Tipped Spalding this morning, on the bay next to me was a Dutch registered motor. I said hello to the driver and was pleasantly surprised to find that he was a Dutch man, cloggs an all!! We then proceeded to have a friendly chat about the usual rubbish 
. It was like going back in time when most Dutch motors were driven by Dutch men, always friendly and happy to help.
We had a Dutch motor turned up at ours the other week, a Dutchman driving, I mentioned itās unusual to see that nowadays, he said his boss wouldnāt employ foreign drivers, heād rather sell up than do so.
kindle530:
We had a Dutch motor turned up at ours the other week, a Dutchman driving, I mentioned itās unusual to see that nowadays, he said his boss wouldnāt employ foreign drivers, heād rather sell up than do so.
Good man.
Pirate:
Tipped Spalding this morning, on the bay next to me was a Dutch registered motor. I said hello to the driver and was pleasantly surprised to find that he was a Dutch man, cloggs an all!! We then proceeded to have a friendly chat about the usual rubbish
Had the similar experience in Hatfield a few months ago, I watched the Guy onto the bay next to Me (on his blindside) he thanked Me, I replied with ās**t you a Dutchmanā he said āYa strange on Dutch truckā. Great chat for an hour or so 
The Dutch really are the best, always were 
seth 70:
kindle530:
We had a Dutch motor turned up at ours the other week, a Dutchman driving, I mentioned itās unusual to see that nowadays, he said his boss wouldnāt employ foreign drivers, heād rather sell up than do so.Good man.
How far do you go, I know of a UK firm who wont employ foreigners, females or non whites.
When I used to shunt. We had heebinks in most days. As far as I can remember. All Dutch. Always polite and professional.
Conversation in Holland, āTipped in Spalding today saw a British truck and got talking. He was English. He was actually Englishā¦Didnāt stop moaning for two hours [FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND WINKING EYE]ā
I got stopped on the M1 outside Milton Keynes once, driving a 52-plate MAN with an old-style tacho for a book and cloth recycling company. The inspector first went to my left window, despite it being a British registered truck. He then came round the driverās side and after hellos he said it was unusual to see a British truck with a British driver these days. (Iāve had that from employers as well ā the boss at one company I work for quite a lot, first time I went in there, was surprised to hear a British accent.)
I was on Beaconsfield one night paying for my parking and a Dutchman came speaking to me asking about paying. He was off his face!!! Not sure if heād been drinking or smoking something, and not sure how long heād been there (first 3 hours free there,) but God it scared me that he was in charge of a 44t motor.
Proper friendly though. And tried his best to speak perfect English.
PaulNowak:
I was on Beaconsfield one night paying for my parking and a Dutchman came speaking to me asking about paying. He was off his face!!! Not sure if heād been drinking or smoking something, and not sure how long heād been there (first 3 hours free there,) but God it scared me that he was in charge of a 44t motor.Proper friendly though. And tried his best to speak perfect English.
You gotta be so careful with that Paul. Unless he stunk of drink or weed thereās every possibility that he may have had a medical condition. Iirc the police got into serious bother for arresting and locking up a driver who appeared āoff his faceā but turned out to be hypoglycaemic or something like that.
Didnāt go close enough to him to find out, was every chance heād have fallen on me, lol
weeto:
How far do you go, I know of a UK firm who wont employ foreigners, females or non whites.
UKIP?
weeto:
seth 70:
kindle530:
We had a Dutch motor turned up at ours the other week, a Dutchman driving, I mentioned itās unusual to see that nowadays, he said his boss wouldnāt employ foreign drivers, heād rather sell up than do so.Good man.
How far do you go, I know of a UK firm who wont employ foreigners, females or non whites.
or you could look at the other way round with positive discrimination that has been going on years where certain employers āwelcomeā application from groups they are under represented with or in English if your white and someone is from a.n.other you have no chance of getting the job.
its time employers went back to just picking the best person for the role irrespective of race, gender or anything else our wonderful union of Europe can think up.
war1974:
weeto:
seth 70:
kindle530:
We had a Dutch motor turned up at ours the other week, a Dutchman driving, I mentioned itās unusual to see that nowadays, he said his boss wouldnāt employ foreign drivers, heād rather sell up than do so.Good man.
How far do you go, I know of a UK firm who wont employ foreigners, females or non whites.
or you could look at the other way round with positive discrimination that has been going on years where certain employers āwelcomeā application from groups they are under represented with or in English if your white and someone is from a.n.other you have no chance of getting the job.
its time employers went back to just picking the best person for the role irrespective of race, gender or anything else our wonderful union of Europe can think up.
I agree and lets be honest, not all Brits are good drivers and are suitable for the job - HGV driver. From comments in the forum I found out that many Brits are not good drivers, canāt reverse, take their driving test in auto truck with reverse camera etc., claiming all Eastern European are buying their licences on the black market. Which is total nonsense.
Iām EE driver doing my school at the moment, had to pass psychological test(like for gun permit)+ reaction time test on a machine in order to start training, its required for cat. C, Iām forced by law to train on manual(doing it on Man 18.272, gearbox 4 over 4) and canāt take C+E straight away like you in UK, again by law I need to hold C licence for minimum of 1 year to be eligible to apply for C+E.
Also to apply for cat. D for example I have to have hold cat. C for minimum of 2 years, not like in UK B+provisional D.
So lets stop putting all drivers under one belt. And lets focus on employers attitude for onceā¦
weeto:
seth 70:
kindle530:
We had a Dutch motor turned up at ours the other week, a Dutchman driving, I mentioned itās unusual to see that nowadays, he said his boss wouldnāt employ foreign drivers, heād rather sell up than do so.Good man.
How far do you go, I know of a UK firm who wont employ foreigners, females or non whites.
ā¦or Brits thenā¦ 
To be honest after the day Iām having today they can Have them
Dolph! 
Iād rather be abroad working with edept professional drivers who know what theyāre doing too! 
unfortunately the job over here in good old BLIGHTY has been dumbed down that much, numbskulls CAN do it! 
but I blame these " chase , chase logistics firms " for that as well 
welcome to England, most English people " speeky no engleeeesh either! more camaraderie abroad twenty years ago, now itās " Iām alright jack! Ciao for now! " too many lazy bar stewards but " THATās WHAT THE JOB HAS BECOME ! " 
because of faceless bean counting accountants. 
rule brittania, chocks away old beam! smile if youāre HAPPY
to be fair I had a driver moan today as the company he is at didnāt āplanā his break
he genuinely seemed shocked when I said take it when you need it
Euro trucking is gonna be āfunā, judging by your comments. I canāt imagine that a driver will expect from his company to plan his breaks. This is justā¦ , what is next they have to call him and tell him when is time for peeing
Who is going to keep check on the weight of the load, straps, low bridges, truck restrictionā¦if he thinks the company has to.
Again, I donāt want to sound rude, but Iām glad I learned trucking in US.