one for the BiB on here (A14 content)

[Scuffers]

OK, I use the A14 almost daily...

1 thing infuriates me and I am sure is the single biggest cause of problems/accidents on this road
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2850165...

now, I had already been following this pair for - 11 miles! (no bull)

now, my question, why is it that BiB do not spend all day pulling these clowns?

What possible excuse is there for NOT pulling them?

[R_U_LOCAL]

I don't know - it's absolutely shocking. The Police should definitely be prosecuting people for that.











People who use mobile phones to video their driving are a bloody menace.

[over_the_hill]

Reg, you are such a wag at times

Edited by over_the_hill on Wednesday 31st October 22:23

[GPSHead]

I would have been pretty irritated after half a mile, let alone 11. Unbelievable selfishness. The ones who currently do it will keep doing it until there's a realistic chance of punishment. They know exactly what problems they're causing and they obviously don't have enough consideration for others to care.

R_U_LOCAL said:

People who use mobile phones to video their driving are a bloody menace.

Are you being serious? Apart from anything else it was filmed from the passenger side.

[R_U_LOCAL]

GPSHead said:

R_U_LOCAL said:

People who use mobile phones to video their driving are a bloody menace.

Are you being serious? Apart from anything else it was filmed from the passenger side.

Yeah, of course it was...

[Scuffers]

wrong, but then nice of you to stay on topic

[Hooli]

Scuffers said:

now, my question, why is it that BiB do not spend all day pulling these clowns?

What possible excuse is there for NOT pulling them?

what offense would you say it is? it pisses me off just as much when they cant pass each other. i dont mind if they accually have a speed advantage. i cant see what law makes it illegal though, as damn annoying as it is.

[Scuffers]

Hooli said:

Scuffers said:

now, my question, why is it that BiB do not spend all day pulling these clowns?

What possible excuse is there for NOT pulling them?

what offense would you say it is? it pisses me off just as much when they cant pass each other. i dont mind if they accually have a speed advantage. i cant see what law makes it illegal though, as damn annoying as it is.

easy, 'driving without due care and attention for other road users'

[CmdrBond]

Did I read or hear somewhere that on the A14 HGV's are only allowed to use lane 1 to stop this kind of problem??

[Holst]

CmdrBond said:

Did I read or hear somewhere that on the A14 HGV's are only allowed to use lane 1 to stop this kind of problem??

Only on the section closest to catthorpe.

I used to comute down the A14 every day and found lorrys were the biggest painith a

[supermono]

CmdrBond said:

Did I read or hear somewhere that on the A14 HGV's are only allowed to use lane 1 to stop this kind of problem??

Unfortunately think you must have that in the same place as you read these other sensible meaures:

Bus lanes to be abolished because the occasional empty bus isn't a good use of road.

Traffic light timings to be reviewed by experts to improve throughput at junctions.

Parking fines only to be issued when parked cars causing a nuisance and can't be moved on immediately.

Cameras to automatically detect and prosecute cars travelling a well below the speed limit with a holding up a significant number of vehicles.

More Traffic Police to be recruited and deployed on the roads.

ie in your dreams...

SM

[supermono]

R_U_LOCAL said:

People who use mobile phones to video their driving are a bloody menace.

I imagine so in some circumstances, but fortunately here he's being sensible. Isn't discretion a wonderful tool?

SM

[Henry-F]

The answer is a very simple one and used in Europe quite a lot. Simply ban large vehicles from overtaking on certain stretches of the road. That way if they can`t overtake before a certain point they have to pull in and wait. The reality is that as the potentially quicker (by let`s say 2mph) vehicle you aren`t really held up that much, certainly not to the point of all the other road users who are 10 - 15 mph quicker than you (limited to 58mph).

I have this a lot coming back from say Spa in Belgium. The motorhome with race car on the back is governed by the same rules re: speed & overtaking etc. as an articulated lorry, however thanks to 8.2 litres of V8 muscle I am a touch more powerful (and lighter). In theory I should be held up on the long stretches where I am unable to overtake, in reality it doesn`t really make that much difference.

You could even make the no HGV overtaking rule time dependent, say 08.00hrs to 19.00hrs.

I believe rather than speed being the biggest killer on the road I think you`ll find it`s frustration and, whilst technically responsibility for that lies at the hands of the frustrated driver removing the problem is usually the best solution.

Henry

[L14MNV]

R_U_LOCAL said:

GPSHead said:

R_U_LOCAL said:

People who use mobile phones to video their driving are a bloody menace.

Are you being serious? Apart from anything else it was filmed from the passenger side.

Yeah, of course it was...

LMFAO......

However, it makes my pi55 boil when i see this.....(the lorries being ar5es)