Stupid idiots who rely on there sat nav . Mine gives your plenty of warning which lane I need to be in before I get there. Yet you see so many idiots satnav/ phone in the Windows yet they still can’t get in the right lane.
And don’t get me started on people who live local yet insist on using there sat nav to get to work and home again
wide-load85:
as previously mentioned, indicating to move from lane 1 to 2 and car drivers refusing to move into lane 3road users who ignore my ■■■■■■ driver on single carriageways and come flying at me when I’m loaded with a fragile 12ft plus load
lorry drivers who block a clearly marked “abnormal loads only” bay at services because they can’t be arsed to back into one of the many empty regular spaces. (even worse when they act like you’re the bad guy for asking politely that they move)
cars who park anywhere they please, blocking access.
the (some) artics that refuse to be courteous and move left slightly when a wide load is overtaking them on the motorway/dual carriageway, deliberately sitting right near the lane-dividing line, while you’re sat as far right as poss to avoid contact (sorry but if you’re at 50mph I’m not sitting behind for god knows how long when am entitled to pass)
severe lack of parking all over the country
middle lane hoggers
drivers texting/etc whilst driving
You have my sympathies,I can see you have wide load driver syndrome
Dickynick and his cameras…
Norfolkinclue1:
Dickynick and his cameras…
Super bright orange flashing lights in the dark, most of the time when you do get to the vehicle with them on, they are either empty or have something just slightly overhanging.
Regardless nationalities, cos it affects everyone, its fines for drivers ( especially in kent ) who are almost out of hours and have to park in a layby…where they are asked to part with up to £300 for the privelage.
This rule can also be applied to laybys in other parts of the country, where there are no facilities.
Companies who refuse to pay the cost of parking in places where there are facilities
Lack of parking facilities full stop, as previously mentioned, Europe has good parking in between services with toilets and water.
Smart motorways…full stop. theyre dangerous to the point that there are no hard shoulders…just intermittent places for emergencies.
Delivery points where drivers are refused entry to toilet facilities.
Industrial estates that do not provide parking facilities for LGV`s
All of the above.
The one thing peeing me off at the moment is the Tossco drivers from Donny, who have a unit that bloody well cracks on, and when you move over to let it out of the A1/M18 slip, he just sits there matching your speed, till you just drop back,… Then he just sits at 53/54 till you try again. One day he will pick on a tang who is having a bad day.
dave docwra:
Super bright orange flashing lights in the dark, most of the time when you do get to the vehicle with them on, they are either empty or have something just slightly overhanging.
That will be the drivers ego.
biggriffin:
All of the above.The one thing peeing me off at the moment is the Tossco drivers from Donny, who have a unit that bloody well cracks on, and when you move over to let it out of the A1/M18 slip, he just sits there matching your speed, till you just drop back,… Then he just sits at 53/54 till you try again. One day he will pick on a tang who is having a bad day.
The same with Smeets Ferry drivers in their left-■■■■■■ Mercs (with UK plates).
Car drivers who dive in front of you at the 100 yard marker, because they must be front in the big bad slow lorry before turning off the motorway.
Shunters (especially at Teesport) who drop trailers WAAAYY too high, thus wasting at least five minutes slow-winding the legs to the level of the fifth wheel.
Garbo2018:
Shunters (especially at Teesport) who drop trailers WAAAYY too high, thus wasting at least five minutes slow-winding the legs to the level of the fifth wheel.
Shunters have no reason to touch the legs mate. If they’re too high it’s because that’s how they were dropped by the last driver.
We have a handful of drivers where I work who, despite being told numerous times still insist on raising the unit suspension to the maximum before dropping trailers. Every time I’m shunting I try to help them by finding out which trailer they are due to pick up and then using the tug to lift it whilst I wind the legs fully down. Bless 'em it’s good exercise for them! They’ll get sick of it before I do too.
the maoster:
Garbo2018:
Shunters (especially at Teesport) who drop trailers WAAAYY too high, thus wasting at least five minutes slow-winding the legs to the level of the fifth wheel.Shunters have no reason to touch the legs mate. If they’re too high it’s because that’s how they were dropped by the last driver.
We have a handful of drivers where I work who, despite being told numerous times still insist on raising the unit suspension to the maximum before dropping trailers. Every time I’m shunting I try to help them by finding out which trailer they are due to pick up and then using the tug to lift it whilst I wind the legs fully down. Bless 'em it’s good exercise for them! They’ll get sick of it before I do too.
That’s true in level yards, but not necessarily so in ro-ro ports. Limited headroom means trailer can’t be lifted too high, and getting up/down linkspan without knocking legs off or rubbing run-under bar needs clearance.
Edit. I’m meaning the need for tuggies to wind legs.
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Very good point Franglais. I will counter that by saying that shunters are notorious for attempting to keep their workload to a minimum therefore I’d suggest that if they did indeed wind the legs up for clearance purposes they’d probably leave them like that thus causing the trailer to be too low if anything.
the maoster:
Very good point Franglais. I will counter that by saying that shunters are notorious for attempting to keep their workload to a minimum therefore I’d suggest that if they did indeed wind the legs up for clearance purposes they’d probably leave them like that thus causing the trailer to be too low if anything.
A skill perfected by the shunters in Holyhead and then they moan when you get them to raise the trailer so you can hook in
Mazzer2:
the maoster:
Very good point Franglais. I will counter that by saying that shunters are notorious for attempting to keep their workload to a minimum therefore I’d suggest that if they did indeed wind the legs up for clearance purposes they’d probably leave them like that thus causing the trailer to be too low if anything.A skill perfected by the shunters in Holyhead and then they moan when you get them to raise the trailer so you can hook in
Yep.
And its perfectly acceptable for us to all moan about it, because we can now call 'em Dockies rather than Drivers.
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