Not being funny here, but what kind of thick ■■■■ hits a bridge while pulling a double deck trailer ffs.
I don’t pull high deckers like that, but if I did I would have Bridgeparanoia, bridges would be the foremost thing on my mind, and at the very least I would check my proposed route before setting off …how tf did he not notice it?? 
Do these guys just switch off completely while driving, or what.
And I thought these ■■■■ overpriced truck sat navs these days had bridges on them.
So what’s it all about, is it carelessness, gross incompetence, stupidity or all 3. 
robroy:
Not being funny here, but what kind of thick [zb] hits a bridge while pulling a double deck trailer ffs.
I don’t pull high deckers like that, but if I did I would have Bridgeparanoia, bridges would be the foremost thing on my mind, and at the very least I would check my proposed route before setting off …how tf did he not notice it??
Do these guys just switch off completely while driving, or what.
And I thought these [zb] overpriced truck sat navs these days had bridges on them.
So what’s it all about, is it carelessness, gross incompetence, stupidity or all 3.
Sadly the reality is that a high number of drivers are thick as ■■■■. Take last week. I was coming out of Truro running at 16 foot. It’s about 5 miles or so before I get on the A30 and can get up to speed. On the A road from Truro to the A30 I’m taking it steady. Hedge rows right up the road, over hanging trees, road is fairly narrow and narrows more in places, lots of bends, and lots of oncoming coaches and trucks. At certain times a combination of factors meant I either had to slow right down, pull out, or stop to let the oncoming traffic clear so I could avoid the hedges/trees.
And the whole time I could hear horn blowing behind me. Knew by the sound it was a truck. Ordinarily I’ll ignore it, but after about half a dozen repeats of the horn blowing the road narrowed so I pulled into the middle. Stopped the truck. Got out and went to have a word.
Directly behind me was a lady driver, a tourist I think as she had a roof box on. I politely asked her if it was her kept blowing her horn and she replied no and that she wondered who it was. Directly behind her was a tipper truck…
So walk up to his cab. The fat ■■■■ just sits there staring straight ahead. Doesn’t even acknowledge me. (Bet he’d locked his door though). So point up to the trees shake head etc. Get back in cab. Drive on.
Once on the A30 the brave tipper driver overtakes me blowing his horn and giving me the ■■■■■■ sign.
A perfect example of the retards on the road driving trucks.
Third time in as many weeks a truck has hit that bridge, B+M has a distribution centre a mile away in Speke.
robroy:
Not being funny here, but what kind of thick [zb] hits a bridge while pulling a double deck trailer ffs.
I don’t pull high deckers like that, but if I did I would have Bridgeparanoia, bridges would be the foremost thing on my mind, and at the very least I would check my proposed route before setting off …how tf did he not notice it??
Do these guys just switch off completely while driving, or what.
And I thought these [zb] overpriced truck sat navs these days had bridges on them.
So what’s it all about, is it carelessness, gross incompetence, stupidity or all 3.
I used to pull DX 16’ 0" DD’s for Mark Thompson mate, and you are right.
Bridgemania was imprinted within the confines of my rather splendid and impressive brain.
It just simply becomes a normal part of your driving routine when pulling deckers as I am sure DD pilots on here will confirm.
Where you COULD come unstuck if you RELY on truck sat-navs is if you now and again swap back to a 14’ 0" trailer (like I used to), forgetting to alter your vehicle height back will drop you in the crap.
An easy alternative for the stupid/lazy sat nav relying mob is to always leave it set to 16’ 0", but as you and I well know, this can leave you doing lot’s of extra clicks in certain parts of the country (thus incurring the wrath of the pointy shoe wearing office bellends).
Backs up my opinion of tipper drivers!!! Predominantly class 2!!
eagerbeaver:
robroy:
Not being funny here, but what kind of thick [zb] hits a bridge while pulling a double deck trailer ffs.
I don’t pull high deckers like that, but if I did I would have Bridgeparanoia, bridges would be the foremost thing on my mind, and at the very least I would check my proposed route before setting off …how tf did he not notice it??
Do these guys just switch off completely while driving, or what.
And I thought these [zb] overpriced truck sat navs these days had bridges on them.
So what’s it all about, is it carelessness, gross incompetence, stupidity or all 3.I used to pull DX 16’ 0" DD’s for Mark Thompson mate, and you are right.
Bridgemania was imprinted within the confines of my rather splendid and impressive brain.
It just simply becomes a normal part of your driving routine when pulling deckers as I am sure DD pilots on here will confirm.
Where you COULD come unstuck if you RELY on truck sat-navs is if you now and again swap back to a 14’ 0" trailer (like I used to), forgetting to alter your vehicle height back will drop you in the crap.An easy alternative for the stupid/lazy sat nav relying mob is to always leave it set to 16’ 0", but as you and I well know, this can leave you doing lot’s of extra clicks in certain parts of the country (thus incurring the wrath of the pointy shoe wearing office bellends).
Sounds as if you are almost getting to be as good a driver as I am mate 
, with those opinions.
Keep it up, one day you could be,… so stick in.
I think some drivers are just switched on, permanently. Do the job properly. Others never seem to engage with what they are doing, and are just an accident waiting to happen.
That bridge is a walk away from their depot. I slow down when I go under that bridge with a HC container. It just looks lower than its 14’9.
I was going to start a thread called ‘your local loons’, and B&M was near the top of my list for Liverpool. 
Claretmac:
Backs up my opinion of tipper drivers!!! Predominantly class 2!!
Predominantly lower class.
Claretmac:
Backs up my opinion of tipper drivers!!! Predominantly class 2!!
With them you’ve got two types, those working their way up from the bottom, and the proper knuckle draggers that will always drive tippers.
robroy:
Not being funny here, but what kind of thick [zb] hits a bridge while pulling a double deck trailer
A Wilkos Driver ?
Some of you will remember the incident on the A619 at Darfoulds
peirre:
robroy:
Not being funny here, but what kind of thick [zb] hits a bridge while pulling a double deck trailerA Wilkos Driver ?
Some of you will remember the incident on the A619 at Darfoulds
Wasn’t that one of the green armys finest from Barlborough? Taking a short cut back from Goole?
Another ■■■■■■■ retarded steering wheel attendant [emoji35]
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Claretmac:
Backs up my opinion of tipper drivers!!! Predominantly class 2!!With them you’ve got two types, those working their way up from the bottom, and the proper knuckle draggers that will always drive tippers.
Classic stereotype generalising ■■■■■■■■…
I know many tipper drivers that are good lads, it’s the teararse d/heads among them that bring them down like every other aspect of road transport.
How can you judge a whole group of drivers on whatever trailer type they pull ffs.
I would like to agree with robroy whole heartedly, even if the tipper drivers around here are trying to prove him wrong.
Henrys cat:
Wasn’t that one of the green armys finest from Barlborough? Taking a short cut back from Goole?
That was another occasion, the wilko driver took the top off the decker.
Apparently they had done their 1st store run with a single decker, then picked up the DD for the 2nd and instinctively took the same route as before heading to the M1 south
robroy:
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Claretmac:
Backs up my opinion of tipper drivers!!! Predominantly class 2!!With them you’ve got two types, those working their way up from the bottom, and the proper knuckle draggers that will always drive tippers.
Classic stereotype generalising ■■■■■■■■…
I know many tipper drivers that are good lads, it’s the teararse d/heads among them that bring them down like every other aspect of road transport.
How can you judge a whole group of drivers on whatever trailer type they pull ffs.
Easily. Someone has to be at the bottom of the food chain in all fields. If it wasn’t for tippers it’d be Jack Richards. Such is the way of the world.
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robroy:
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Claretmac:
Backs up my opinion of tipper drivers!!! Predominantly class 2!!With them you’ve got two types, those working their way up from the bottom, and the proper knuckle draggers that will always drive tippers.
Classic stereotype generalising ■■■■■■■■…
I know many tipper drivers that are good lads, it’s the teararse d/heads among them that bring them down like every other aspect of road transport.
How can you judge a whole group of drivers on whatever trailer type they pull ffs.Easily. Someone has to be at the bottom of the food chain in all fields. If it wasn’t for tippers it’d be Jack Richards. Such is the way of the world.
Ok,.whatever you say mate. 
To me a driver is a driver, whatever the work, full time, agency, Brit or foreign, or even Stobarts, and I make my own mind up about each on an individual basis.
Lancashire Lad? …I don’t know if you were talking about me in the question, or not?
Thankfully it wasn’t me! I do work nights at the same depot, and started my shift later that evening
at 23.00 (the bridge strike happened at approx 18.40).
I didn’t hear too much of the details about it…because the other drivers were all just in a mad rush
to get out, get their runs done as quickly as possible, and get home for Christmas.
I was actually driving back to the north-west from Oxford at the time…having witnessed Wigan Athletic’s
club record 7-0 away win at Oxford United…oh well…made my Christmas anyway!
It was apparently one of the agency temps that was involved. Don’t know much else about it, but I
did start a thread a couple of months back, in which I was bemoaning the number of accidents
that our temporary agency drivers were having…so sadly it doesn’t really surprise me.
Happy Christmas All.
Update
Heard that the bridge striker was a young EE agency driver in his 20’s who had been using a car sat-nav, and apparently
could not be interviewed afterwards by transport managers until they found him an interpreter!
The rest you couldn’t make-up. On delving into his past, it was found that he had already been sacked by 2 other firms earlier
this year…for damaging a line of parked cars, and for striking another bridge during the summer!
He is also the same guy who last month reversed his car into 2 parked cars (damaging them) in the staff car park!
No doubt he will be joining a different agency and working for another unsuspecting firm very shortly.
Guys like this should not be driving at all. He is another accident waiting to happen.
As I pointed out in another thread, a couple of months back, we seem to have got some really poor agency drivers this
Christmas, and quite a number of them are guys who have been sacked from multiple other firms for their terrible
accident records. Some won’t like me saying this, but I will tell the truth…nearly all of the worst offenders are
young, inexperienced EE’s who are using car sat-navs, tailgating other road users, completely ignoring speed limits,
watching films whilst driving and barely any of them speak a word of English.
Around half of our permanent drivers are EE’s, but most of them are experienced guys who speak good english, and
are good drivers. Many of these guys are embarrassed by the driving habits of this crop of EE agency drivers, and
several have said that many of them would not even get a job driving in Eastern Europe because their driving habits
and accident records are so bad.
…but no doubt some other agency here will sign them up, and who knows, they could be driving at your depot before
you know it!