Should I bother complaining about these truck drivers?

[Clivey]

Jimboka said:

Stop press - He did report them, on Friday

And I read the entire thread as well...evidently not well enough!

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paulgibbo said:

Report the lorry drivers they try and intimate me when I am driving my car at the correct speed limit I don't know what is wrong with them ?

How rude, they could at least buy you a drink first

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Pistom said:

Geekman said:

One thing I sometimes do if lane 1 is busy and a lorry is approaching me in lane 2, is move out into lane 3 (if clear), let the lorry pass me on the inside and then move back into lane 2. I always get a flash of the hazards as thanks, and everybody can get on with their journey at their own pace.

I try to be courteous on the road and this sounds like a good solution but doesn't the truck driver leave himself open to being accused of undertaking?

'Undertaking' isn't an offence. Driving without due care and attention is, and his defence is more than adequate, even against a bell like Angus Nairn.

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deltashad said:

I once complained to a truck co after a bad driver, fist time there was road rage between the two of us, he ended up driving into my car. The police couldn't prove this so there was no resolution.

I saw him again and couldn't believe what I was witnessing, he was inches away from another cars bumper road raging again. The same guy. I didn't get involved but thought it may be an idea to call his company. I did, they weren't interested.

So, no, imo don't bother complaining. The majority of truck drivers are very good, they travel many long hours and have a job to do.

That's because you don't know how to complain. Don't waste your time with the company and complain directly to the Traffic commissioner. Not to be undertaken lightly, but I can guarantee you that they will act and I would not hesitate in a circumstance such as you have described here.