Janos:
Do you see business men ■■■■■■■ behind their cars, or coach drivers doing the same? No, and the reason why is because it is a service area with toilets, and they are not too bone idle to walk to them.
Put your theory to the test. Get some to drink lots of tea and coffee and take them for a four and a half hour spin and see how you get on.
Its a bad analogy, Buisness men like Alex Fergusson get away with driving down the hard shoulder cos he needs a crap. You wouldn’t get away with the same. Coach drivers operate in a far more civilised regime than lorry drivers and stop more often.
No matter who you are we all need to ■■■■, and its comes on some quicker than others. And if a picture of a lorry driver having a ■■■■ makes you think the public think bad of us then i feel sorry for your mindset.
Of course for many saying something here, they see a lazy, dirty [zb]. I just see a truck driver who needs a ■■■■. I’ve no idea why he couldnt make it to the toilets and i wouldn’t attempt to guess.
I’m not bone idle, i can sprint to the bogs after i’ve had a ■■■■ at the side of my trailer. Not before though.
QED. You just don’t get it. There are some dinosaurs on here. Your truck is never more than a five minute walk from a loo in the services. Do what you want in the ‘wild’, but all some of us are saying is have some decorum in public places. Also, if you were a tyre fitter, how would you feel having to lie down in a puddle of ■■■■? Or worse still, if you had to carry out a repair yourself.
I feel the same way they do when they leave bits of tyre casing everywhere…i.e. Not my problem.
I’d agree ■■■■■■■ where you like is not on. I don;t agree that a photo of one driver taking a ■■■■ makes him lazy as we’ve no idea why he’s done it. I strongly disagree that the public dislike us for it. Infact, i generally find people very sympathetic to us with lack of facilities etc. You’re gonna say…yeah but there’s a bog 50 yards away, and i’m gonna say you still don’t know why he had to do that. And i’m also gonna say if ■■■■■■■ is a big problem in lorry parks then why do they make the bogs so far away, after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
1 coachload of 70 pishriddled blue rinse coffin dodgers…or 1 truck with 1 moaning truckie…bit of a no brainer to see whos going to be parked closest to the bogs? and rightly so…can you imagine the floods of vick and pish running down the carpark if the wrinklies got caught short or their colostomy bags overflowed? it would be like a tsunamai of woosh!!!
Mike-C:
after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Here ^^^^^^^ we finally get to the crux of the matter. .20 years ago I’d have been right with the OP on this one and would’ve demanded that the guy ■■■■■■■ against the wheel when there were toilets nearby had his ■■■■■■■■ stapled to his ■■■■! But then something strange happened; I turned 40 and suddenly found that when I felt the need to go then i really NEEDED to go that very minute! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve skidded into a layby or services in a cloud of rubber smoke after three or four minutes of the type of pelvic thrusting that would make Ron Jeremy proud! My concern on those occasions is not whether I’ll make it to the toilet in time rather “will I manage to get it out before it starts unloading?”
Mike-C:
after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Here ^^^^^^^ we finally get to the crux of the matter. .20 years ago I’d have been right with the OP on this one and would’ve demanded that the guy ■■■■■■■ against the wheel when there were toilets nearby had his ■■■■■■■■ stapled to his ■■■■! But then something strange happened; I turned 40 and suddenly found that when I felt the need to go then i really NEEDED to go that very minute! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve skidded into a layby or services in a cloud of rubber smoke after three or four minutes of the type of pelvic thrusting that would make Ron Jeremy proud! My concern on those occasions is not whether I’ll make it to the toilet in time rather “will I manage to get it out before it starts unloading?”
wait till your in your 50’s I can at times make it but hell I gotta be quick like a gunslinger
Mike-C:
after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Here ^^^^^^^ we finally get to the crux of the matter. .20 years ago I’d have been right with the OP on this one and would’ve demanded that the guy ■■■■■■■ against the wheel when there were toilets nearby had his ■■■■■■■■ stapled to his ■■■■! But then something strange happened; I turned 40 and suddenly found that when I felt the need to go then i really NEEDED to go that very minute! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve skidded into a layby or services in a cloud of rubber smoke after three or four minutes of the type of pelvic thrusting that would make Ron Jeremy proud! My concern on those occasions is not whether I’ll make it to the toilet in time rather “will I manage to get it out before it starts unloading?”
wait till your in your 50’s I can at times make it but hell I gotta be quick like a gunslinger
Mike-C:
after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Here ^^^^^^^ we finally get to the crux of the matter. .20 years ago I’d have been right with the OP on this one and would’ve demanded that the guy ■■■■■■■ against the wheel when there were toilets nearby had his ■■■■■■■■ stapled to his ■■■■! But then something strange happened; I turned 40 and suddenly found that when I felt the need to go then i really NEEDED to go that very minute! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve skidded into a layby or services in a cloud of rubber smoke after three or four minutes of the type of pelvic thrusting that would make Ron Jeremy proud! My concern on those occasions is not whether I’ll make it to the toilet in time rather “will I manage to get it out before it starts unloading?”
wait till your in your 50’s I can at times make it but hell I gotta be quick like a gunslinger
bazza123:
On the other hand, he could just be a lazy [zb].
That comes with age too. I’m sensing a dislike of old folk amogst the ranks !!! We need to get this nipped in the bud, its discrimination and not right !!
Don’t let it bother you Mike, statistically speaking we’ve had more days than we have left. We’ll be dead before long and the young 'uns can have it their way. Oh hang on, THEY won’t be the young 'uns then will they? Oh it’s a quandry!
Not many of you guys work in europe then I do find it abhorrent (sp?) peeing in a bottle then throwing out at he side of the road, but I am more offended by the plastic part of that litter lying on the verge! Is it so difficult to find somewhere to empty said bottle and put it in a bin? oh yes sorry, local government cut backs there are no bins in laybys anymore they are too expensive to empty. but they can employ 10 blokes to go litter picking
the maoster:
Don’t let it bother you Mike, statistically speaking we’ve had more days than we have left. We’ll be dead before long and the young 'uns can have it their way. Oh hang on, THEY won’t be the young 'uns then will they? Oh it’s a quandry!
I’m about 50/50 at the minute. I done one of them Facebook quizzes and it said i’ll live to 110 !!
Janos:
QED. You just don’t get it. There are some dinosaurs on here. Your truck is never more than a five minute walk from a loo in the services. Do what you want in the ‘wild’, but all some of us are saying is have some decorum in public places. Also, if you were a tyre fitter, how would you feel having to lie down in a puddle of ■■■■? Or worse still, if you had to carry out a repair yourself.
I feel the same way they do when they leave bits of tyre casing everywhere…i.e. Not my problem.
Do you not consider telling them to stop being such inconsiderate scruffy barstewards or do you not care about the environment you live and work in?
Mike-C:
i generally find people very sympathetic to us with lack of facilities etc. You’re gonna say…yeah but there’s a bog 50 yards away, and i’m gonna say you still don’t know why he had to do that. And i’m also gonna say if ■■■■■■■ is a big problem in lorry parks then why do they make the bogs so far away, after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Sorry to be controversial Mike but if you look at social housing over the last 20 years or so they tried a social experiment to mix it with private housing to ‘up the standards’
The same applies to MSA’s why should truckers be sidelined and treated as 2nd class citizens? Truckers need to integrate and use the facilities properly?
dieseldog:
1 coachload of 70 pishriddled blue rinse coffin dodgers…or 1 truck with 1 moaning truckie…bit of a no brainer
If 70 pishriddled coffin dodgers can make the bog without pishing all over the parking lot what is the probkem with 1 LGV driver making it?
Don’t u carry a lucozade bottle in case you get caught short
Tim85:
Not many of you guys work in europe then I do find it abhorrent (sp?) peeing in a bottle then throwing out at he side of the road, but I am more offended by the plastic part of that litter lying on the verge! Is it so difficult to find somewhere to empty said bottle and put it in a bin? oh yes sorry, local government cut backs there are no bins in laybys anymore they are too expensive to empty. but they can employ 10 blokes to go litter picking
Robinsons orange bottle with the wide lid,then your japs eye finds it even in the dark single handed…( what do the japaneese call there japs eye)■■?..im quite happy peeing in a bottle,i seldom go upstairs on ferrys and just kip in the cab,so its handy when I get up before the doors open…on principle,then I chip any rubbish I can along the A 75 .other than that,it gets chucked anywhere it suits me…along the corridor would be 2nd favourite…I wouldn’t go out of my way to lose it somewhere on the main thoroughfare in services,but anywhere in general outside my door suits me fine.if im in a rdc and can be in the cab,then il use the bottle rather than go into the building… I have ibs and if I need to go,then its a crash stop wherever I am on the m/way and dangle out the passenger side…other than that,in emergencies,its a couple of bin liners rolled up and the floor of the truck.(emergencies only mind)…if theres no bin in a layby then it gets slung…always remember,if nobody left any rubbish,then all the binnys would be on the dole. theres always someone worse than you,i ran with a guy who just used his old welly boot to pee in,even when he was driving,and then the window went down and it got tipped out at 60 mph…the smell in hus cab would have brought tears to a glass eye…
Janos:
QED. You just don’t get it. There are some dinosaurs on here. Your truck is never more than a five minute walk from a loo in the services. Do what you want in the ‘wild’, but all some of us are saying is have some decorum in public places. Also, if you were a tyre fitter, how would you feel having to lie down in a puddle of ■■■■? Or worse still, if you had to carry out a repair yourself.
I feel the same way they do when they leave bits of tyre casing everywhere…i.e. Not my problem.
Do you not consider telling them to stop being such inconsiderate scruffy barstewards or do you not care about the environment you live and work in?
I’m with you on that, but you aint placing any blame on me !!! I’ve said…“arn’t you taking the tyre and bits?” and they say…“nah , its ■■■■■■ its no good” !!! I aint staying arguing with him. One of us charges for tyre disposal and it aint me.
speedyguy:
Mike-C:
i generally find people very sympathetic to us with lack of facilities etc. You’re gonna say…yeah but there’s a bog 50 yards away, and i’m gonna say you still don’t know why he had to do that. And i’m also gonna say if ■■■■■■■ is a big problem in lorry parks then why do they make the bogs so far away, after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Sorry to be controversial Mike but if you look at social housing over the last 20 years or so they tried a social experiment to mix it with private housing to ‘up the standards’
The same applies to MSA’s why should truckers be sidelined and treated as 2nd class citizens? Truckers need to integrate and use the facilities properly?
dieseldog:
1 coachload of 70 pishriddled blue rinse coffin dodgers…or 1 truck with 1 moaning truckie…bit of a no brainer
If 70 pishriddled coffin dodgers can make the bog without pishing all over the parking lot what is the probkem with 1 LGV driver making it?
Don’t u carry a lucozade bottle in case you get caught short
Thats nothing to do with social housing and its experiments to up standards. If you really believe that, i can’t imagine that you do really then whats your inference ? Maybe truckers on their time off ■■■■ in the car park when in their car ? I’m not having it. Look at say…Knutsford, you reckon many lorry drivers ■■■■ in the lorry park there ? Or say…Sandbach, i reckon they do there. Why ?
Mike-C:
after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Here ^^^^^^^ we finally get to the crux of the matter. .20 years ago I’d have been right with the OP on this one and would’ve demanded that the guy ■■■■■■■ against the wheel when there were toilets nearby had his ■■■■■■■■ stapled to his ■■■■! But then something strange happened; I turned 40 and suddenly found that when I felt the need to go then i really NEEDED to go that very minute! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve skidded into a layby or services in a cloud of rubber smoke after three or four minutes of the type of pelvic thrusting that would make Ron Jeremy proud! My concern on those occasions is not whether I’ll make it to the toilet in time rather “will I manage to get it out before it starts unloading?”
Mike-C:
after all you do realise the average age of a lorry driver?
Here ^^^^^^^ we finally get to the crux of the matter. .20 years ago I’d have been right with the OP on this one and would’ve demanded that the guy ■■■■■■■ against the wheel when there were toilets nearby had his ■■■■■■■■ stapled to his ■■■■! But then something strange happened; I turned 40 and suddenly found that when I felt the need to go then i really NEEDED to go that very minute! I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve skidded into a layby or services in a cloud of rubber smoke after three or four minutes of the type of pelvic thrusting that would make Ron Jeremy proud! My concern on those occasions is not whether I’ll make it to the toilet in time rather “will I manage to get it out before it starts unloading?”
well said totally agree.
Me to. I’m 50.Was ok going into services but once I set foot on the ground that was it, no choice, out it came and boy, it felt good
I do find it abhorrent (sp?) peeing in a bottle then throwing out at he side of the road, but I am more offended by the plastic part of that litter lying on the verge! Is it so difficult to find somewhere to empty said bottle and put it in a bin? oh yes sorry, local government cut backs there are no bins in laybys anymore they are too expensive to empty. but they can employ 10 blokes to go litter picking 
