Texting and driving

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Just for the record I spotted a copper on his mobile whilst driving with one hand earlier today in Ashton -under -lyne. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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Thanks for ruining this thread with boring aeroplane talk guys!

Sam Millar:
What do I know? I only hold a private pilots license :smiley:

Sam, can I ask you a question that Iā€™m sure is on a lot of peopleā€™s minds?
How could you afford to get your pilots licence yet still get your LGV training funded by the state? Or have we all paid for you to learn to fly as well?

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switchlogic:

Coffeeholic:

switchlogic:
To get from a private to commercial pilots licence costs an insane amount of money. I got half way to my private pilots licence before the money ran out.

I can just see you and Bertie in a small plane, Bertie wearing one of those Biggles style scarves complete with bullet holes.

Thatā€™s certainly conjured up an image that I canā€™t stop laughing about!

I plan to get my licence one day but itā€™ll be an intensive trip the the US and do it all in one go. I know this method does have its faults but I just canā€™t find the time or money to do it in the UK. I had so many lessons cancelled because of weather that by the time the next lesson came around Iā€™d forgotten most of what I learnt on the last one.

luke, if you go to the us for your training keep on reminding them, they have nothing to worry about. you intend to land the plane as wellā€¦

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SmashedCrabFace:
Thanks for ruining this thread with boring aeroplane talk guys!

Sam Millar:
What do I know? I only hold a private pilots license :smiley:

Sam, can I ask you a question that Iā€™m sure is on a lot of peopleā€™s minds?
How could you afford to get your pilots licence yet still get your LGV training funded by the state? Or have we all paid for you to learn to fly as well?

Itā€™s certainly none of your business and no, thatā€™s not possible. Less of trying to be a smart ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  :wink:

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Oops, looks like Iā€™ve touched a nerve with somebody else, I just canā€™t seem to help myself lately.
Come on Sam, spill the beansā€¦ or donā€™t you want the dole office to find out?

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SmashedCrabFace:
Oops, looks like Iā€™ve touched a nerve with somebody else, I just canā€™t seem to help myself lately.
Come on Sam, spill the beansā€¦ or donā€™t you want the dole office to find out?

Yeah you have hit a nerve, youā€™ve got a cheek. Youā€™re a real comedian, seriously :unamused: Itā€™s got nothing to do with you at all how anything I own/issued has been paid, as for the way youā€™re going on now, youā€™re trying to insinuate Iā€™m on the dole for extra money that I donā€™t need to have which is absolute ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– . Youā€™ve got no right to question anything about me, you donā€™t know me.

You must have some sad life to sit behind a keyboard and judge others, and just because I follow the path of being a lorry driver, doesnā€™t mean weā€™re all uneducated thick ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– .

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Sam Millar:

SmashedCrabFace:
Oops, looks like Iā€™ve touched a nerve with somebody else, I just canā€™t seem to help myself lately.
Come on Sam, spill the beansā€¦ or donā€™t you want the dole office to find out?

Yeah you have hit a nerve, youā€™ve got a cheek. Youā€™re a real comedian, seriously :unamused: Itā€™s got nothing to do with you at all how anything I own/issued has been paid, as for the way youā€™re going on now, youā€™re trying to insinuate Iā€™m on the dole for extra money that I donā€™t need to have which is absolute [zb]. Youā€™ve got no right to question anything about me, you donā€™t know me.

You must have some sad life to sit behind a keyboard and judge others, and just because I follow the path of being a lorry driver, doesnā€™t mean weā€™re all uneducated thick [zb].

Chill Sam. Iā€™m not sitting behind a keyboard, Iā€™m sitting behind a steering wheel, on my phone, getting paid to annoy someone who shamelessly boasts about their pilots licence and getting LGV funding on the same website. I hope for your sake no-one from the job centre reads this.

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SmashedCrabFace:

Sam Millar:

SmashedCrabFace:
Oops, looks like Iā€™ve touched a nerve with somebody else, I just canā€™t seem to help myself lately.
Come on Sam, spill the beansā€¦ or donā€™t you want the dole office to find out?

Yeah you have hit a nerve, youā€™ve got a cheek. Youā€™re a real comedian, seriously :unamused: Itā€™s got nothing to do with you at all how anything I own/issued has been paid, as for the way youā€™re going on now, youā€™re trying to insinuate Iā€™m on the dole for extra money that I donā€™t need to have which is absolute [zb]. Youā€™ve got no right to question anything about me, you donā€™t know me.

You must have some sad life to sit behind a keyboard and judge others, and just because I follow the path of being a lorry driver, doesnā€™t mean weā€™re all uneducated thick [zb].

Chill Sam. Iā€™m not sitting behind a keyboard, Iā€™m sitting behind a steering wheel, on my phone, getting paid to annoy someone who shamelessly boasts about their pilots licence and getting LGV funding on the same website. I hope for your sake no-one from the job centre reads this.

They can read what they like? It wouldnā€™t make two difference if they read it or not I havenā€™t committed any offence. You seem to think that Iā€™ve used money from the job centre to pay for something like that, which is practically impossible because iā€™d be there forever saving up with the bloody rates they give you.

How about you get back to work and stop interfering with someoneā€™s elseā€™s business that has got sweet ā– ā– ā– ā–  all to do with you, you seem a bit too overworked up that your texting and driving thread had turned to aviation. :unamused:

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This is a public forum Sam, anything you post is open to question and criticism by the public. Youā€™ve obviously got something to hide, Prince Harry.

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Aviation is much more interesting for a startā€¦ :smiley:

And a ā– ā– ā– ā–  sight more skill is needed to do it than steering wheel attend a truck :grimacing: ā€¦

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Truckulent:
Aviation is much more interesting for a startā€¦ :smiley:

Reading through yours and Millarā€™s posts about aeroplanes is about as interesting as a self assessment tax form.

Truckulent:
a ā– ā– ā– ā–  sight more skill is needed to do it than steering wheel attend a truck :grimacing: ā€¦

I donā€™t doubt that for a second, a semi-conscious trained chimp could do my job. However this is TruckNetUK not FlyNetUK so jog on and spread your suicide inducing rambles elsewhere.

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SmashedCrabFace:

Truckulent:
Aviation is much more interesting for a startā€¦ :smiley:

Reading through yours and Millarā€™s posts about aeroplanes is about as interesting as a self assessment tax form.

Truckulent:
a ā– ā– ā– ā–  sight more skill is needed to do it than steering wheel attend a truck :grimacing: ā€¦

I donā€™t doubt that for a second, a semi-conscious trained chimp could do my job. However this is TruckNetUK not FlyNetUK so jog on and spread your suicide inducing rambles elsewhere.

What was the Question ā– ā– ? Come on guys your well of track from the initial Questionā€¦ :neutral_face:

Whilst driving along the A47 last week in my DAF hauling a trailer full of parcels going around Peterborough on my way to Leicester. Going along the dual carriage way section i in-cured an artic swaying slightly left to right in the left hand lane, as i approached at 53mph ( he was obviously going slower, approx 45mph ) the sway seemed to get worse, :open_mouth: my first thought was " The [zb] is on the phone or making dinner ", i had to make a decision do i move out to the right lane :arrow_right: and just go for it to get past him, hoping he doesnā€™t sway to far right as i go past or just sit behind and add extra minutes / hours to my journey. :imp:
I decided to go for the pass, boy what the ā– ā– ā– ā–  are some of you guys thinking about whilst driving your 44 Tonne vehicle along the public highway ā– ā– 
As i got along side his cab he had all the interior lights on and was flicking through a ā– ā– ā– ā–  mag that was sprawled across his steering wheel with one hand :open_mouth: whilst holding a cup of something in his other hand. :exclamation:
I gave him a blast of my hooter and he just looked at me and smiled, what a complete [zb], this sort of practice gives us all a bad name, i hope he gets caught real soonā€¦ :unamused:

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@ Rcoketman, why are you using Mike-Cā€™s avatar? And itā€™s okay, thanks for your pm help Rob. :unamused:

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SmashedCrabFace:
Is there a way to make one eye look at the phone and the other eye at the road, a bit like the picture of my face?

Found it! An app that turns your camera on and the buttons become transparent so you can safely point the phone at the road, watch the screen of the traffic ahead and text to your hearts content. In theory your not taking your eyes off the road so who can complain??

thereviewcrew.com/news/iphon ā€¦ -you-text/

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whatā€™s a ā– ā– ā– ā–  mag anyway?

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happysack:
whatā€™s a ā– ā– ā– ā–  mag anyway?

Its what the older generation of men and women use to whack one off too before they invented the internet.They werenā€™t much kop though as once done the pages would stick together,ask Vas he will fill you in :smiley:

He can still remember them being written on a tablet of stone. :open_mouth: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley:

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SmashedCrabFace:

Truckulent:
Aviation is much more interesting for a startā€¦ :smiley:

Reading through yours and Millarā€™s posts about aeroplanes is about as interesting as a self assessment tax form.

Truckulent:
a ā– ā– ā– ā–  sight more skill is needed to do it than steering wheel attend a truck :grimacing: ā€¦

I donā€™t doubt that for a second, a semi-conscious trained chimp could do my job. However this is TruckNetUK not FlyNetUK so jog on and spread your suicide inducing rambles elsewhere.

This is a free forum matey.Ifyou donā€™t like what you readā€¦

ā– ā– ā– ā–  off elsewhere son!!!

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No thanks, I think Iā€™ll stay.