Every time I hear these words I’m filled with fear. Its normally said by a well seasoned drive who knows the local roads and doesnt mind +40 s/c and 56 d/c.
Ive not had my liscence a whole year yet, it cost me quite a bit and Ive become accustomed to having it around.
I asked if this place was easy to find and the reply was “Its a piece of pass (other vowels…) you wont lose me mate!!!”
Straight out the gate he zooms off. Luckily I kept him in sight most of the way untill he pulled up to wait for me briefly when I lost him sticking to 50.
Still not my idea of fun. Anyone else get this?
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Oh yes! When I first had the school in 1984 I naturally didn’t start with a full book of work. So I signed on agency who sent me, on this occasion, to Stirlands in Nottingham to take a trailer for Boots. Arrived at office and presented licence. No prob. At that stage it was well over 10 years old. A regular driver turned up at the same time and was asked to show me how to go on at Boots (which is, in itself, like a small town). He had got the same destination as me as well. Credit due to the guy, he spent a while with me locating the trailer. 3 lines on unit, 2 on trailer. His advice was “just ignore the blue one”. He thought I was a new driver and was, without doubt, trying to help. However, advice was wrong. We met at the exit gate and I followed him onto the M1. Large sign on dash saying that terrible things would happen to drivers exceeding 50 mph. Cant recall the exact speed, but it was more than that. Then onto the Silverstone road - before it was improved and was like a country lane pretending to be a trunk road. He drove like someone possessed. 40 limit and we were doing a good 50. No problem to me as I’d done a mile or two. But he thought I was a new driver. So what he was trying to achieve, I dont know.
Now the punch line. He stopped in a layby and walked back to me, flask in hand. Declaring we were running early and had to wait for 20 minutes or so. I went to put tacho on “break” but he informed me it wasn’t necc’y.
Transpired he hadn’t put his chart in until he had the trailer anyway.
So, lads and lassies, beware the “experienced” driver! Most are great and will do stuff to genuinely help. The others we wont talk about.
Good luck all, Pete 