Pillock of the year

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Is it ok to use naughty words like pillock on here ? :laughing: :laughing: .

This letter was on the letters page of my local newspaper.

Wide loads

It seems to me that as the roads in Southwell have become narrower that the lorries have become larger.

My worry is that these lorries have large protruding wing mirrors and one day some unfortunate pedestrian will be hurt.

Can lorries be told to fold in their wing mirrors when coming through Southwell? ā€“ RAY PEARSON, Burgage Close, Southwell.

Now for me to reply it would involve swearing and violence after a visit to Mr Pearson, so those of you who are superior to me with the English language if you care to reply to this numpty i look forward to reading the letters next week, Davey D and Conor :wink: did excellent letters last time my local paper had stupidity in it .

newarkadvertiser.co.uk/ click on letters on the left.
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I think iā€™d struggle to reply to that without using ā€œswearing and violenceā€ too

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could be the people of southall are getting bigger .making the lorries seem that much closer than they really are

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Just a note to let you know its Southwell in Nottinghamshire NOT Southall.

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My first artic lesson took me through Southwell, and miraculaously I didnā€™t hit anyone :unamused: :smiley:

This blokes a ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– 

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The people there must all be very tall if the truck mirrors are hitting them on the headā€¦

Paul

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jammymutt:
Now for me to reply it would involve swearing and violence after a visit to Mr Pearson, so those of you who are superior to me with the English language if you care to reply to this numpty i look forward to reading the letters next week, Davey D and Rob K did excellent letters last time my local paper had stupidity in it .

newarkadvertiser.co.uk/ click on letters on the left.

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DONE. THis is what I sent. Doubt itā€™ll make it but what the heck.

From:
Conor Turton
36 Eastfield Road
Driffield
East Yorkshire.

In response to the letter from Ray Pearson regarding lorries which has managed to make it onto a UK Trucking websiteā€¦

I would like to take the opportunity to point out that lorries have been the same size now for some twenty years. Although the maximum weight has increased, the physical width and lengths havenā€™t although some trailers are now up to 15ft 9 inches high. The mirrors are the same as they have always been and I suspect the number of pedestrians struck by mirrors is maybe a handful at best in the entire UK for the 21 billion kilometres lorries travel per year.

In response to his request, we would have no problem in folding in our wing mirrors as we drive through Southwell and are quite willing to accommodate his request.

Iā€™m sure Mr Pearson will be glad that this means the mirrors therefore have absolutely no chance of hitting a pedestrian even though the pedestrian would have to be well over 6ft tall.

As with everything, there is a trade off though in that, as a lorry is a big solid lump of metal and as of yet HGV drivers donā€™t equipped with X-Ray vision, we would pretty much side swipe most parked cars as well as demolish any traffic lights on a corner, any pedestrian stood on a street corner as we make a left turn. and any cyclist we have overtaken or decides to undertake us. Oh, and I think roundabouts, left turns, crossroads and junctions might be a bit tricky too. Best not to buy a house on a corner.

But if it reduces the one in a billion chance of a 6ft 6in high person being struck then we must comply with this request with the utmost immediacy.

Yours disbelievingly,

Conor Turton, a HGV driver.

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I commented about Coddington too Re : Mr Tesco

As an LGV Driver I take great interest in the news / opinions with regards to Trucks etc, Today I came across 2 letters of interest, the first being from Mrs Isolbel Turner of Coddington, Re Mr Tesco, although I can fully agree with Mrs Turners views, I feel that she should first be pointing out to the local council that despite the weight restriction being in place, there is one major overlooked factor by the local authority. I travel Nightly Sun - Thurs Night from Newcastle upon Tyne to Spalding in Lincolnshire, and admit I used that road nightly because of the ease in driving past the A17 and coming off at Coddington thereby cutting out 2 Roundabouts which does not do Aging knees any good, with regards to the additional gear changes involved negotiating 2 roundabouts, however, getting to the point, before the weight limit was introduced Road Works on the A1 closed that slip road into Coddington therefore the A17 was no longer an option but instead a necessity. I was pleased to see the Roadworks end thinking I could return to my old route, but the surprise I had when I came off at coddington was not pleasant finding the weight limit in place, the local authority had not and still has not put any signs on the A1 warning other drivers of the weight limit in place. Now Tescoā€™s must operate well over 800 Trucks throughout the UK so its impossible for every single driver to know of the weight limits existence until its too late. Also, down by the Coddington Roundabout there is a lay by that was regularly used by overnight sleepers who are legally required to take a minimum rest period, this lay by is now out of bounds because of the limit, despite being well away from homes etc.

The second letter is by Mr Ray Pearson of Southwell, in all honesty, after I finished laughing my socks off at the letter, it did spurn me into replying,Does Ray seriously think that Mirrors are simply put on trucks to make them look pretty? Obviously Mr Pearson must be a cyclist because any Car Driver who suggests folding in mirrors to pass through towns or villages should simply not be on the public road in a motor vehicle, maybe he should spend time designing a Periscope type implement to be used on trucks, Mirrors are part of the vehicles MOT and are the third eye of the driver, has he never heard of Mirror Signal Manouvre? Maybe he would like to volunteer to walk through Southwell in front of trucks waving a Red Flag to advise motorists that a truck is coming through and they must all dive for cover? A mirror is anywhere from 5ft to 6 ft above the kerbline, if a pedestrian was to be struck by a mirror would that not be because they were standing too close to the kerb?

Davey

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jammymutt:
Is it ok to use naughty words like pillock on here ? :laughing: :laughing: .

This letter was on the letters page of my local newspaper.

Wide loads

It seems to me that as the roads in Southwell have become narrower that the lorries have become larger.

My worry is that these lorries have large protruding wing mirrors and one day some unfortunate pedestrian will be hurt.

Can lorries be told to fold in their wing mirrors when coming through Southwell? ā€“ RAY PEARSON, Burgage Close, Southwell.

Now for me to reply it would involve swearing and violence after a visit to Mr Pearson, so those of you who are superior to me with the English language if you care to reply to this numpty i look forward to reading the letters next week, Davey D and Rob K did excellent letters last time my local paper had stupidity in it .

newarkadvertiser.co.uk/ click on letters on the left.

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This guy is the same kind of [zb] that spend thier time phoning companies who have those stupid stickers on the back that ask how is my driving.

The man is A [zb]

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The said pedestrains would have to also be standing so close to the lorry that he/she would also be hit in the legs with the front wheel nuts or wheel trim wouldnt they?

Im not yet a wagon driver but I was a fitter from the age of 12 and Im now 20 and I was brought up around lorrys. I hate these people who know nothing about them and sit there and slag lorries and the drivers off who are profesionals in thieir work and keep food on our tabels :imp: :imp:

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Dear Mr Pillock

As a professional lorry driver I can assure you that it is important to keep mirrors in their normal operating position at all times as it ensures accuracy when reversing back over the ā€œnosey parkerā€ knocked down in the roadway.

Thank you for your concern.

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Longway did you send that to them?.

Well done Conor and Davey ill let you know if its in next week if anyone else feels like e-mailing them please do so the more there is the better chance of them being printed.

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repton:
The people there must all be very tall if the truck mirrors are hitting them on the headā€¦

Paul

Or, if this bloke is typical, maybe they have very large heads caused by years of inbreeding. Donā€™t think there are too many forks in his family tree.

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I spent 5 years of my life living in Southwell while at school there, walked the narrow streets twice a day in term time and was never once hit by a mirror - and cabs (and therefore mirrors) were lower in those days.

Mind you, so was I :laughing: .

Not much though :unamused:

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But Southwell only had Rainbow Transport with TK Bedfords :smiley:

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Wheel Nut:
But Southwell only had Rainbow Transport with TK Bedfords :smiley:

Ah! That brings back memories - Rainbows. They were one of the three ways our trunks were sent home each term end, along with the railway (yes there was a station there then, I used it every day my last term) and a rich Dadā€™s car. Come to think of it I had a 4th way - Dadā€™s car :unamused: .

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please excus3e my dyslexic spffing of sothwelel well spotted jammy for the deliberate mistake :blush:

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Iā€™ve always found it much more effective to hit pedestrians with the front end swing of the trailerā€¦

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I did actually manage to smack someone on the back of the head once with the mirror (but it wasnā€™t really an accident :wink: ) just enough to let him know I was there. (Horn? What horn?)

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i think the stupidest one i have had was some student tart in glasgow. i was going round a corner which required going over the kerb. i passed this ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  my way to the corner and she managed to walk into the side of the truck on the corner :laughing: