Olog Hai:
buck73:
this happened to me coming down the a1 from berwick to newcastle last night.some tth truck sat doing 37mph on the cruise control,the entire length of the single track,as soon as he hit the dual he was away…however,i crawled past him at alnwick,gave him the obligatary horn,hand gesture and 50mph sign,pulled in front of him and slowed him down on the dual.
wonderful, here’s another billy big trucker who likes to lecture us all, then shows what a true professional he really is. you overtook him, got on the horn, cut in front and then got on the brakes?! Are you for real or what?!
people like you have no place on the road full stop, let alone pulling 40 tonnes around. you are quite evidently a danger to others, not only given that you would actually do something like that but because you think its perfectly acceptable!
buck73:
Olog Hai:
i just love it. an irish motor pulling a norfolk line fridge and its driver is lecturing on reckless and inconsiderate driving.
some guys out there reeeeeealy need to calm down and chill out a bit.
you obviously dont use the a1,a9,a7,a77,a76,a75,a69,on a daily basis do you?,otherwise you wouldnt make a comment like that.nuff said!.
very rarely. in the extremely unlikely event of me doing so AND being stuck behind a supermarket wagon at 37 then i’d pull over, have a 15, let the queue clear, and be on my way again.
i read some stuff on here and it really is not difficult to work out why the public opinion of truckers is thick-as-[zb], ignorant [zb]. quite obviously, that is exactly what plenty are.
ho ho,another holier than thou ■■■■■■■■ post i can rip apart!!!
point 1-yes i am a billy big trucker.
point 2- yes i am very proffesional,just because i dont hold up endless miles of traffic,causing frustration,near misses due to frustration building up and people taken unnecesary risks,or cause problems for the emergency services sitting at the back of a 2 mile long queue trying to get some poor joe to hospital in a hurry!.,ohh and err,im very good at my job,and well respected in the industry,and never had an own fault accident in my career.does the fact that i dont sit at 40 mph(a well known outdated law,and in fact northumbria police would rather you kept it around the 50mph mark,unofficially of course) or less make me a non proffesional?.i think its yourself that needs to get real or what!
point 3-i have every place to be on the road,its my “professional” job.
point 4-i pull 38 tonnes,not 40,as per my vehicle gross weight limits.
point 5-as ive never had,as mentioned in point 2 an own fault accident,and may i be so bold as to add,have the natural ability to be very good at reading the road around me very well at all times,never had an own fault accident,how exactly am i evidently a danger to others.may i dare say,that quite the opposite of your stinging criticism,ive avoided many accidents induced by other careless drivers by being able to read and adapt quickly to road users/and/or conditions.
point 6-yes i do think its perfectley acceptable to return the inconsideration shown by a selfish idiot,who poses more of a risk to other road users than myself,and furthermore i hope he took it in the manner it was intended!.as far as im concerned,the roads would be a safer place without idiots like him(and you so it seems).
point 7-public opinion of truckers is greatly more intolerable,when inconsiderate,selfish drivers,do 37mph on a single carriageway,then flat out on the limiter,breaking the speed limit,and not allowing traffic to pass,and do not pull over to let miles of queues clear.
point 8-if youd had the intelligence to read my post properly in the first place,you would see im not having a go at someone who chooses to sit at the current speed limit for lgv"s on a single carriageway,ie 40mph,im having a go at the heroes who stick rigidly to the speed limit or below,oblivious to the frustration,risk taking,and mayhem that is happening behind them by NOT pulling over to let the queue clear,AND then having the downright audacity to speed on a dual carriageway(why 1 rule for 1,then a different rule for the same principle■■?).
, i could well be wriong but id of thought a controlled reaction would be too continue at the same speed ,would he expect you to slow or even STOP , id of thought if you were being tailgated to the extreme,and stopped , thered be one big BANG , not sure the coppers would think youd controlled the situation very well