waddy640:
i am aware that a few companies are dropping the limiters which is beyond the drivers choice but choosing to drive at 40 on a motorway (especially up here where it is mostly 2 lane motorways) is ridiculous. we dont all have plenty of driving time at our disposal and i would imagine the trampers and trunkers here would agree with that. i had a trunking job a couple of weeks ago which left me with 3 minutes driving time left which is not much breathing space. being stuck at 40 for any length of time could make the difference sometimes
Surely if you have to speed to complete your days work then there is something wrong with the journey planning.
I agree about 40 on a motorway but human beings are all different and some do strange things.
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christ you never had to speed with tesco, but 40 on the motorway is rediculous, even jds 48mph motor would have been going faster
scanny77:
‘…the biggest bunch of tossers … sticking to 40 on SC roads and 50 on the motorway…’
Here was where I wrote various ‘blah’ about knobbers not being arsed to write to their MP’s that bedgar047 can’t be arsed to absorb
And of course your MR PERFECT … always on time, never get delayed…’
Like I wrote, cloth-ears
Happy Keith:
… So, why not either put a case to your [Parliamentary] candidate or STFU …’
So maybe get a grip, read again what your ranting about and get your crayons out to scrawl a question to your prospective MP candidates. Why not rant to them, if its a fixation of yours too?
Stop bein so flippin jumpy with those who can cope with 21st century life on the road - or get a job that you can do without presupposing anyone with differing views to those of anti-social selfishness might consider themselves in any way ‘…perfect…’
Forgive me for thinking the M90 leads to the A90 which is dual carriageway and continues through the City of Dundee. I was also led to believe that the M8 was a motorway too with motorway limits applying.
This BEST DRIVER malarky the big RDC’s have with the fancy high hp’d lorries… Does the driver have to return a good performance all-round for a month or is it based on a year? And does he get the fancy motor for a month or a year or what?
Mike-C:
I too have noticed a lot of Asda lorries going just over 40mph on the motorways, not sure why they do it. I’m limited to 50mph and had a road crane overtake me on the M62 last week!!
DHL apparently find 85kph the most green and economical
Stobarts say this…
all our vehicles are restricted to 57mph. Our Driver Training team encourage our drivers to drive at 56mph when the speed limit permits them to; this has proven for the vehicles we use to be the best for fuel consumption and for a green environment.
You wouldn’t know who’s telling the truth or what they’re playing at
at our meeting they brought up about speed and how they could see what exactly what you were doing on the iso-tracs.the implication is by driving across the m62 at 53 mph your spinning the job out,trying to get a xtra bit of money out of them.
i asked them if you rang in from lea-green at 8 a.m ,was told to do a 3 p.m collection [7 hrs later] ,2 ish hours driving it would make more sense to have a nice steady run there ,save a bit of fuel, save the driver a bit of stress .get there 15 mins later
driver trainer totally agreed ,said thats what they want, drivers using there brain,the problem is soon as a driver backs off someone in the office thinks there up to something
scanny77:
it seems that they are competing to see who can be the biggest bunch of tossers on the road.
we all moaned about tesco trucks sticking to 40 on SC roads and 50 on the motorway. this weekend i have passed 2 ASDA trucks doing 40, 1 on the A90 south between dundee and perth, the other on the M8 between easterhouse and coatbridge
are ASDA limiting their trucks to 40 now or are you guys trying to see how slow you can go before the police do you for causing an obstruction
cant speak for scotland scanny, but i think tesco,asda, morrisons wagons seem to be getting faster if anything, never used to struggle to get passed them but a few times lately i have, never seen one doing 40 mph on a motorway yet to be honest.
but as above maybee they havent got a collection for hours, so why hammer it there, i often do 50 mph and im still at collections waiting for hours and hours, its a sight less stressfull , but i wouldnt do 40 mph , if they are that is getting a bit stupid
scanny77:
it seems that they are competing to see who can be the biggest bunch of tossers on the road.
we all moaned about tesco trucks sticking to 40 on SC roads and 50 on the motorway. this weekend i have passed 2 ASDA trucks doing 40, 1 on the A90 south between dundee and perth, the other on the M8 between easterhouse and coatbridge
are ASDA limiting their trucks to 40 now or are you guys trying to see how slow you can go before the police do you for causing an obstruction
all to do with MPG
i was driving for a subby pulling there trailers out of magna park and on the maps they gave me, there was 2 sets of mpg figures…1 for dry weather and 1 for wet weather…think it said they were target MPG figures and they probally get an extra mars bar if they can beat them
they also had journey times printed on the maps
All the Asda BUMS are battling it out to get the best MPG for teh year so they can get teh big R500 Scania… Its so worth it, causing thousands of miles worth of tailbacks in a year, causing loads of stress to other road users in a year, more than likely causing x amounts of accidents in a year… All for a Scania… Where do I sign up?
joemaxi:
Tossers we may be but you would quite happily take a job with us!
Just out of curiosity,hows the management job coming along?
there is not a driving job on the planet that i would be happy with. especially if driving at 40 on the motorway is the level of professionalism that ASDA expect from its drivers just so that walmart can try and beat tesco in the profits race this year. at the end of the day what is the incentive for the drivers? more money or as someone else said, just so they can drive a bigger pile of crap than they normally drive? it is still a scania after all
thanks for asking about the management job. there is am amalgamation going on just now which means a pay rise. recruitment starts once its all sorted out
scanny77:
it seems that they are competing to see who can be the biggest bunch of tossers on the road.
we all moaned about tesco trucks sticking to 40 on SC roads and 50 on the motorway. this weekend i have passed 2 ASDA trucks doing 40, 1 on the A90 south between dundee and perth, the other on the M8 between easterhouse and coatbridge
are ASDA limiting their trucks to 40 now or are you guys trying to see how slow you can go before the police do you for causing an obstruction
cant speak for scotland scanny, but i think tesco,asda, morrisons wagons seem to be getting faster if anything, never used to struggle to get passed them but a few times lately i have, never seen one doing 40 mph on a motorway yet to be honest.
but as above maybee they havent got a collection for hours, so why hammer it there, i often do 50 mph and im still at collections waiting for hours and hours, its a sight less stressfull , but i wouldnt do 40 mph , if they are that is getting a bit stupid
they definately seem to be getting slower up here. most of my work comes from tesco and they also have some kind of incentive for their drivers to get good MPG figures although i dont know what it is as it doesnt apply to me. they also get reports on how they drive, revving, braking etc. i know from this website that morrisons have cut their limiters down and the co-op truck i drove last saturday was cut to 53MPH so they might be following suit. their rigids certainly dont seem to be flying round like they used to but again, the limiters are beyond the drivers control and most sit at 50 no matter which supermarket they work for which is a reasonable speed especially as most truckers expect to see supermarket trucks at around 50 these days. 40 is getting beyond a joke though. i would imagine ASDA are like tesco with their scheduling ie departure time, arrival time, turnaround time etc etc etc which is something i have to adhere to just as the company drivers do. if i am early i pull in and use POA. i wont cut my wages by flying around and getting back for an early knock off as it only costs me money but i will try and keep my driving time down and use POA as they dock excessive breaks. what i wont do is hold up other truckers who may be racing against their driving time
scanny77:
it seems that they are competing to see who can be the biggest bunch of tossers on the road.
we all moaned about tesco trucks sticking to 40 on SC roads and 50 on the motorway. this weekend i have passed 2 ASDA trucks doing 40, 1 on the A90 south between dundee and perth, the other on the M8 between easterhouse and coatbridge
are ASDA limiting their trucks to 40 now or are you guys trying to see how slow you can go before the police do you for causing an obstruction
You’ve obviously never drove for Tesco or Asda (or Sainsburys for that matter). Tescos have a device called an isotrac fitted in their cabs, by which means they know where you are, and what speed they are doing. If you’re exceeding the speed limit, you get an irritating bleeping sound in your lug’ole, if you continue you then get called and or disciplined when you get back. Yes, its irritating for us in the real world, but it is the law, and if enough drivers in a firm get done for speeding then Vosa can take action on the company as well as individual drivers. There’s no arguing about it. O f course on Sundays when your on double bubble(on agency anyway) it works for you
I think there are two discussions getting mixed up here…
The one about doing 40 on a SC and the one about doing 40 on a motorway
40 on SC is the LEGAL limit for LGVs over 7.5 tonnes but if any driver breaks that limit SAFELY and without causing any safety issues to any other road user then then that is their CHOICE - it’s their licence at risk.
Being restricted by a company or deliberately choosing to do 40 on a motorway is just plain stupid and is very likely to cause traffic flow problems and possible safey issues
I remember the case where a car driver was prosecuted for deliberately going too slow on a motorway
ROG:
I think there are two discussions getting mixed up here…
The one about doing 40 on a SC and the one about doing 40 on a motorway
40 on SC is the LEGAL limit for LGVs over 7.5 tonnes but if any driver breaks that limit SAFELY and without causing any safety issues to any other road user then then that is their CHOICE - it’s their licence at risk.
Being restricted by a company or deliberately choosing to do 40 on a motorway is just plain stupid and is very likely to cause traffic flow problems and possible safey issues
I remember the case where a car driver was prosecuted for deliberately going too slow on a motorway
There is a minimum speed limit in Germany as well as separate limits for the autobahn lanes. Minimum speed limit is 60kmh hence the original need for 8hp per tonne.
But above the motorway lanes there is normally another sign that may be 80 in lane one, 90 in lane two and 110 in lane three. This would then prohibit any lorries venturing into lane two, as to do so they would have to exceed their allowed speed limit
scanny77:
it seems that they are competing to see who can be the biggest bunch of tossers on the road.
we all moaned about tesco trucks sticking to 40 on SC roads and 50 on the motorway. this weekend i have passed 2 ASDA trucks doing 40, 1 on the A90 south between dundee and perth, the other on the M8 between easterhouse and coatbridge
are ASDA limiting their trucks to 40 now or are you guys trying to see how slow you can go before the police do you for causing an obstruction
You’ve obviously never drove for Tesco or Asda (or Sainsburys for that matter). Tescos have a device called an isotrac fitted in their cabs, by which means they know where you are, and what speed they are doing. If you’re exceeding the speed limit, you get an irritating bleeping sound in your lug’ole, if you continue you then get called and or disciplined when you get back. Yes, its irritating for us in the real world, but it is the law, and if enough drivers in a firm get done for speeding then Vosa can take action on the company as well as individual drivers. There’s no arguing about it. O f course on Sundays when your on double bubble(on agency anyway) it works for you
scannys been on and off at tesco for 3 years, ive also been in there for nearly a year and i can tell you now ive never had that annoying bleep in my lughole, yes they know where you are and how fast your going but so what. ive also never been spoke to about my speed or anything actually while working there
I had to brake on the M62 just the other day for what I thought was a traffic jam in front, turns out all the hold up was 8/9 waggons having to go into the middle lane to overtake an asda waggon doing around 47-50 mph. They really do cause problems at these speeds! I nearly had a car up my a** because of it!
