anyway if the engine cuts out and you run out of air then the brakes come on anyway. The air is to release the brakes, not apply them
I wonder how its possible to take 25 from 2009 and arrive at 98.?I was on my first agency job when this can of worms was opened,the regular drivers were of the opinion that the story was false.
I was driving down the M1 that day and he came flying past me in a Tesco’s truck…I knew there had to be something wrong 
that was the last one ever to overtake me 
pecjam23:
jessicas dad:
claiming he could control the speed on the car.
yes james your right sorry. at the grand old age of 36 im starting to forget things. 
yuppie:
a certain davel knows a bit about going fast in a lorry!!! he may enlighten us soon…
Al.I put no comments on this story as,as you know,75mph was my cruising speed.
I used to cheese the Paddy’s off dropping half a cog going up Shap,at that speed. 
Steve-o:
Hope he got done for fiddling the limiter
Why?
Probably cos’ he was a baby-batterer?
Dazza:
Probably cos’ he was a baby-batterer?
he should have been in jail for life. the sick [zb]er.
Micheal Raynor changed his name after this “incident”
He is still driving HGV’s … This i know for a fact !
Good God, 1998 it seemed like that was only yesterday,I have another birthday coming up next week.Get’s me wondering who is the oldest driver member on here - not me I hope!
Dazza:
kr79:
I work with two people who worked for the company one was in the office think it was polkacrest waste and they said the guy was a serial atention seeker and he had pulled a few stokes not truck related before and had been in local papers etc.
I mean if all else fails you could run it along the crash barrier.Which he did.
As for being a “serial atention seeker”, click on the link to the Independent newspaper article on my earlier post.
This guy should never have been let behind the wheel of a truck.
Thanks for that dazza i thought there was something about a baby but didnt want to say without been sure.
Harry Monk:
I remember from the moment the story appeared, when the driver was being hailed as a hero, thinking “This bloke is an idiot and he has done this on purpose and he is going to get nicked”.“Dip clutch and engage neutral” might mave occurred to most.
im with you on this one harry,i felt exactly the same.i also remember they said he was suffering from that attention seeking disorder beverly allit(the nurse murderer)suffered from.
Ok, I admit, I would maybe panic for the first 10 seconds, then dip clutch and engage Neutral. Then pull in nicely. If that was not to work, I would ring the police, and tell them I was going to try to stop by using any barriers I come accross next to the hard shoulder.
Andy
Geezah:
Ok, I admit, I would maybe panic for the first 10 seconds, then dip clutch and engage Neutral. Then pull in nicely. If that was not to work, I would ring the police, and tell them I was going to try to stop by using any barriers I come accross next to the hard shoulder.Andy
Yeah you and me both, probably a bit like forgetting to apply your hand brake, plonk on the red line, then wonder why the yard is moving underneath the catwalk, 3 tenth of a second later the Adrenalin is bursting forth and that red line’s never come of so quick. You dont get taught to do that you get taught not to be so (zb) stupid in the first place, but you just know its the quickest to stop moving.
Like most of you other Guys, the consensus around our yard was that he was upto no good, very susicious 
jimboy124:
Micheal Raynor changed his name after this “incident”
He is still driving HGV’s … This i know for a fact !
i know you do
jessicas dad:
jimboy124:
Micheal Raynor changed his name after this “incident”
He is still driving HGV’s … This i know for a fact !i know you do
Now come on Alex . I gave you privileged infomation today infront of several TNET members . so dont tell anybody
Jimboy seems to be Hawking around for information.
jessicas dad:
jimboy124:
Micheal Raynor changed his name after this “incident”
He is still driving HGV’s … This i know for a fact !i know you do
Did he change his name to alex, now lives in leeds, married to a so so attractive lady 
and drives a big (abeit slow) yellow truck for freightliner just a guess. 
nope sorry not guilty.
this thread has started to go very smoke and mirrorsy 