Lorry Driver Killed On M74 Today

Marty B7:

damoq:

Trukkertone:
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…

I usually try to move out if i can. But if i can’t, i’ll slow it down a good bit.

and yet we had clowns on another thread the other day there moaning that they are getting slowed down too much in roadworks

maybe this is a wee reminder to all that its a dangerous job we do and we should all be singing from the same songbook

That’s the worrying thing. They don’t seem to realize the dangers and probably wont till its too late unfortunately. Some poor person looses their life because a driver wont slow down or move over, all because they don’t want to loose a few seconds of their time. Just plain selfish IMO.

Trukkertone:
i think we should spread the message that we all need to move out of the left lane if we see anything on the hard shoulder, whether it be daylight or dark, car or truck, hato or smokie… give 'em space…

Great idea. I usually do it for a broken down heavy.

I sat at same spot last year for 2 hours with a n/s puncture, the truck traffic passing me was inches away, my entire fridge wagon was shaking each time another passed and that was with me loaded to 40+ tonnes.

Very sad.