Take that Trucker

[dowahdiddyman]

surveyor said:

Now I'm the first to admit that this may not have been the best driving ever, but it felt soooo good.

Had been following an artic for 15 mins while he overtook 3 trucks. Became aware of the fact that we were not going anywhere and had a glance down the near side to see another artic in lane 1 a little ahead. 10 mins later exactly the same position.

Had a feeble headlight flash which as expected was duly ignored. Decided action was required and went down lane 1 to go back into lane 2. No cutting up required. Plenty of room.

I may have then slowed gently to 50 mph. Mr lorry came all shouty with headlights. Then he pulled back into lane 1 and the mile long jam started passed.

I do feel a little bad, but I did enjoy getting some revenge.

PS I know the arguments, but this guy had been overtaking (or not) for 25 mins. Enough is enough.

You sir are a complete tool and one day you will do this and the trucker will just keep coming and ram you up the grass verge.

[iva cosworth]

HGV driver clicks on "ignore this thread".........

Obvious Troll thread is obvious !...........

[surveyor]

dowahdiddyman said:

surveyor said:

Now I'm the first to admit that this may not have been the best driving ever, but it felt soooo good.

Had been following an artic for 15 mins while he overtook 3 trucks. Became aware of the fact that we were not going anywhere and had a glance down the near side to see another artic in lane 1 a little ahead. 10 mins later exactly the same position.

Had a feeble headlight flash which as expected was duly ignored. Decided action was required and went down lane 1 to go back into lane 2. No cutting up required. Plenty of room.

I may have then slowed gently to 50 mph. Mr lorry came all shouty with headlights. Then he pulled back into lane 1 and the mile long jam started passed.

I do feel a little bad, but I did enjoy getting some revenge.

PS I know the arguments, but this guy had been overtaking (or not) for 25 mins. Enough is enough.

You sir are a complete tool and one day you will do this and the trucker will just keep coming and ram you up the grass verge.

Fortunately I don't do this very often, so I will take my chances.

[XDA]

heebeegeetee said:

As a car driver I've never had any of this.

Yes, so you keep saying.

[MattW]

Have to say as a frequent motorway user i agree with surveyor, right or wrong I can understand the reasoning behind why he did what he did. I have contemplated it in the past when stuck behind some idiot lorry going nowhere with an empty motorway in front of them because they have been there for so long.

I defy anyone not to consider this move after 10mins and given the opportunity to go for it should they get the chance if they are still sat there 15 mins later. Some lorry drivers are great, others are total selfish, inconsiderate morons who believe they own the roads (just like some car drivers), it's about give and take and being fair to those around you.

IMO if you drive like a tool it's only a matter of time until someone gets annoyed with you.

[blueg33]

dowahdiddyman said:

surveyor said:

Now I'm the first to admit that this may not have been the best driving ever, but it felt soooo good.

Had been following an artic for 15 mins while he overtook 3 trucks. Became aware of the fact that we were not going anywhere and had a glance down the near side to see another artic in lane 1 a little ahead. 10 mins later exactly the same position.

Had a feeble headlight flash which as expected was duly ignored. Decided action was required and went down lane 1 to go back into lane 2. No cutting up required. Plenty of room.

I may have then slowed gently to 50 mph. Mr lorry came all shouty with headlights. Then he pulled back into lane 1 and the mile long jam started passed.

I do feel a little bad, but I did enjoy getting some revenge.

PS I know the arguments, but this guy had been overtaking (or not) for 25 mins. Enough is enough.

You sir are a complete tool and one day you will do this and the trucker will just keep coming and ram you up the grass verge.

Nope, you are wrong. Op is a very sensible and reasonble person as far as I can tell, the truck driver is the complete tool

[rohrl]

I tend to think that articulated lorry drivers probably know what they're doing when it comes to driving. They've got a class 1 licence and more driving experience in terms of mileage than most drivers. Having worked for a haulier I know that you get the odd prick but the vast majority take the responsibility implied by their vocational licence seriously. I'll generally give way to any professional driver in a 50/50 situation on the road. Why would I want to hold up someone who is driving for a living?

[George7]

In my general experience, most lorry drivers are skilled and considerate drivers, but much like anything, there's always a few aholes who let everyone else down.

[heebeegeetee]

XDA said:

Yes, so you keep saying.

And will continue to do so, I'm rather quite proud of it.

[loko]

I,ve had several car drivers "dab" the brakes in front of me as a form of protest for being held up for a minute (at the most)
Unfortunately the last time some knob in a 5 series did it i forgot to disengage the cruise control and gave his rear bumper the gentlest of taps at 56mph, strangely he didnt stop but put his foot down and disappeared into the distance

[blueg33]

loko said:

I,ve had several car drivers "dab" the brakes in front of me as a form of protest for being held up for a minute (at the most)
Unfortunately the last time some knob in a 5 series did it i forgot to disengage the cruise control and gave his rear bumper the gentlest of taps at 56mph, strangely he didnt stop but put his foot down and disappeared into the distance

Surely cruise control disengages as soon as you touvh the brakes? So you are telling us that a car pulled in front of you who was in charge of driving a massive truck and you "forgot" to brake when he slowed down.

I fear you are as much of a knob as the car driver, but you have no excuse you are a (and I use the term advisedly because i think its bull) a professional driver!

[skyrover]

the obvious answer here is removing the speed limiter on trucks.

Differential speed limits are dangerous anyway.

[rohrl]

loko said:

I,ve had several car drivers "dab" the brakes in front of me as a form of protest for being held up for a minute (at the most)
Unfortunately the last time some knob in a 5 series did it i forgot to disengage the cruise control and gave his rear bumper the gentlest of taps at 56mph, strangely he didnt stop but put his foot down and disappeared into the distance

If you really did that you're one of the pricks I mentioned and you should have your licence withdrawn.

[XDA]

skyrover said:

the obvious answer here is removing the speed limiter on trucks.

Differential speed limits are dangerous anyway.

Really? A 44T truck doing 70 mph less than an inch from your bumper? No thanks.

They cause enough carnage at 56 mph.

[skyrover]

XDA said:

skyrover said:

the obvious answer here is removing the speed limiter on trucks.

Differential speed limits are dangerous anyway.

Really? A 44T truck doing 70 mph less than an inch from your bumper? No thanks.

They cause enough carnage at 56 mph.

the yanks did a study in the early 90's and found that where differential speed limits were applied, there were more accidents.

You will find trucks and car's travelling at the same speeds in many US states...

I certainly found the system better when I lived there. No elephant racing for a start.

[s p a c e m a n]

OMNIO said:

I was on a dual carriageway in a 50mph average zone in L2 at an indicated 60mph and I had a lorry inches from my bumper. There was a stream of traffic in L1 so I couldn't pull over but the lorry insisted on tailgating me and flashing his lights.

This one used to regularly get my goat as I have to travel through a lot of average speed cameras, and as it is sort of relevent to the original topic of this thread I will bite.

First off you wasn't doing 60mph if a 56mph limited vehicle was sitting on your arse, and you must have been doing less than 56mph if you was getting in its way.

Second is the point that actually annoys me on a regular basis. If you are planning on doing the same speed as the vehicles in the lane to the left of you, why are you sitting in a different lane blocking vehicles that want to go faster? That is exactly the same gripe as the OP of this thread.

Every time I get to a set of SPECS cameras vehicles will do the speed limit in lane 1, then some idiot sits in lane 2 and does exactly the same speed with a mile of empty lane in front of them. Some cars will sit behind, some will overtake in lane 3.. lane 3 always has a width restriction on it so that is why you get the HGVs sitting on your arse trying to move you over.

It doesn't bother me at the moment because the clacket roadworks are only a junction long, but when they were doing the M1 sections a few years ago I would sit there doing 50 in lane 2 every day with miles of empty road in front of the few cars speed matching for the 15 minutes it took to get through them.

[Lagerlout]

In Australia I once followed two truckers driving deliberately side by side on the Melbourne-Sydney motorway at about 80 kph. FOR OVER 120 KILOMETRES!!! Nope, I'm not kidding. There had to be about 100 cars behind them after an hour and a half ish and I was third in the queue. I have no idea what was going on, or what caused the behaviour. Utterly bizarre but by god I don't think I've ever had more road rage in my life.

[XDA]

s p a c e m a n said:

OMNIO said:

I was on a dual carriageway in a 50mph average zone in L2 at an indicated 60mph and I had a lorry inches from my bumper. There was a stream of traffic in L1 so I couldn't pull over but the lorry insisted on tailgating me and flashing his lights.

This one used to regularly get my goat as I have to travel through a lot of average speed cameras, and as it is sort of relevent to the original topic of this thread I will bite.

First off you wasn't doing 60mph if a 56mph limited vehicle was sitting on your arse, and you must have been doing less than 56mph if you was getting in its way.

Second is the point that actually annoys me on a regular basis. If you are planning on doing the same speed as the vehicles in the lane to the left of you, why are you sitting in a different lane blocking vehicles that want to go faster? That is exactly the same gripe as the OP of this thread.

Every time I get to a set of SPECS cameras vehicles will do the speed limit in lane 1, then some idiot sits in lane 2 and does exactly the same speed with a mile of empty lane in front of them. Some cars will sit behind, some will overtake in lane 3.. lane 3 always has a width restriction on it so that is why you get the HGVs sitting on your arse trying to move you over.

It doesn't bother me at the moment because the clacket roadworks are only a junction long, but when they were doing the M1 sections a few years ago I would sit there doing 50 in lane 2 every day with miles of empty road in front of the few cars speed matching for the 15 minutes it took to get through them.

He said he was doing an "indicated" 60 mph...

Why is it trucks rarely obey the 40/50 mph temporary speed restrictions in roadworks and instead sit on the limiter forcing everyone else out the way?

They achieve nothing because they are promptly overtaken when it's back to NSL.

[XDA]

skyrover said:

XDA said:

skyrover said:

the obvious answer here is removing the speed limiter on trucks.

Differential speed limits are dangerous anyway.

Really? A 44T truck doing 70 mph less than an inch from your bumper? No thanks.

They cause enough carnage at 56 mph.

the yanks did a study in the early 90's and found that where differential speed limits were applied, there were more accidents.

You will find trucks and car's travelling at the same speeds in many US states...

I certainly found the system better when I lived there. No elephant racing for a start.

The stopping distance of a fully laden 44T truck at 70 mph is.....

[Finlandia]

XDA said:

The stopping distance of a fully laden 44T truck at 70 mph is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridS396W2BY