It had to happen on a Monday....
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I hate lorry drivers and all lorry related things.
Honestly, why are some of them allowed on the road! Driving along on a normal day, I see at least 5-10 lorry/skip/HGV drivers on their mobiles, some even trying to navigate roundabouts! It's awful!
The reason for my hatred? I was hit by a lorry this morning.
It happened on a roundabout, the approach had 3 lanes, and the roundabout had 2 lanes (1 lane was just for going left). So I was on the inside of the roundabout and the lorry on the outside. Instead of keeping to his marked lane, he thought he'd take the racing line and cut across.
I saw it happening a mile away so stopped and sounded the horn, he took no notice, continued driving and took the left hand side of my car off!
Pulled up and said to the guy, "what the hell do you think you're doing?!"
His response: Ohhhh sorry mate, didn't see you there.
My response: THAT'S BECAUSE I'M IN YOUR BLIND SPOT!!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CHECK IT, YOU MUPPET!
At this point, I was fuming. Not only does he not know how to drive, but he also managed to miss a big bright red car, I'm pretty sure he was on his mobile too. Yeah nice one mate, what a way to start the week eh? All this after spending 3 hours washing and polishing the car at the weekend.Tw@t.
Honestly, why are some of them allowed on the road! Driving along on a normal day, I see at least 5-10 lorry/skip/HGV drivers on their mobiles, some even trying to navigate roundabouts! It's awful!
The reason for my hatred? I was hit by a lorry this morning.
It happened on a roundabout, the approach had 3 lanes, and the roundabout had 2 lanes (1 lane was just for going left). So I was on the inside of the roundabout and the lorry on the outside. Instead of keeping to his marked lane, he thought he'd take the racing line and cut across.
I saw it happening a mile away so stopped and sounded the horn, he took no notice, continued driving and took the left hand side of my car off!
Pulled up and said to the guy, "what the hell do you think you're doing?!"
His response: Ohhhh sorry mate, didn't see you there.
My response: THAT'S BECAUSE I'M IN YOUR BLIND SPOT!!! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CHECK IT, YOU MUPPET!
At this point, I was fuming. Not only does he not know how to drive, but he also managed to miss a big bright red car, I'm pretty sure he was on his mobile too. Yeah nice one mate, what a way to start the week eh? All this after spending 3 hours washing and polishing the car at the weekend.Tw@t.
Trucks are a bit of a hazzard - just give them room and realise when you are in thier blind spot that they cannot see you!
...a silly girl shunted my truck up the arse a few weeks back... how did she miss it? she was driving a polo! The truck is black, shiny and chrome!
Doesnt mean I hate all women drivers though
I just give them a bit more room and make sure they can see me in thier make-up mirror.
...a silly girl shunted my truck up the arse a few weeks back... how did she miss it? she was driving a polo! The truck is black, shiny and chrome!
Doesnt mean I hate all women drivers though
I just give them a bit more room and make sure they can see me in thier make-up mirror.Was he taking the racing line right across or was it his turning circle that made the back of the lorry chop into your lane? It's a pretty standard thing to remember, don't get caught on the inside of a lorry on a roundabout - these days, I don't stick my car on the inside of anything on roundabouts because it's not just lorries that take racing lines and I don't want my car mangled.
Hard luck anyway, did he admit fault?
Hard luck anyway, did he admit fault?
I nobber with a big truck full of logs stopped across the ped crossing on the way back from lunch today and I had to walk around him when the green man came on 
It's not just trucks who straightline roundabouts tho. An old woman in a Chevrolet Matiz performed exactly the same manoeuvre on me last night. Luckily i've been really paranoid behind the wheel since a 318 knocked me into the central reservation on the M1 the other week, so I saw her coming up and braked to allow her to cut half into my lane and back out without colliding with anything...
It's not just trucks who straightline roundabouts tho. An old woman in a Chevrolet Matiz performed exactly the same manoeuvre on me last night. Luckily i've been really paranoid behind the wheel since a 318 knocked me into the central reservation on the M1 the other week, so I saw her coming up and braked to allow her to cut half into my lane and back out without colliding with anything...
I am a trucker and I never go on the inside lane (nearest roundabout) if a truck is next to me, unless I can see the driver has seen me (I can see him in his mirror) or I am sure the tractor unit is in the right position for the trailer to follow and not hinder my progress or hit me.
If you saw him "a mile away" why didnt you back off?
Edited to add: No doubt you was giving it some beans coming into the roundabout (as I would expect!) and he was just caught unawares.
If you saw him "a mile away" why didnt you back off?
Edited to add: No doubt you was giving it some beans coming into the roundabout (as I would expect!) and he was just caught unawares.
Edited by GTIR on Monday 4th August 14:10
GTIR said:
I am a trucker and I never go on the inside lane (nearest roundabout) if a truck is next to me, unless I can see the driver has seen me (I can see him in his mirror) or I am sure the tractor unit is in the right position for the trailer to follow and not hinder my progress or hit me.
If you saw him "a mile away" why didnt you back off?
He was stopped..... But I kinda agree. I'm very wary of getting alongside trucks. Sometimes though if you dont go you'll be stuck there for ever with a row of trucks passing you on the left.If you saw him "a mile away" why didnt you back off?
Sciroccology said:
Roundabouts are my personal bête noire. Seemingly, nobody knows how to use them properly, despite clear signs and markings on the road.
The clue is in the name; Roundabout. You go round them, not through them.
What about Yanks?The clue is in the name; Roundabout. You go round them, not through them.
Or Yanks and the magic roundabout at Hemel Hempstead and Swindon!
Now thats funny to watch.
what pisses me off is people who at a 3 lane approach to a roundabout take the left hand lane and go all the friggin way round...... amount of times I have had to slow down so some f
kwit can cross my path because they are in totally the wrong lane is becoming tiring....
And dont get me started on trucks/busses who edge out onto the roundabout trying to join, but manage to block a whole lane in doing so....
standards of driving are ste nowadays
kwit can cross my path because they are in totally the wrong lane is becoming tiring....And dont get me started on trucks/busses who edge out onto the roundabout trying to join, but manage to block a whole lane in doing so....
standards of driving are s
te nowadays
SJobson said:
arun1uk said:
I saw it happening a mile away so stopped and sounded the horn
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