Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire had a flood,in the readers letters to the local paper,an annoyed resident blames the Police for not nicking enough drivers going over the weight limit bridge which is miles awsy from the flood.
A road was blocked off and pedestrians were told by the Police they could not go a certain way.
In the same paper,the lorry watch campaigners want a one way system in the town and a speed limit of 20 mph and say drivers can not read the weight limit signs as their town is not a short cut.
One lorry watcher joined as he heard that pedestrians were being hit by passing lorry mirrors.
Are the residents 8 feet tall or walking in road not looking where they are going.
And lastly ,the Cheif watcher warns us all the town residents are going to record illegal bridge crossings.
Linky?
We used to have a weight limit on a local bridge. We built a stronger bridge.
toby1234abc:
Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire had a flood,in the readers letters to the local paper,an annoyed resident blames the Police for not nicking enough drivers going over the weight limit bridge which is miles awsy from the flood.
A road was blocked off and pedestrians were told by the Police they could not go a certain way.
In the same paper,the lorry watch campaigners want a one way system in the town and a speed limit of 20 mph and say drivers can not read the weight limit signs as their town is not a short cut.
One lorry watcher joined as he heard that pedestrians were being hit by passing lorry mirrors.
Are the residents 8 feet tall or walking in road not looking where they are going.
And lastly ,the Cheif watcher warns us all the town residents are going to record illegal bridge crossings.
I wonder if there’s a heatwave later in the year they’ll blame the heat from all the nasty truck engines that drive through?
I’ve never seen a ‘passing lorry mirror’ before. Do you think they meant mirrors that are attached to lorries? And who the ■■■■ is tall enough to be hit by a mirror on a truck?? Is this a town of giants? 
trubster:
Linky?
trubster,
Tobyland quite often has a different reality to the rest of the UK, so links are rarely available. 
The angry person who wrote in to the paper was annoyed that the Police stopped them for health and safety reasons due to the small train station being blocked off.Floods had cut off routes.
I am not sure how to post the link but the readers letters are on page 36 in The Wiltshire Times and the anti lorry brigade report is on page17.
Titled ; No let up from lorry watchers.
Truckulent:
Is this a town of giants?
GIANT NIMBY’s. LOL !
I’ve said it before- Ban Lorry’s completely from the Bloody Place & let the shops run empty !
It would be a smaller lorry to get hit by a mirror,so those are under the weight limit,such as scaffold lorries and builder merchants.Artic morrors are too high so the report is incorrect and scare mongering.
toby1234abc:
I am not sure how to post the link but the readers letters are on page 36 in The Wiltshire Times and the anti lorry brigade report is on page17.
Titled ; No let up from lorry watchers.
Thanks for that Toby 
A link is best, but at least you’ve now said where you got the info from, so readers can now find it and read the whole lot if they want to.
They’ll also know that what you’ve put isn’t just some random rambling Tobyism
Lorry watchers want to put flashing warning signs for the weight limit.The problem is an empty artic that may weigh under the 18 ton limit,but they nick you by counting the axles and not if you are empty.
Weight limits usually refer to the plated gross weight and have nothing to do
with the actual weight.
Is the weight limit signed for access or loading/unloading?
The signs are 18 ton limit only with the advisory route written underneath.You go via the Old Nestle factory at Staverton.A narrow road with bends but passable in artics.
They were on about instant fines the first offence.At the moment you get done on the second offence.
The first time is a warning letter to the vehicle operator/owner or driver.Up to £2000.
I thought you’d ■■■■■■ off to Russia, or somewhere like that tobester?
Truckulent:
I’ve never seen a ‘passing lorry mirror’ before. Do you think they meant mirrors that are attached to lorries? And who the [zb] is tall enough to be hit by a mirror on a truck?? Is this a town of giants?
What should happen is all dels for this place should be delivered to Bristol,and let them go and fetch their own goods.
regards dave.
I’ve been to Bradford On Avon. Let the inbred ■■■■■ starve
dafdave:
What should happen is all dels for this place should be delivered to Bristol,and let them go and fetch their own goods.
regards dave.
Why Bristol 
what have we done to have them Muppets come here.
Let em go bloody hungry I say …they wanna live by a river no one made em live there 
Anything they order, that has to be delivered,should not be delivered so they must use a wheel barrow to collect it 50 miles away.
Bit odd how the fire engines were acceptable to help with their floods.Not a nasty lorry there then.
The Olympic torch run tour had a fleet of coaches going over their bridge breaking the weight limit.
40 lorry watchers that have too much time on their hands and should enjoy retirement rather than being a Nimby.
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