jammymutt:
Tiggz at least you know now that if you do feel tired you can keep on driving for as long as it takes for a fellow truck driver to make sure you wake up.
Very facetious, Jammy… my point in all this is that I would try and solve the problem ‘in house’ long before I would go calling 999…especially as I reckon you wouldn’t get much thanx from traffic on a busy Friday night for bothering them with such a phone call
untill a multipull pile up happens with god knows howmany dead and injured people, and the motorway shut for 7 or so hours with maybe you stuck in the mayhem 
then what oh maybe someone should have givern him a blast on the horns and flashed him a bit■■? yeah that would do the trick 
agreed we have to look out for each other as no one else will, but where do you draw the line? after the 1st blast on the horns after the 100th and the driver is still a danger to others then what go by and leave it to someone else to clear up the mess 
chris
caveman:
untill a multipull pile up happens with god knows how many dead and injured people, and the motorway shut for 7 or so hours with maybe you stuck in the mayhem
Ditto!!! …
jammymutt:
caveman:
untill a multipull pile up happens with god knows how many dead and injured people, and the motorway shut for 7 or so hours with maybe you stuck in the mayhemDitto!!! …
I think the Police would be very thankful that you had taken the time to report erratic driving ESPECIALLY on a busy Friday night, this talk of losing livelihoods is utter nonsense the chances are if found to be tired a driver would probably be ordered to pull over and have a break, they are hardly going to take his licence away.
LT why did it take someone else to wake you up at Shap?, you as a professional driver should know the signs and should have pulled over before anyone else has to warn you of it.
Do-good brigade out in force again I see. (Not aimed at any individual or post specifically). 
Rob K:
Do-good brigade out in force again I see. (Not aimed at any individual or post specifically).
you know there never far away rob… 
I think Rikki should change the name of the site to Supergrass.com as there seems to be quite a few on here 
Simon
SimonRS2K:
I think Rikki should change the name of the site to Supergrass.com as there seems to be quite a few on hereSimon
Hear hear Simon
TheBear:
tiggz:
oh yeah and bear one more thing… yeah very true every one’s life has a time limit, god help you if anyone close to you ever gets killed in a RTA, believe me your attitude will change almost immediately.Tut Tut, Tiggs. you should always think before you speak
bear my dear, don’t judge people by your standards.
Going back to the original post, the eratic driver almost had a collision with another lorry who was trying to “ALERT/get past” and he/she made no attempt at making there driving safer to other road users. I’m sorry but at the end of the day i value my life and i’m not going to try and get any where near the arse of this guy to get his number plate to call the rozzers.
Your point of trying to solve the problem beforehand, very heroic in some instances and of course saving tax payers money and resources in “wasting” police time. BUT sometimes taking the law into your own hands is the worst you can do.
You have a different opinion to me on life and it’s worth and therefore, i accept that and take my hat off to you.
tiggz:
TheBear:
tiggz:
oh yeah and bear one more thing… yeah very true every one’s life has a time limit, god help you if anyone close to you ever gets killed in a RTA, believe me your attitude will change almost immediately.Tut Tut, Tiggs. you should always think before you speak
bear my dear, don’t judge people by your standards.
Going back to the original post, the eratic driver almost had a collision with another lorry who was trying to “ALERT/get past” and he/she made no attempt at making there driving safer to other road users. I’m sorry but at the end of the day i value my life and i’m not going to try and get any where near the arse of this guy to get his number plate to call the rozzers.
Your point of trying to solve the problem beforehand, very heroic in some instances and of course saving tax payers money and resources in “wasting” police time. BUT sometimes taking the law into your own hands is the worst you can do.
You have a different opinion to me on life and it’s worth and therefore, i accept that and take my hat off to you.
FAIR PLAY TO YOU MAN…
SimonRS2K:
I think Rikki should change the name of the site to Supergrass.com as there seems to be quite a few on hereSimon
not a case of being a supergrass simon, it is me being selfish i wanna live to drive another day
not to be killed doing a job i enjoy by someone falling asleep at the wheel.
as a professional yourself you should hope for the same things■■?
that reminds me how long you had your licence now?
chris
caveman:
SimonRS2K:
I think Rikki should change the name of the site to Supergrass.com as there seems to be quite a few on hereSimon
not a case of being a supergrass simon, it is me being selfish i wanna live to drive another day
not to be killed doing a job i enjoy by someone falling asleep at the wheel.
as a professional yourself you should hope for the same things■■?
that reminds me how long you had your licence now?
chris
Chris im afraid we’re going to have to agree to disagree because the way i’ve been brought up is that you dont tell tales on others no matter what the situation is, sorry but thats the type of person i am 
As an example how do you feel about this photo it was taken at 3am on a sunday morning its the speedo and rev counter from a 17t volvo the picture was taken on the A56 between haslingdon and burnley (very steep downhill) with a load weighing 8 ton
Simon
I can still make out the dials. Blow 'er on!!
SimonRS2K:
Chris im afraid we’re going to have to agree to disagree because the way i’ve been brought up is that you dont tell tales on others no matter what the situation is, sorry but thats the type of person i amAs an example how do you feel about this photo it was taken at 3am on a sunday morning its the speedo and rev counter from a 17t volvo the picture was taken on the A56 between haslingdon and burnley (very steep downhill) with a load weighing 8 ton
Simon
What do you want; a medal
By the way, you can also achieve the same result of both needles hitting the stoppers by opening the tacho holder when you’re moving. Sorry, nice try, but you’ve been sussed 
Rob its a digital tacho it wont open when moving
and no medal required thanks
simon
Si, that engines well on the way to jesus M8!
I see no one’s ever done 120k’s in a truck before