I know that driver quality over the years has been dumbed down to the point that being a complete ■■■■■■ is no longer a barrier for obtaining a Class 1 , and we all see it every day, but I was amazed the other day that it has included special needs people…
I ain’t on about crap or dangerous driving this time, just pure bellendness
I was sat at Walton Summit Ind est on Thurs morning about 5ish after a night out, sat doing checks paperwork etc. I was in a long line of motors parked up, with about 3 in front of me, and about 5 or 6 in front of them round a bend in the road. All I could hear was a loud horn every 5 or so seconds, then this white DAF unit came around the corner blasted his horn at each of the 3 motors in front of me, didn’t do anything when he got alongside me, then continued to blast the horn at the 3 motors behind me (all with the curtains drawn) then I realized this prick was having a laugh by deliberately trying to wake everybody up .
I just couldn’t believe it, ok, I have seen young lads in cars that know no better doing it, but another driver?
Words just failed me, we all like a laugh, but at what point in this prick’s mind did he think that it was funny to interrupt driver’s daily rest period with all the potential consequences it could bring on.
No doubt some of the regular hard of thinking on here will also think it is funny …so crack on, no probs , but I was aiming at real drivers for their views.
The boy racers are just as bad when they rev their cars next to you late at night and then wheel spin away
No respect and they haven’t got a clue about the fact that we might be starting at the early hours of the morning!!!
TOSSERS!!!
I think you’re right, sadly the standards of lgv/“professional” drivers has really gone down over the last few years. Gone are the days where people thought we were true proffesionals and knights of the road, its a shame but there are some real idiots behind the wheel of wagons these days.
As for the horn blaster, just a 24 carat arse who needs a slap.
chilistrucker:
I think you’re right, sadly the standards of lgv/“professional” drivers has really gone down over the last few years. Gone are the days where people thought we were true proffesionals and knights of the road, its a shame but there are some real idiots behind the wheel of wagons these days.
As for the horn blaster, just a 24 carat arse who needs a slap.
tango boy:
The boy racers are just as bad when they rev their cars next to you late at night and then wheel spin away
No respect and they haven’t got a clue about the fact that we might be starting at the early hours of the morning!!!
TOSSERS!!!
That’s my point, you expect it from kids, but you would think that drivers would have a few more brain cells.
I remember being parked on a retail park one night next to a couple more lads, and the boy racers were using our motors as the center of their race track. It looked like an old John Wayne western, where the Indians are circling the wagon trains
tango boy:
The boy racers are just as bad when they rev their cars next to you late at night and then wheel spin away
No respect and they haven’t got a clue about the fact that we might be starting at the early hours of the morning!!!
TOSSERS!!!
That’s my point, you expect it from kids, but you would think that drivers would have a few more brain cells.
I remember being parked on a retail park one night next to a couple more lads, and the boy racers were using our motors as the center of their race track. It looked like an old John Wayne western, where the Indians are circling the wagon trains
tango boy:
The boy racers are just as bad when they rev their cars next to you late at night and then wheel spin away
No respect and they haven’t got a clue about the fact that we might be starting at the early hours of the morning!!!
TOSSERS!!!
That’s my point, you expect it from kids, but you would think that drivers would have a few more brain cells.
I remember being parked on a retail park one night next to a couple more lads, and the boy racers were using our motors as the center of their race track. It looked like an old John Wayne western, where the Indians are circling the wagon trains
tango boy:
The boy racers are just as bad when they rev their cars next to you late at night and then wheel spin away
No respect and they haven’t got a clue about the fact that we might be starting at the early hours of the morning!!!
TOSSERS!!!
That’s my point, you expect it from kids, but you would think that drivers would have a few more brain cells.
I remember being parked on a retail park one night next to a couple more lads, and the boy racers were using our motors as the center of their race track. It looked like an old John Wayne western, where the Indians are circling the wagon trains
Can be fun to watch but at 11pm gets a bit…
Brake fluid + water pistol =
That has got to be one of the best ideas/tips on Trucknet.
What they can’t comprehend is later on in the day of your 13/ 15 hour shift just as you’re tired and rubbing your eyes you run over the top of his wife and kids at a roundabout then one day they’ll learn!
One cockhead of a cockney down PURFLEET in a tipper used to do it all the time near circus tavern! until he was blabbing in the pub so once he ended up with a mouthful full of knuckles from me ( tired driver ) never heard a peep down there ever again! some steering wheel attendants are stupid you know
personally I would have pulled him and asked what the point of blasting his horn was for,if it was as you said he would have got a right bxxxxxxxxg off me,no doubt a day driver who goes home every night to a comfortable bed,as I do but even I would never do that to an overnighter,if I pull a fridge I turn it off if I am parked for my 45 rather than annoy other drivers I do not see the point of aggravating fellow drivers,he will learn one day when he is invited out the cab for a little chat and re education by some pxxxxd off driver
tango boy:
The boy racers are just as bad when they rev their cars next to you late at night and then wheel spin away
No respect and they haven’t got a clue about the fact that we might be starting at the early hours of the morning!!!
TOSSERS!!!
That’s my point, you expect it from kids, but you would think that drivers would have a few more brain cells.
I remember being parked on a retail park one night next to a couple more lads, and the boy racers were using our motors as the center of their race track. It looked like an old John Wayne western, where the Indians are circling the wagon trains
Can be fun to watch but at 11pm gets a bit…
Brake fluid + water pistol =
That has got to be one of the best ideas/tips on Trucknet.
I think more often than not the boy racers don’t comprehend that there are people asleep in trucks. I have had it a Cpl of times with boy racers revving cars and loud music and I got out to have it out with them then the penny dropped with them and they moved on . but no need to ruin someones pride and joy with paint stripper (even if the car is a pile of crap)
chilistrucker:
I think you’re right, sadly the standards of lgv/“professional” drivers has really gone down over the last few years. Gone are the days where people thought we were true proffesionals and knights of the road, its a shame but there are some real idiots behind the wheel of wagons these days.
When was this then? There’s an old black and white film called “Hell Drivers” made in 1957 about tipper drivers and they were running around in that as bad as they do now and I’m sure that if you watch it you’ll recognise a lot of the stuff they do in that from what you see today. So I’d love to know where in time the overall high standards you talk of was. There’s always been idiots behind the wheel of wagons and because of the lack of restrictions compared to now, were far worse than its possible to be today.
Truck driving tended to be the choice for thick people, those who were incapable of doing much else, because the pay and conditions were so crap that it was the only job they could do which would give them a reasonable income, albeit for doing twice the hours everyone else was. You did get people who wanted to do it for the freedom of the open road but a large percentage were doing it because of little chance of getting a job earning the same money elsewhere. Just look on this very forum for proof, the number of people who are effectively functionally illiterate and innumerate is extremely high as a percentage in comparison to elsewhere. Outside of truck driving what are their chances of getting a job paying £30k or more a year? Next to nought.
Finally we’re not professional drivers, we’re vocational drivers. There is no such thing as a professional driver. Just because you get paid for things that others do does not make you professional. Just because you require a higher qualification than others do to do the task does not make you professional. You can be “professional” in your outlook and how you do the job but that does not make you a professional driver. “Knights of the road” is nothing more than a twee idea in the minds of the elderly looking back through rose tinted glasses.
chilistrucker:
I think you’re right, sadly the standards of lgv/“professional” drivers has really gone down over the last few years. Gone are the days where people thought we were true proffesionals and knights of the road, its a shame but there are some real idiots behind the wheel of wagons these days.
When was this then? There’s an old black and white film called “Hell Drivers” made in 1957 about tipper drivers and they were running around in that as bad as they do now and I’m sure that if you watch it you’ll recognise a lot of the stuff they do in that from what you see today. So I’d love to know where in time the overall high standards you talk of was. There’s always been idiots behind the wheel of wagons and because of the lack of restrictions compared to now, were far worse than its possible to be today.
Truck driving tended to be the choice for thick people, those who were incapable of doing much else, because the pay and conditions were so crap that it was the only job they could do which would give them a reasonable income, albeit for doing twice the hours everyone else was. You did get people who wanted to do it for the freedom of the open road but a large percentage were doing it because of little chance of getting a job earning the same money elsewhere. Just look on this very forum for proof, the number of people who are effectively functionally illiterate and innumerate is extremely high as a percentage in comparison to elsewhere. Outside of truck driving what are their chances of getting a job paying £30k or more a year? Next to nought.
Finally we’re not professional drivers, we’re vocational drivers. There is no such thing as a professional driver. Just because you get paid for things that others do does not make you professional. Just because you require a higher qualification than others do to do the task does not make you professional. You can be “professional” in your outlook and how you do the job but that does not make you a professional driver. “Knights of the road” is nothing more than a twee idea in the minds of the elderly looking back through rose tinted glasses.
I fully agree.“Hell Drivers” was truly representative of the standard of lorry driving in the 50s.Some have tried to tell me it was over dramatic to entertain the viewer and that the film was speeded up for dramatic effect.
I don’t buy this however, all lorry drivers drove like that .
Regards. John.
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, but I was aiming at real drivers for their views.
some steering wheel attendants are stupid you know