M1 crash this morning. Three HGVs...

[Every day a journey]

Well well well.

Three Highways Maintenance vehicles involved.

We all know just how well driven tipper trucks are. What are the odds the three knuckle draggers (they always are) were f*****g about?

Causing chaos for thousands of other road users.



From here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

[SuperPav]

tipper truck.. clue's in the name.

[CraigyMc]

Every day a journey said:

Well well well.

Three Highways Maintenance vehicles involved.

We all know just how well driven tipper trucks are. What are the odds the three knuckle draggers (they always are) were f*****g about?

Causing chaos for thousands of other road users.



From here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

At least they have some building materials to repair the road with.

[BrettMRC]

Drag race and one of them lost it?

[sixor8]

HGV drivers of my acquaintance suggest a bit of 'road dancing' perhaps. Arse.... Tipper drivers sometimes get per load bonuses too so they may have been racing to get to be there first to go back for another load.

[MitchT]

Judging by the way I often see those things being driven they've been given a special dispensation from the laws of physics. However, it looks like at least one of them had theirs withdrawn on this occasion!

[119]

Every day a journey said:

Well well well.

Three Highways Maintenance vehicles involved.

We all know just how well driven tipper trucks are. What are the odds the three knuckle draggers (they always are) were f*****g about?

Causing chaos for thousands of other road users.



From here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershi...

To be fair, all local authority employees and those that they use are fking knuckle draggers.

[dxg]

That was my immediate reaction, too.

Probably racing each other out the nearby quarry.

And paid by the load, not by the hour:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051713/

[Dog Star]

sixor8 said:

HGV drivers of my acquaintance suggest a bit of 'road dancing' perhaps. Arse.... Tipper drivers sometimes get per load bonuses too so they may have been racing to get to be there first to go back for another load.

Yep. My mates brother drives one of these from a nearby quarry. He - and the rest of them from what I see - drive like absolute maniacs, even in 30 limits. I had one (fully loaded) thunder up behind me and try and overtake me on my motorbike going down hill in a 30 going into a bend before he realised it wasn’t going to stick. Alarming.

I got into a heated discussion with him about the way they drive and he reckoned that driving like this got them an extra load per day.

My in-laws have a big haulage firm in Yorkshire and my BIL told me that these tipped drivers really are regarded as bellends.

[CraigyMc]

Dog Star said:

sixor8 said:

HGV drivers of my acquaintance suggest a bit of 'road dancing' perhaps. Arse.... Tipper drivers sometimes get per load bonuses too so they may have been racing to get to be there first to go back for another load.

Yep. My mates brother drives one of these from a nearby quarry. He - and the rest of them from what I see - drive like absolute maniacs, even in 30 limits. I had one (fully loaded) thunder up behind me and try and overtake me on my motorbike going down hill in a 30 going into a bend before he realised it wasn’t going to stick. Alarming.

I got into a heated discussion with him about the way they drive and he reckoned that driving like this got them an extra load per day.

My in-laws have a big haulage firm in Yorkshire and my BIL told me that these tipped drivers really are regarded as bellends.

I'd rather an insurance black box in a 7.5t tipper driven by a bellend than in a 1 litre corsa driven by a teenager.

[Red9zero]

Dog Star said:

Yep. My mates brother drives one of these from a nearby quarry. He - and the rest of them from what I see - drive like absolute maniacs, even in 30 limits. I had one (fully loaded) thunder up behind me and try and overtake me on my motorbike going down hill in a 30 going into a bend before he realised it wasn’t going to stick. Alarming.

I got into a heated discussion with him about the way they drive and he reckoned that driving like this got them an extra load per day.

My in-laws have a big haulage firm in Yorkshire and my BIL told me that these tipped drivers really are regarded as bellends.

There are two quarries near us, and the drivers all seem to be trying to get that extra load in. I like to make progress, but they seem to have no regard for the nearby 30 limits, and they aren't exactly small trucks. One came round a bend heading towards me, over the centre line, earlier today and I had to clip the hedge to get out of his way.

[No ideas for a name]

Hell Drivers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiB6K4vnKa4



To be fair, we don't know what happened... could have been mechanical failure or illness.

[Muzzer79]

Every day a journey said:

Well well well.

Three Highways Maintenance vehicles involved.

We all know just how well driven tipper trucks are. What are the odds the three knuckle draggers (they always are) were f*****g about?

Causing chaos for thousands of other road users.

Would you like a cup of tea to go with your massive-presumption-and-reinforcing-stereotypes sandwich?

[normalbloke]

CraigyMc said:

Dog Star said:

sixor8 said:

HGV drivers of my acquaintance suggest a bit of 'road dancing' perhaps. Arse.... Tipper drivers sometimes get per load bonuses too so they may have been racing to get to be there first to go back for another load.

Yep. My mates brother drives one of these from a nearby quarry. He - and the rest of them from what I see - drive like absolute maniacs, even in 30 limits. I had one (fully loaded) thunder up behind me and try and overtake me on my motorbike going down hill in a 30 going into a bend before he realised it wasn’t going to stick. Alarming.

I got into a heated discussion with him about the way they drive and he reckoned that driving like this got them an extra load per day.

My in-laws have a big haulage firm in Yorkshire and my BIL told me that these tipped drivers really are regarded as bellends.

I'd rather an insurance black box in a 7.5t tipper driven by a bellend than in a 1 litre corsa driven by a teenager.

They’re a little heavier than that..

[Gary C]

Muzzer79 said:

Every day a journey said:

Well well well.

Three Highways Maintenance vehicles involved.

We all know just how well driven tipper trucks are. What are the odds the three knuckle draggers (they always are) were f*****g about?

Causing chaos for thousands of other road users.

Would you like a cup of tea to go with your massive-presumption-and-reinforcing-stereotypes sandwich?

Stereotypes tend to have reasons !

I do note the very large buckle in one of the rear wheels of the tipped lorry, its hit something pointy and hard. Almost like a collapsed drain.

[CraigyMc]

normalbloke said:

CraigyMc said:

Dog Star said:

sixor8 said:

HGV drivers of my acquaintance suggest a bit of 'road dancing' perhaps. Arse.... Tipper drivers sometimes get per load bonuses too so they may have been racing to get to be there first to go back for another load.

Yep. My mates brother drives one of these from a nearby quarry. He - and the rest of them from what I see - drive like absolute maniacs, even in 30 limits. I had one (fully loaded) thunder up behind me and try and overtake me on my motorbike going down hill in a 30 going into a bend before he realised it wasn’t going to stick. Alarming.

I got into a heated discussion with him about the way they drive and he reckoned that driving like this got them an extra load per day.

My in-laws have a big haulage firm in Yorkshire and my BIL told me that these tipped drivers really are regarded as bellends.

I'd rather an insurance black box in a 7.5t tipper driven by a bellend than in a 1 litre corsa driven by a teenager.

They’re a little heavier than that..

The ones pictured are probably either 18t or 26t, but the point remains..

[Every day a journey]

Muzzer79 said:

Would you like a cup of tea to go with your massive-presumption-and-reinforcing-stereotypes sandwich?

Whatever...

[anonymous-user]

Muzzer79 said:

Every day a journey said:

Well well well.

Three Highways Maintenance vehicles involved.

We all know just how well driven tipper trucks are. What are the odds the three knuckle draggers (they always are) were f*****g about?

Causing chaos for thousands of other road users.

Would you like a cup of tea to go with your massive-presumption-and-reinforcing-stereotypes sandwich?

Chaos : noun : A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.

Disruption maybe, chaos no

[gazza285]

Gary C said:

Stereotypes tend to have reasons !

I do note the very large buckle in one of the rear wheels of the tipped lorry, its hit something pointy and hard. Almost like a collapsed drain.

Which way was the wagon going at the point of impact though, that is the rearmost axle.

[fido]

No ideas for a name said:

Hell Drivers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiB6K4vnKa4



To be fair, we don't know what happened... could have been mechanical failure or illness.

Ha I thought of that film as well. Seen it several times.