Report these vehicles if seen to police

[robroy]

simcor:

robroy:
This [zb] forum never ceases to amaze me [emoji38] [emoji38]
A lad comes on a forum for truckers trying to give a heads up to anybody who carries valuable loads and who may be interested, and he gets ridiculed and lambasted for it, …interspersed with the odd pedantic stupid [zb] comment, then it’s broken down and analysed.
Get a [zb] grip some of you ffs.

We are well used to certain people who frequent this forum and insist on trying to wind people up, or go on about a zillion things they have done or are better than others.

We are all very diverse on here and collectively may have done many many jobs and have skills that others might not.

And thanks for calling me a lad, makes me feel less old [emoji4]

Sorry mate, it’s just use of local vernacular, wasn’t trying to patronise you.

[robroy]

cgscott:
Heres an idea. Say you know your loads worth 1mill. Tell some friends who have connections
Get ■■■■■■■ for the night do police interview and never work another day in your life.

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I like your way of thinking, I’m always up for a successful scam…

[toonsy]

I don’t really use the mirrors enough to notice what’s is behind me

But no I’m of the opinion that any info is helpful. Even if people can’t/don’t remember plates or types of vehicles, a reminder to be vigilant and that this stuff goes on surely can’t he viewed as being a bad thing?

[peterm]

jakethesnake:

bobbya:

sammym:
Let’s say someone has a photographic memory. And lets assume that person drives down the road scanning number plates… As you do!

Can you imagine that call to the coppers?

“Hello i need to report car reg XYZ”
“Why do you need to report it?”
“I read on a truck website they are potentially involved in crime”
“Are you currently a victim of a crime?”
“No. But trucknet said said call if I see them”

Talk about making a fool out of yourself. Absolutely ridiculous.

Another ■■■.

If you think that why not explain why, otherwise you look like some of the other gormless ■■■■ on here. No explanation, just abuse.

Aaah yes. Talking about gormless ■■■■, you never did tell us all how goods could be got in to big cities like London without lorries. Now’s your big chance to explain it. Come on mr snake, let;s have it.

[r420]

robroy:

R420:
Yes, silver and grey Audi’s and VWs are extremely rare. /s

Tbf mate any hint of info on thes scrotes could easily be some sort of potential help to somebody.
Granted the info ain’t gonna revolutionise truck crime exactly, but you see what I mean.

Come on Rob. I’ve seen enough of your posts to know you hold the same cynical view of the police’s usefulness as I do. As I said earlier, the chap posting the info was undoubtedly well-intentioned but let’s not kid ourselves that the police give a singular ■■■■ about the welfare of truckers, nor that these potentially cloned vehicles will even register on their ‘do we give a ■■■■’ radar. It’s cute that many seem to hold the belief that the police will suddenly spring into action upon these sightings of these individuals and will come out, round them up and throw them in the slammer, but when they don’t even bother raising an eyebrow when you’re on the phone to them while your house is in the process of being burgled by 4 immigrants wielding knives, axes and a stolen RS6, there is zero chance of anything happening when you tell them about some dodgy cars you read about on Trucknet forum that may or may not be cloned.

It’s a bit like posting registration numbers of white Transit box vans and tipper bodied vehicles with a yellow beacon on the cab roof and a Highways Maintenance banner on the back - definitely report all those to the police because I saw some parked up behind the trucks in the A1 and A38 laybys and they were looking a bit dodgy…

[discoman]

jakethesnake:
I could also say you or your company are ■■■■ too. Do you really think putting these registrations on this forum will have any effect?
Do you really think anyone who looks at them will remember them and and notice them if out and about?
And if they do do you really think they will bother to report them? Get real .

As I said any driver that notices a particular vehicle following them for mile after mile should know what to do to keep safe and get the situation dealt with.

Yes, it does, some people could sit in a service station and see a vehicle, and for any unknown reason they will recall this post and be suspicious.

Your attitude is why you drivers don’t stick together,.

[discoman]

sammym:
Let’s say someone has a photographic memory. And lets assume that person drives down the road scanning number plates… As you do!

Can you imagine that call to the coppers?

“Hello i need to report car reg XYZ”
“Why do you need to report it?”
“I read on a truck website they are potentially involved in crime”
“Are you currently a victim of a crime?”
“No. But trucknet said said call if I see them”

Talk about making a fool out of yourself. Absolutely ridiculous.

Are you really that dim? … as soon as the registration is given, they will normally do a PNC check, and if the vehicle has a marker on it, it will be passed on to a local u it ASAP. Police don’t just give out intel to the public for no reason. No call to the police is stupid, he most stupid of calls offering Information actually unlocks some huge crimes. Ie, hi, I see my neighbour is buying loads of gardening items, but he doesn’t have a garden… thanks, info passed on and they find a cannabis factory in the attic area… all Info no matter how small or large can be vital.

[pennineman]

My experience with this sort of thing was back in the 90’s.

I was doing night trunk North Derbyshire to company depot in High Wycombe doing a trailer change, loaded (no high value goods) going down and empty return.

The second night I noticed a car that stayed behind me from J4 M40 all the way to J9, I slowed down a couple of times to see if they overtook me but they just matched my speed, didn’t think much of it until it happened again the next night so I pulled onto Cherwell services and rang the law but as I didn’t get a registration not much they can do and I also reported it to my TM next night and got the shrugged shoulders routine.

The third night same again so rang the law again, same response from them but when I got in to work for my next shift, Derbyshire plod were waiting for me - the HW depot had its three new Leyland Roadrunners had been stolen after I had done my trailer change.

Months later they found the grounded bodies somewhere in Kent still loaded so obviously it was the chassis they were after.

No, it was nothing to do with me - I do have some standards, FORD and above please

[robroy]

R420:

robroy:

R420:
Yes, silver and grey Audi’s and VWs are extremely rare. /s

Tbf mate any hint of info on thes scrotes could easily be some sort of potential help to somebody.
Granted the info ain’t gonna revolutionise truck crime exactly, but you see what I mean.

Come on Rob. I’ve seen enough of your posts to know you hold the same cynical view of the police’s usefulness as I do. As I said earlier, the chap posting the info was undoubtedly well-intentioned but let’s not kid ourselves that the police give a singular [zb] about the welfare of truckers, nor that these potentially cloned vehicles will even register on their ‘do we give a [zb]’ radar. It’s cute that many seem to hold the belief that the police will suddenly spring into action upon these sightings of these individuals and will come out, round them up and throw them in the slammer, but when they don’t even bother raising an eyebrow when you’re on the phone to them while your house is in the process of being burgled by 4 immigrants wielding knives, axes and a stolen RS6, there is zero chance of anything happening when you tell them about some dodgy cars you read about on Trucknet forum that may or may not be cloned.

It’s a bit like posting registration numbers of white Transit box vans and tipper bodied vehicles with a yellow beacon on the cab roof and a Highways Maintenance banner on the back - definitely report all those to the police because I saw some parked up behind the trucks in the A1 and A38 laybys and they were looking a bit dodgy…

Yeh, that’s fair enough I ain’t the Police’s no1 fan, I take on board some of your points, and tend to agree with them generally speaking.

However in THIS particular context, (and to give credit where it’s due) , on the occasion that I thought I was being followed to be turned over and felt the need to involve the Police, , they were spot on tbf.

First the Staffs Police rang me and stayed on the phone, then they passed me on to the Cheshire Police who were waiting for me (and the following van) at Sandbach MSA , but the van must have turned off at one of the Stoke junctions… another van followed me in to Sandbach by coincidence, and the coppers were all over the poor sod.
Apparentlly I later learned there had been a couple of similar reported occurrences in the last few weeks, that and the fact that the reg no didn’t tally, was the reason that they were on the ball on it that day.
Anyway, that’s my experiences of all this, …

When I was sticking up for the o/p I was coming at it from the direction of the driver being made aware of these vehicles, rather than anything to specifically do with the Police, it would be up to the driver to go as far as involving them, based on his own decision at the time, but good to be made aware of these vehicles from a drivers point of view is my own personal opinion.

[bobbya]

sammym:

jakethesnake:

bobbya:

sammym:
Let’s say someone has a photographic memory. And lets assume that person drives down the road scanning number plates… As you do!

Can you imagine that call to the coppers?

“Hello i need to report car reg XYZ”
“Why do you need to report it?”
“I read on a truck website they are potentially involved in crime”
“Are you currently a victim of a crime?”
“No. But trucknet said said call if I see them”

Talk about making a fool out of yourself. Absolutely ridiculous.

Another ■■■.

If you think that why not explain why, otherwise you look like some of the other gormless ■■■■ on here. No explanation, just abuse.

I think what you need to remember is that much of the membership on here come from the lower echelons of society. I say this not to be rude. But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

It’s a shame. But we have all experienced these types. Doing manual jobs and dreaming they are the most important people in the world. They get hostile towards those who they know are better than them. Rather than aspiring to operate on that level they would rather roll around in muck with people on their own low level. Giving bile and abuse to those simply out of jealousy.

Coming from you I can quite gladly ignore it ,with you being a complete ■■■■.

[bobbya]

jakethesnake:

bobbya:

sammym:
Let’s say someone has a photographic memory. And lets assume that person drives down the road scanning number plates… As you do!

Can you imagine that call to the coppers?

“Hello i need to report car reg XYZ”
“Why do you need to report it?”
“I read on a truck website they are potentially involved in crime”
“Are you currently a victim of a crime?”
“No. But trucknet said said call if I see them”

Talk about making a fool out of yourself. Absolutely ridiculous.

Another ■■■.

If you think that why not explain why, otherwise you look like some of the other gormless ■■■■ on here. No explanation, just abuse.

Nah,words aren’t necessary in his case,but thanks for the advice anyway.

[robroy]

sammym:
I think what you need to remember is that much of the membership on here come from the lower echelons of society. I say this not to be rude. But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

It’s a shame. But we have all experienced these types. Doing manual jobs and dreaming they are the most important people in the world. They get hostile towards those who they know are better than them. Rather than aspiring to operate on that level they would rather roll around in muck with people on their own low level. Giving bile and abuse to those simply out of jealousy.

Jeeezus H Christ chaps…, it looks like we have a member amongst us who is on a far higher intellectual plane than the rest of us mere plebs.
Nice of you to descend from the upper echelons of intelligentsia Sammy, to grace us with your presence, and pass on your pearls of wisdom to us of inferior intellect.

Basically what you are saying is if anybody disagrees with your opinions (however ridiculous, amateurish and embarrassing they may be ) they are all thick, and wait for it…JEALOUS.
Ok mate I get it

(Had to interpret it mate, for the benefit of those you mention are a bit ignorant and slow on the uptake)

: …kinnnn elllll. …
And the Post of the year 2020 goes to young Sammy.

[jakethesnake]

you never did tell us all how goods could be got in to big cities like London without lorries. Now’s your big chance to explain it. Come on mr snake, let;s have it.

Oh come on, don’t tell me you missed it? About time you kept up before criticizing.

[bristolrob]

sammym:
I think what you need to remember is that much of the membership on here come from the lower echelons of society. I say this not to be rude. But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

It’s a shame. But we have all experienced these types. Doing manual jobs and dreaming they are the most important people in the world. They get hostile towards those who they know are better than them. Rather than aspiring to operate on that level they would rather roll around in muck with people on their own low level. Giving bile and abuse to those simply out of jealousy.

I find this incredibly hard to read, coming from someone who has driven a lorry for about a year all in, and couldn’t carry out a simple task of delivering to a tesco without causing absolute ■■■■■■■ carnage. Its pricks very much like yourself who give the younger generation of drivers a bad name. You come on here crying and looking for sympathy, the older drivers give you advice, help you out and then show this is what you think of them. This is my favourite piece ‘ something they can’t comprehend let alone master’, how is your reversing going?

[jakethesnake]

But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

I think that’s a valid point. I frequent other forums and mostly there is far less abuse and far more discussion.
Don’t get me wrong it’s not all like that but Sammyn has made a point which is not entirely untrue.

Cue the abuse.

[discoman]

robroy:

sammym:
I think what you need to remember is that much of the membership on here come from the lower echelons of society. I say this not to be rude. But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

It’s a shame. But we have all experienced these types. Doing manual jobs and dreaming they are the most important people in the world. They get hostile towards those who they know are better than them. Rather than aspiring to operate on that level they would rather roll around in muck with people on their own low level. Giving bile and abuse to those simply out of jealousy.

Jeeezus H Christ chaps…, it looks like we have a member amongst us who is on a far higher intellectual plane than the rest of us mere plebs.
Nice of you to descend from the upper echelons of intelligentsia Sammy, to grace us with your presence, and pass on your pearls of wisdom to us of inferior intellect.

Basically what you are saying is if anybody disagrees with your opinions (however ridiculous, amateurish and embarrassing they may be ) they are all thick, and wait for it…JEALOUS.
Ok mate I get it

(Had to interpret it mate, for the benefit of those you mention are a bit ignorant and slow on the uptake)

: …kinnnn elllll. …
And the Post of the year 2020 goes to young Sammy.

Is this the chap who struggles with driving a truck, yet calls you drivers erm stupid and thick.

[nite_owl]

jakethesnake:
But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

I think that’s a valid point. I frequent other forums and mostly there is far less abuse and far more discussion.
Don’t get me wrong it’s not all like that but Sammyn has made a point which is not entirely untrue.

Cue the abuse.

I think you’ll get a similar response on ANY forum after you insult their members.

[sammym]

The most telling self-reflection comes from people who get upset about my observation. I didn’t single anyone out - but certain people felt it was about them. Very interesting indeed.

[mazzer2]

jakethesnake:
But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

I think that’s a valid point. I frequent other forums and mostly there is far less abuse and far more discussion.
Don’t get me wrong it’s not all like that but Sammyn has made a point which is not entirely untrue.

Cue the abuse.

Read his posting history and you’ll see why he has got the response he has, you continually tell us driving is not skilled and any dimwit can do it, well not apparently if you’re called Sammyn and then calls us all dimwits, oh the irony!!!

[jakethesnake]

Nite Owl:

jakethesnake:
But I think intelligent discussion and reasoned debate is something they can’t comprehend let alone master.

I think that’s a valid point. I frequent other forums and mostly there is far less abuse and far more discussion.
Don’t get me wrong it’s not all like that but Sammyn has made a point which is not entirely untrue.

Cue the abuse.

I think you’ll get a similar response on ANY forum after you insult their members.

No, I am not insulting anyone. It’s the way this forum is. Maybe other forums don’t allow abuse, I don’t know but there is far more discussion of opinions.
Take discomans last post. He makes a point that a guy is struggling to drive a truck. Possibly true but that same guy may be highly qualified and able to do things a truck driver could never do.
It’s the way of the world and it seems to be a problem on here at times.