Multitasking whilst driving HGV
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I'd like to see more pics.
If that HGV is moving quickly, then the picture has been taken from a car in the outside lane in which the driver is conversing with passenger(s) and not concentrating on the road whilst travelling at a similar speed.
Or, the traffic is moving very slowly, if at all, in which case the HGV is not going to kill scores of people any minute.
If the hgv driver is writing on a book or clip board steadied by the steering wheel, either the hgv is not moving or it's moving very slowly indeed beause the writing would be ineligible otherwise.
If that HGV is moving quickly, then the picture has been taken from a car in the outside lane in which the driver is conversing with passenger(s) and not concentrating on the road whilst travelling at a similar speed.
Or, the traffic is moving very slowly, if at all, in which case the HGV is not going to kill scores of people any minute.
If the hgv driver is writing on a book or clip board steadied by the steering wheel, either the hgv is not moving or it's moving very slowly indeed beause the writing would be ineligible otherwise.
Bullingdon thug said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
needs reporting to the BiB ...
Yes! Immediately! Report whilst simultaneously patting yourself on the back about making the roads safer ..... Just remember to report ever car driver that you see doing anything you consider unsafe too, there's a good boyOr.... Stop being a self appointed safety vigilantee, and concentrate on your own boring f
king life, just a thought eh? heebeegeetee said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
im pretty liberal with what people do whilst driving, but not HGVs, they have such massive potential energy the damage they do when they hit a car can be horrific
Then why on earth do so many car drivers drive so dangerously whenever they get near an hgv?ts who cut in front of HGVs into there safe braking space .....i try to give them the space they need especially for breaking and turning, its not hard to pass them on a straight after all
Dave Hedgehog said:
...in front of HGVs into there safe braking space .....
From a lot of my motorway driving experience, HGV drivers are the ones who care the least about their 'safe braking space'.Bullingdon thug said:
Or.... Stop being a self appointed safety vigilantee,
As opposed to what? I don't think you can have a government-appointed vigilante.The driving in heavy traffic is nearly as impressive as the op`s photo skills, Surely if they were all moving the trees in the background would be blurred, think you`ll find the traffic was stationary. Anyway writing on a notepad while driving is hardly multi-tasking, that takes a special breed, aka sales reps, or women on there way to the office.
heebeegeetee said:
Unless you spend the entire journey off the throttle, it is impossible to maintain a safe gap in front of you in an HGV.
That`s because it usually a knob in a car diving in the gap that has been left. Some people think that a truck can stop or slow down as quick as there car, well it cannot!dowahdiddyman said:
That`s because it usually a knob in a car diving in the gap that has been left. Some people think that a truck can stop or slow down as quick as there car, well it cannot!
It is, but it's also the overtaking hgvs who also *always* pull in to the gap in front of you, even if they're only going to be there for a few seconds.According to many on PH though, this never, ever happens and an overtaking hgv can be in the outer lane for 25 miles at a time.
xRIEx said:
From a lot of my motorway driving experience, HGV drivers are the ones who care the least about their 'safe braking space'.
Most notice them because of their size so if a minority do that then it sticks in the mind but if 100s of cars do it it is not so noticable so does not stick in the mindThat said, those driving vocational category vehicles do have a greater responsibility than those who do not which is why vocational licences come under the remit of the Traffic commissioner as well as the DVLA
zollburgers said:
Impressive. Driving in heavy traffic while writing a book on the M25:
thinfourth2 said:
Mmmmm
HGV limited to 56mph
Car in outside lane on free moving road must be doing about 70mph
However passenger has had enough time to see lorry driver, see what he is doing, get his phone out, switch on the camera and take a photograph with a speed differential of 14mph
Mmmmmm. Always useful to read the original post......HGV limited to 56mph
Car in outside lane on free moving road must be doing about 70mph
However passenger has had enough time to see lorry driver, see what he is doing, get his phone out, switch on the camera and take a photograph with a speed differential of 14mph
Edited by fandango_c on Sunday 6th May 09:58
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