rigsby:
I would want flashing lights all over my kit if I was doing your job , might protect From the brain dead morons .
It doesn’t I’m afraid, we’ve lost 2 doing the job.
BossHogg:
rigsby:
I would want flashing lights all over my kit if I was doing your job , might protect From the brain dead morons .It doesn’t I’m afraid, we’ve lost 2 doing the job.
Yep if I was one of your lads I’d be head to toe hi viz, even me undercrackers (to be sure. 
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Btw as Maoster says, you can’t compare somebody who’s life maybe depends on it to be kitted out with hi viz, with the clowns behind the wheel of a truck.
robroy:
Yorkielad:
People that park in lay-bys then put hazard lights on so from a distance your wandering if there in the carriageway broken down…Ok, but how many vehicles have been rammed up the arse in lay bys, so at least if you/they see the hazards, they approach with more caution,.and ready to pull out if they are on the carriageway.
If it’s a narrow lay by at night, where I’m parked an inch within the line and 2 inches off the road, and if I’m only stopping to pour a coffee read a map or something, I’ll put hazards on… so guilty as charged.
TBF if someone’s gunna run into you hazard lights won’t stop them,the four stationary red lights on the back of your trailer didn’t put them off doing it…
Yorkielad:
robroy:
Yorkielad:
People that park in lay-bys then put hazard lights on so from a distance your wandering if there in the carriageway broken down…Ok, but how many vehicles have been rammed up the arse in lay bys, so at least if you/they see the hazards, they approach with more caution,.and ready to pull out if they are on the carriageway.
If it’s a narrow lay by at night, where I’m parked an inch within the line and 2 inches off the road, and if I’m only stopping to pour a coffee read a map or something, I’ll put hazards on… so guilty as charged.TBF if someone’s gunna run into you hazard lights won’t stop them,the four stationary red lights on the back of your trailer didn’t put them off doing it…
Nothing will stop inept idiots doing anything, but for everyone else hazards stand out like a sore thumb compared to tail lights, …and even at least a couple of the idiots would notice more, so that is safer in my book.
No amount of lights will stop a inattentive driver from hitting you up the 'arris, plenty of our patrol cars have been hit despite being lit up like a Christmas tree.
BossHogg:
No amount of lights will stop a inattentive driver from hitting you up the 'arris, plenty of our patrol cars have been hit despite being lit up like a Christmas tree.
Like I said mate…inept idiots. 
robroy:
Terry T:
Threads about drivers wearing hi viz in the cab. Bore off FFS.Drivers who wear their hi viz in the cab whilst driving.
And those who can’t see, accept, or care how [zb] ridiculous they look when you mention it on a thread.
Knew that would reel someone in 
robroy:
Yorkielad:
robroy:
Yorkielad:
People that park in lay-bys then put hazard lights on so from a distance your wandering if there in the carriageway broken down…Ok, but how many vehicles have been rammed up the arse in lay bys, so at least if you/they see the hazards, they approach with more caution,.and ready to pull out if they are on the carriageway.
If it’s a narrow lay by at night, where I’m parked an inch within the line and 2 inches off the road, and if I’m only stopping to pour a coffee read a map or something, I’ll put hazards on… so guilty as charged.TBF if someone’s gunna run into you hazard lights won’t stop them,the four stationary red lights on the back of your trailer didn’t put them off doing it…
Nothing will stop inept idiots doing anything, but for everyone else hazards stand out like a sore thumb compared to tail lights, …and even at least a couple of the idiots would notice more, so that is safer in my book.
What about the ones who sit in the layby with the hazards on but there’s another truck behind them. All you can see as you approach is the offside indicators flashing so you flash them out, move over etc, only to see the driver sat there in the cab with the light on, seat tilted back whilst reading the paper, completely oblivious to the mayhem he’s causing.
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Breaking down in a lorry and a womble telling me to sit at the top of the embankment in the rain. I have a 30 to 45 foot exclusion zone behind me and it will protect me more than a steep hill.
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Coloured Hard Hats to denote importance.
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Snoring.
Wheel Nut:
- Breaking down in a lorry and a womble telling me to sit at the top of the embankment in the rain. I have a 30 to 45 foot exclusion zone behind me and it will protect me more than a steep hill.
Think (or rather know) I’d be declining his ‘‘kind suggestion’’ …can’t see him leading me up there with my arm up my back if you get my point.
Breaking down on hard shoulder has always been a good excuse for a kip for me in the past, bearing in mind your last point.
In answer to Mick’s lay by point.
The lay bys I’m on about are not on major d.carriageways more so on dodgy type A roads, which are narrow and only room for one truck,…and mostly in dark.
But if by chance a one could get in behind me…my potential ‘danger’ has gone, so hazards would be off. 
robroy:
Wheel Nut:
- Breaking down in a lorry and a womble telling me to sit at the top of the embankment in the rain. I have a 30 to 45 foot exclusion zone behind me and it will protect me more than a steep hill.
Think (or rather know) I’d be declining his ‘‘kind suggestion’’ …can’t see him leading me up there with my arm up my back if you get my point.
Breaking down on hard shoulder has always been a good excuse for a kip for me in the past, bearing in mind your last point.In answer to Mick’s lay by point.
The lay bys I’m on about are not on major d.carriageways more so on dodgy type A roads, which are narrow and only room for one truck,…and mostly in dark.
But if by chance a one could get in behind me…my potential ‘danger’ has gone, so hazards would be off.
Sorry Rob, but you do like to remind us quite a lot. 
Regards John.
toby1234abc:
Drivers that eat in a cafe or MSA wearing a do not knock me down vest ,and drivers wearing a bib while driving look like retards , that is my opinion and i am allowed to have an opinion .
A thread about it it is not boring .
Like this geezer it’s dangerous out there esp when you can’t even walk through the right door !!
Berks who drop heavily loaded trailers and stow the leg winding handle. Like the one I picked up this morning 
old 67:
robroy:
Wheel Nut:
- Breaking down in a lorry and a womble telling me to sit at the top of the embankment in the rain. I have a 30 to 45 foot exclusion zone behind me and it will protect me more than a steep hill.
Think (or rather know) I’d be declining his ‘‘kind suggestion’’ …can’t see him leading me up there with my arm up my back if you get my point.
Breaking down on hard shoulder has always been a good excuse for a kip for me in the past, bearing in mind your last point.In answer to Mick’s lay by point.
The lay bys I’m on about are not on major d.carriageways more so on dodgy type A roads, which are narrow and only room for one truck,…and mostly in dark.
But if by chance a one could get in behind me…my potential ‘danger’ has gone, so hazards would be off.0
Sorry Rob, but you do like to remind us quite a lot.
Regards John.
Nah not really…as my mate once said while we were on a runway waiting to take off ( not a good flier) ‘Look at him 6 foot 1 and soft as ■■■■’’
Point I was making btw was those guys (who I ain’t really got a problem with as some have) ain’t coppers, they can only advise you, was what I meant…in other words they can’t make you as a copper could.
But cheers anyway.
the maoster:
Berks who drop heavily loaded trailers and stow the leg winding handle. Like the one I picked up this morning
Same ones who drive an Actros and drop an empty trailer on full suspension height so you’ve got to wind legs down to reach the pin
Sent from my truck
robroy:
Wheel Nut:
- Breaking down in a lorry and a womble telling me to sit at the top of the embankment in the rain. I have a 30 to 45 foot exclusion zone behind me and it will protect me more than a steep hill.
Think (or rather know) I’d be declining his ‘‘kind suggestion’’ …can’t see him leading me up there with my arm up my back if you get my point.
Breaking down on hard shoulder has always been a good excuse for a kip for me in the past, bearing in mind your last point.In answer to Mick’s lay by point.
The lay bys I’m on about are not on major d.carriageways more so on dodgy type A roads, which are narrow and only room for one truck,…and mostly in dark.
But if by chance a one could get in behind me…my potential ‘danger’ has gone, so hazards would be off.
I give safety “advice” not an order. If you don’t want to take that advice, it’s no skin off my nose. You’re all adults, I just simply put it on the incident log that I gave advice and it wasn’t taken, that way (heaven forbid) if anything nasty happens, I can hold my head up in the coroner’s inquest and say I did my bit.
BossHogg:
robroy:
Wheel Nut:
- Breaking down in a lorry and a womble telling me to sit at the top of the embankment in the rain. I have a 30 to 45 foot exclusion zone behind me and it will protect me more than a steep hill.
Think (or rather know) I’d be declining his ‘‘kind suggestion’’ …can’t see him leading me up there with my arm up my back if you get my point.
Breaking down on hard shoulder has always been a good excuse for a kip for me in the past, bearing in mind your last point.In answer to Mick’s lay by point.
The lay bys I’m on about are not on major d.carriageways more so on dodgy type A roads, which are narrow and only room for one truck,…and mostly in dark.
But if by chance a one could get in behind me…my potential ‘danger’ has gone, so hazards would be off.I give safety “advice” not an order. If you don’t want to take that advice, it’s no skin off my nose. You’re all adults, I just simply put it on the incident log that I gave advice and it wasn’t taken, that way (heaven forbid) if anything nasty happens, I can hold my head up in the coroner’s inquest and say I did my bit.
Yep, that was my point about it being a ‘kind suggestion’ rather than like being told by a copper, and maybe forced into something…and not me trying to tell Old John how hard I am…(or not. )
Do you get much abuse and non co.operation in your job?
I do notice a bit of hostility on here towards Traffic types like yourself, I’ve never understood why tbh.
If you get the power crazy arsey type, fair enough, but on the whole any I’ve dealt with have been ok.
Silly safety signs like “STOP HAVE YOU APPLIED YOUR PARK BRAKE” kinda thing.
I’ve got one on the back of my unit where its probably too late to do anything about it of you’re reading it and thinking ‘shi…’
toonsy:
Silly safety signs like “STOP HAVE YOU APPLIED YOUR PARK BRAKE” kinda thing.I’ve got one on the back of my unit where its probably too late to do anything about it of you’re reading it and thinking ‘shi…’
Stopping at the Tyne Tunnel to check your fifth wheel dog clip, more fun on a foreign plated lorry
Tooz:
HGV drivers who join the M74 north or south from junction 5 and go straight in to the third lane causing a bottleneck even though they have nearly 2 miles before they need to do so
Similar to those that sit in the middle lane on the M4 e/b from the M48 entry slip to the M32 exit slip!
Using the window as a substitute door handle to close the door
Leaving all the lines in a tangled heap on the catwalk
Having a sleeping bag on the bunk when the driver doesn’t do nights away
Leaving a dirty, COVID ridden sleeping bag on the bunk for the day driver after doing a night out (couple of ours do Edinburgh or Gateshead-Penrith)
Going up to office for unit keys, jumping in and finding defect book is full and needs replacing… another trip to office
Upon checking the lights, finding a bulb needs replacing…check the box of spares in the OHL and find no spare…another trip up to office!
Day drivers who can’t be bothered to put the trailer they’ve used on a bay (ready to be loaded for nights) and dump it on the fence
Our new regime of dropping trailers every time now…we kept the same unit/trailer combo since the new stuff turned up in 2015…all looked after but now they all look she-ite because nobody bothers about them anymore!