I flash most drivers in, rigid, artic or even caravans 
, but I don’t get overtaken that often 
. What I don’t do is flash as soon as some muppet sticks his indicators on almost a car length in front of me, nor do I pull in when some idiots flash when I’m almost a car length in front of them 
. As for the speed thing, I-Roll puts the truck in neutral for you and I’m going to use every last bit of that momentum to get as far as possible with the free energy (keeping below 97 though), if that means i’m only going to part overtake you or your gonna have overtake me again, I’m happy with that 
. When I was a rigid driver I did get a bit peeved when artics used to do that but now I’m a proper driver I understand why .
It deffo happens but oddly there is a pecking order in the rigid world too, I’ve driven all sizes of the things and have noticed the following.
13 tonners are just treated as scum by everyone else, look like 7.5t and almost entirely unrespected by all and sundry.
18 tonners are a bit better, big wheels and reasonable cabs you are elevated to the respect of maybe 30% of other drivers.
6 wheelers and things get a bit better, 50-60% chance
8 wheelers and it seems to be on par with driving artics.
When driving with an oversize or good load on then everyone seems much more friendly.
It doesn’t bother me a jot, but it has amused me for years.
mickyblue:
flashed out by a car BEFORE I put the indicator on
That’s because he was reading the road ahead
Amazing how few people can do that these days. Quite often in the car I’ll pull out to pass a truck, see he’s quickly catching another so I’ll move out to lane 3 to give him room. It’s not difficult, yet some seem to care for nothing that isn’t inside their own tin box.
I also whenever possible practice “slow down, move over” for vehicles on the hard shoulder. Once you do it ones behind will quite often copy, but it takes one to do it to start the trend.
dew:
I also whenever possible practice “slow down, move over” for vehicles on the hard shoulder. Once you do it ones behind will quite often copy, but it takes one to do it to start the trend.
I done that a few weeks ago and was fairly shocked to get a friendly wave from the HALO fella.
Must be getting old, as I recall the “Class 3” two axle brigade in my driving youth… 
Gembo:
dew:
I also whenever possible practice “slow down, move over” for vehicles on the hard shoulder. Once you do it ones behind will quite often copy, but it takes one to do it to start the trend.I done that a few weeks ago and was fairly shocked to get a friendly wave from the HALO fella.
Ever since I had the misfortune of a breakdown and being stranded on the H/S it really hit home to me. I was only in a 3.5T van and it was around 3am, but the difference between a truck on the limiter in the slow lane, and one that only moved out half a lane was amazing in how much it disturbed my van. Hand on heart one of the scariest places I’ve ever been, and was glad to get off of it.
Since then, it doesn’t take a lot to move out into lane 2 or even half way, but can make a big difference to whoever it is unfortunate enough to be working there.
I drove artics for years now i drive a 6 wheeler and it’s the most interesting well paid job i have ever had.
I now look down on class 1 drivers who are stuck on a motorway and then stuck in a rdc. BORING
4whatitsworth:
I drove artics for years now i drive a 6 wheeler and it’s the most interesting well paid job i have ever had.I now look down on class 1 drivers who are stuck on a motorway and then stuck in a rdc. BORING
i often wish i was like you whilst stuck in an RDC laid on my bunk watching T.V. 
it must be very embarrassing for the newbies nowadays having to go for a girls licence first , ohhh the shame of it …
its because all class 2 drivers are amateur’s its not complicated …
Yawn…
I would wager that you are one of those blokes everyone dreads sitting next to in an RDC.
Do you really think everyone who chooses to drive rigids, or has no other choice but to take on any job to pay the mortgage, or put food on the table does not hold a class one? What about those that like the work better?. Or even though they hold every class of licence under the sun, dont necessarily feel the need to drive that particular class of vehicle eh?
Would you like to see HGV1 drivers, who might just happen to drive a rigid, carry a special plate on the back of their vehicles saying ‘I hold a class One’? then they might get your grudging respect when you clock it as you are about to overtake in your toy Renault.
Come to think of it i’d rather drive a van if the money was right 
Twoninety88:
it must be very embarrassing for the newbies nowadays having to go for a girls licence first , ohhh the shame of it …its because all class 2 drivers are amateur’s its not complicated …
Yawn…
I would wager that you are one of those blokes everyone dreads sitting next to in an RDC.
Do you really think everyone who chooses to drive rigids, or has no other choice but to take on any job to pay the mortgage, or put food on the table does not hold a class one? What about those that like the work better?. Or even though they hold every class of licence under the sun, dont necessarily feel the need to drive that particular class of vehicle eh?
Would you like to see HGV1 drivers, who might just happen to drive a rigid, carry a special plate on the back of their vehicles saying ‘I hold a class One’? then they might get your grudging respect when you clock it as you are about to overtake in your toy Renault.
well you’d loose your money old chap i rarely do RDC work other than very few and those that we do go to dont make us stay in a waiting room , infact look at my post above it says just that .
steady old chap you’ll be taking it seriously if you’re not careful its just pixels on a screen …
I haven’t an attitude with class 2 drivers. In fact i probably get flashed in by more of them, than by class 1 drivers. Ignorant so and so’s nowadays 
My dad taught me alway’s be courteous to other drivers…and i have. Even when they’ve been complete knobs for something or other i’ll still acknowledge them. Manners don’t cost anything and you also feel so much better knowing that you’ve helped a fellow driver. Well i do anyway 
Maybe genuine posters that want us all to stick together as drivers like yesteryear will now sadly call it a day after reading pish like this…
Welcome to modern day UK truck driving… 
toby1234abc:
Pallet drops can be over a ton,it is what the client has ordered on the internet,the client will not advise when booking that the driver may have to pump truck 5 0r 6 pallets of horse food,wood chippings or compost over cobbled stones and have the client say all the other delivery drivers do this for them.
I had one rich couple,they had a cosy cottage in a sleepy village,and insisted that i break down their pallets of compost and carry it down a track and over a wall,and went berserk when i said no,we only drop the pallet.
I was told to get there by 3 pm,as her gardener lived 3 hours away,and i would have no help if arrived late.
This is my Palletways round!!! 
eBay stuff etc etc all goes on a. 18 tonne rigid !!
Our class 1 driers do look a bit snooty some times but they have generally come up through the ranks, some from vans so they are all pretty Grounded and get put back on smaller trucks from time to time so that keeps us all friendly. Most drivers know each others jobs are,harder , easier etc and just get on with it.
weeto:
mickyblue:
flashed out by a car BEFORE I put the indicator on
That’s because he was reading the road ahead
I usually end up doing that when ive pulled out to overtake a slower truck if he is gaining on another vehicle, I will back off so he can pass the slower vehicle first, in or on the truck, car or bike
i do think of myself as a very considirate driver, but if some one tries to take the ■■■■, I will block there progress.
You drive the same way i do.
I don’t flash most people in, because most of them pull across way too early, and I don’t have a chance.
Maybe the class 2 drivers have an insecurity about not being a class 1 driver.
Maybe the short fat old men, have insecurities about being short fat old men.
Here’s what you do, next time somebody glares at you in the lorry park, just walk over to his cab and flop out your Johnson on his top step. That’ll soon sort things out.
Dear god. 
I drove rigids for a year until I recently started driving artics. Never noticed any divide between the two classes; always got a thank you when I flashed in artics and always got flashed in by artics.
Now I’m driving artics myself, I look down on you scumbag rigid drivers, but I feel a bit sorry for you, so I still flash in and I still say thank you.
Maybe you’ve just got one of them faces?
Maybe you should find something that actually matters to worry about?
I hope this helps.
Wheel Nut:
bowser:
i’ll tell him .its because all class 2 drivers are amateur’s its not complicated …
When we had proper driving licences anyone with a class two was a tipper driver
Unless they were lucky enough to find a guvnor who knew what a class 2 actually covered.
often a rigid driver will feel the need to drop into conversation that he’s usually an artic driver but he’s just out in a little one today…
I’ve not read all the posts but a lot of you seem to be forgetting one major point, that a class 2 isn’t as long as a class 1 so a lot of drivers may not think you need the flash in because it’s not as far to judge if you’re clear or not.
I won’t flash a coach in if it’s going a fair bit faster than me because he knows when he’s safely past and it doesn’t take ages, same as I may not flash an artic in if he’s going a fair bit faster than me or cars or vans (what’s the point).
The flash is an aid to the overtaking driver to let him know he’s past you and it’s safe for him to pull in, not really a mates of the road thing is it, don’t get the hump so easily.
Plus the other chap may be eating/smoking/on the phone or away with the fairies and not focusing on what you’re doing.