Oh dear, what a shame for this Manfreight driver. 
@■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ - This driver remained using his mobile phone despite a marked police vehicle driving alongside in lane 2 of the M6 at Carlisle. 6 points & £200 fine heading his way.
shock horror gasp…looks like another perpetrator of evil finally gets his well deserved comeuppance…
thats what he gets driving his i shift on the cruise on a 3 lane motorway talking to a co conspirator by phone in apparanty perfect sunny dry road conditions. has to be the saddest post of the year sofar… 
dieseldog999:
shock horror gasp…looks like another perpetrator of evil finally gets his well deserved comeuppance…
thats what he gets driving his i shift on the cruise on a 3 lane motorway talking to a co conspirator by phone in apparanty perfect sunny dry road conditions. has to be the saddest post of the year sofar…
You make a very good point.
dieseldog999:
shock horror gasp…looks like another perpetrator of evil finally gets his well deserved comeuppance…
thats what he gets driving his i shift on the cruise on a 3 lane motorway talking to a co conspirator by phone in apparanty perfect sunny dry road conditions. has to be the saddest post of the year sofar…
Then again he was so engrossed in his call he failed to notice a marked cop car along side him in the middle lane so what else may he have failed to notice !!
I think having the phone there gave it away
bald bloke:
dieseldog999:
shock horror gasp…looks like another perpetrator of evil finally gets his well deserved comeuppance…
thats what he gets driving his i shift on the cruise on a 3 lane motorway talking to a co conspirator by phone in apparanty perfect sunny dry road conditions. has to be the saddest post of the year sofar…Then again he was so engrossed in his call he failed to notice a marked cop car along side him in the middle lane so what else may he have failed to notice !!
Paddyski didn’t see plod in lane two, as he was in lane 3 overtaking plobbers in lane 2.
manfrieghts mob arnt anywhere close to the worst for speeding.
they push on a wee bit but not exactly up to full on tang spec.
the carpark looks deserted so you may not think it was peak traffic times,and traffic plod being what they are,then they do have a habit of driving in a manner to all of a sudden pop up on you.
if your driving on a near deserted ■■■■■■■ m6 in the quiet time in perfect road conditions,then you may think your interest would lie where your eyes are looking out of the windscreen,and not a to an occasional car coming up behind.
all manfrieghts work is ferry work along the 75 which is undoubtedly the most constant entrapment anti truck unfriendly biased 100 miles road section in europe,so the driver will now be under undue stress and pressure with the points even assuming he had none to begin with.
the days of 30 mins of tongue lashing terror and a slap in the wrist have vanished with the modern aptly named woodentop.
poor driver,doing nobody any harm,and now halfway at least to losing his livelyhood if he chances across another slimebag attitude plod.
eve if it meant 12 points and a ban,then they would still never turn a blind eye.
the days of them having a degree of perspective are sadly long gone,and they were bad enough in those days.
dieseldog999:
poor driver,doing nobody any harm
Of course, just so engrossed in his phone call that he failed to spot a marked police car driving up beside him.
Doing no harm? Apart from being distracted and not paying attention.
dieseldog999:
,and now halfway at least to losing his livelyhood if he chances across another slimebag attitude plod.
Maybe the 6 points might help the driver to concentrate on not breaking the law.
If the driver was so concerned about his livelihood, he maybe wouldn’t do things that could take away his livelihood. But it’s easier to just blame someone else.
“Slimebag attitude plod”? How do you know? Were you there?
dieseldog999:
the days of them having a degree of perspective are sadly long gone,and they were bad enough in those days.
They tried that, it didn’t work. Introducing a punishment of 3 points for illegal phone use made no difference. Double the points to 6, still not a deterrent. I say make it 9 points.
dieseldog999:
shock horror gasp…looks like another perpetrator of evil finally gets his well deserved comeuppance…
thats what he gets driving his i shift on the cruise on a 3 lane motorway talking to a co conspirator by phone in apparanty perfect sunny dry road conditions. has to be the saddest post of the year sofar…
To be fair we all know that using a phone while driving creates too much distraction and the law treats it as such.While,like drunk driving,even if he’s involved in a non fault accident,using a phone while driving will go against him possibly meaning the difference between a prison sentence or walking away.
In which case surely that is/should be a bigger deterrent to anyone than the points. 
Or possibly even no points in the case of an Irish licence ?. 
Roads Rat, every profession has individuals who will break the rules or law notice that you didn’t put a big post up on Monday highlighting the article in the Times that the Met’s Anti Corruption department is being investigated for yep you’ve guessed it corruption!! bucket loads of irony there. There are probably more serving police officers under investigation than lorry drivers so while I don’t agree with using the phone while driving don’t think the police are in much of a position to be lecturing on being professional at work.
so we’ve moved on from European bashing to a spot of paddy bashing this week .
Can’t wait for next week - who’s turn is it then ?
dieseldog999:
the days of 30 mins of tongue lashing terror and a slap in the wrist have vanished
Because years of doing so has done nothing to alter the attitude of truck drivers on that road. You only have yourselves to blame. Tangs have been given warning after warning after warning for many years and they still continue to drive like pillocks and run bent so now the Police have given up and are just handing out fines and points because it appears only having money taken out of their pocket and losing their license seems to be the only thing that makes them take any notice.
If you know roscos going to cuff and stuff you why cut your phone call short 
beefy4605:
so we’ve moved on from European bashing to a spot of paddy bashing this week .
Can’t wait for next week - who’s turn is it then ?
Agency driver’s should be next week’s targeted group, preferably those who have a permanent hi-viz and a dolly bag.
Conor:
dieseldog999:
the days of 30 mins of tongue lashing terror and a slap in the wrist have vanishedBecause years of doing so has done nothing to alter the attitude of truck drivers on that road. You only have yourselves to blame. Tangs have been given warning after warning after warning for many years and they still continue to drive like pillocks and run bent so now the Police have given up and are just handing out fines and points because it appears only having money taken out of their pocket and losing their license seems to be the only thing that makes them take any notice.
A quick peruse of the trucking press will show plenty of GB firms having their licence revoked and of course their are no English drivers who drive like pillocks.
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beefy4605:
so we’ve moved on from European bashing to a spot of paddy bashing this week .
Can’t wait for next week - who’s turn is it then ?Agency driver’s should be next week’s targeted group, preferably those who have a permanent hi-viz and a dolly bag.
sigh of relief i thought it was rigid multidrop drivers next week…are we the week after?
fatboystu1:
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beefy4605:
so we’ve moved on from European bashing to a spot of paddy bashing this week .
Can’t wait for next week - who’s turn is it then ?Agency driver’s should be next week’s targeted group, preferably those who have a permanent hi-viz and a dolly bag.
sigh of relief i thought it was rigid multidrop drivers next week…are we the week after?
If you wait around long enough you will probably get multiple abuse for falling into several categories
Mazzer2:
fatboystu1:
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beefy4605:
so we’ve moved on from European bashing to a spot of paddy bashing this week .
Can’t wait for next week - who’s turn is it then ?Agency driver’s should be next week’s targeted group, preferably those who have a permanent hi-viz and a dolly bag.
sigh of relief i thought it was rigid multidrop drivers next week…are we the week after?
If you wait around long enough you will probably get multiple abuse for falling into several categories
As long as we get our turn, everyones happy
fatboystu1:
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beefy4605:
so we’ve moved on from European bashing to a spot of paddy bashing this week .
Can’t wait for next week - who’s turn is it then ?Agency driver’s should be next week’s targeted group, preferably those who have a permanent hi-viz and a dolly bag.
sigh of relief i thought it was rigid multidrop drivers next week…are we the week after?
Are you permanent employee,or agency that’s two different groups,then you have the rigid driver’s, that’s another group, its going to take ages to decide which group…
fatboystu1:
Agency driver’s should be next week’s targeted group, preferably those who have a permanent hi-viz and a dolly bag.
sigh of relief i thought it was rigid multidrop drivers next week…are we the week after?
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If you wait around long enough you will probably get multiple abuse for falling into several categories
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As long as we get our turn, everyones happy
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That’s equality for you