunately he’s telling the truth. I’ve been to numerous swan jobs where they’ve landed on the motorway thinking it’s a river. Sadly a lot of them have already been killed by the time we get there.
Saw one on the southbound M6 where it joins the toll road a few months ago. Strolling about the carriageway and a full closure had been put in place. Size of those things could do some serious damage to a driver if they went through a windscreen.
And you can’t even eat them! a bit like Ginsters really
i got stuck on the M42 today due more drivers who struggle going in a straight line with everyone going the same direction
Well there’s sympathy from me especially for those innocent victims who suffer because of the actions of one person probably.
Lorry driver Terry Brice from Bristol was also named in reports as being among the victims.
A Twitter post, believed to be made by his teenage daughter------- Jessica------, said: “rest in peace daddy, i love you so much, you will never be forgotten, not a day will go by where i won’t hope you’ll walk through that door.”
bald bloke:
That’s so sad, he could have been a Samworth driver maybe.
Truck driver Terry Brice, 55, from Bedminster, Bristol, was named locally last night as another victim of the tragedy. His 16-year-old daughter, Jessica, took to Twitter to pay an emotional tribute to her father.
She wrote: ‘Rest in peace, Daddy, I love you so much. You will never be forgotten, not a day will go by where I won’t hope you’ll walk through that door. Instead of mourning your death, I’ll celebrate your life. Wish you would hold me one last time.’
Another Samworth driver said there were 3 drivers from the same company killed or injured
There was also a J B Wheaton & Sons Ltd fridge involved
bald bloke:
That’s so sad, he could have been a Samworth driver maybe.
Truck driver Terry Brice, 55, from Bedminster, Bristol, was named locally last night as another victim of the tragedy. His 16-year-old daughter, Jessica, took to Twitter to pay an emotional tribute to her father.
She wrote: ‘Rest in peace, Daddy, I love you so much. You will never be forgotten, not a day will go by where I won’t hope you’ll walk through that door. Instead of mourning your death, I’ll celebrate your life. Wish you would hold me one last time.’
Another Samworth driver said there were 3 drivers from the same company killed or injured
A bit close to home, another driver at our place and myself got offered a job there back in February I didn’t take it but my colleague did and worked nights including every Friday.
beattun:
with regards to limiters, do you really feel like youre being safer being limited to 56? you cant pull yourself out of a jacknife (unless youre travelling at about 50), and really dpes the stopping distance between travelling at 56 and 70 really make stuff all of a difference when sh-t goes wrong? usually when a truck is in trouble like that, its gonna be bad regardless
You think you can pull yourself out of a jackknife at 50-56? Yr a better driver than I could ever hope to be.
Absolutely, having jackknifed a truck myself, I can tell Beattun that a truck will jackknife quicker than you can say the word “jackknife”.
Having also jackknifed a truck at 50 odd mph I whole heartedly concur. All you can do is hang on and ride it out it happens that fast.
I think beattun’s comment is about as realistic as those who say they don’t wear a seatbelt so they can jump out of the seat and into the bunk in the event of an accident.
Yet today i followed a 7t truck that had its rear fogs on, tailgated me and after overtaking pulled in sharply enough i had to brake then later was on his mobile and couldn’t keep to his lane, nearly hitting a coach that ended up in the outside lane. Clearly either DGAF or couldn’t care. Thankfully as he was on the limiter an i was plodding along at 50 he soon got off ahead and out of my area of concern
but I agree with jessicas dad!!!
