Audi Roadblocker
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Dark coloured Audi on the M40 south near J15 decided that as there were 50MPH advisory speed warnings, that he was going to take the law into his own hands to block lane 3 deliberately by refusing to do more than 55mph by keeping level with the cars in lane 1 and 2.
It was clear to see that the road ahead was clear, and there were no accidents ahead, so what gives this twat the right to hold everyone up.
It was more like the behaviour of your typical truck driver, so perhaps this guy was a numpty trucky.
Eventually when it was obvious that there was no problem, he moved over and the let the queue of very angry frustrated motorists behind him get passed.
Due to the frustration we were all allowed to continue our journey in excess of 90mph without any problems.
All cars should be equipped with missiles to get rid of these numptys.
That's it...feel better now.
It was clear to see that the road ahead was clear, and there were no accidents ahead, so what gives this twat the right to hold everyone up.
It was more like the behaviour of your typical truck driver, so perhaps this guy was a numpty trucky.
Eventually when it was obvious that there was no problem, he moved over and the let the queue of very angry frustrated motorists behind him get passed.
Due to the frustration we were all allowed to continue our journey in excess of 90mph without any problems.
All cars should be equipped with missiles to get rid of these numptys.
That's it...feel better now.
towman said:
typical truck driver
please expand - would like your opinion of what a typical truck driver is like!
Erm, OK. Probably a bit fat, poorly educated, bad posture from the job, and, if Viz is any indicator of universal truths (and it probably is), quite likely to be a murderer of young female hitchhikers.
gh0st said:
towman said:
ledfoot said:
typical truck driver
please expand - would like your opinion of what a typical truck driver is like!
towman_from_another_thread said:
I dont give a t@ss if some tw@t in a car doesn`t like it.
That
Gh0st
towman from the same thread also said:
Seriously though, its hard enough for everyone out there without crap like "I hate trucks". Just get on with what you are doing and watch out for everyone else. Look around you, react to what is going to happen, not what has just happened. Put yourself in the position of the other guy and drive accordingly.
Ok double standards! Ghost - The quote you have posted above was in reaction to a PHer who did not appear to want to understand the other point of view to his own. "some tw@t in a car" applies to the individual, not to everyone. Hope that clears it up
Steve
>> Edited by towman on Tuesday 10th August 22:51
towman said:
typical truck driver
please expand - would like your opinion of what a typical truck driver is like!
Just the mentality of blocking off roads, just because you don't want anyone to get past you....
Example...
Dual carriage off a roundabout with queues of traffic leading to single carriageway.....Mr truck driver always occupies 2 lanes to stop car drivers getting past, and thus causing even more of a traffic jam that is longer than it need be.
Because now instead of filling 2 lines, with traffic, we only have one lane, due to blocking by said truckers, that is causing traffic tail back to the roundabout, when there is no need for that to happen.
ledfoot said:
Just the mentality of blocking off roads, just because you don't want anyone to get past you....
Example...
Dual carriage off a roundabout with queues of traffic leading to single carriageway.....Mr truck driver always occupies 2 lanes to stop car drivers getting past, and thus causing even more of a traffic jam that is longer than it need be.
Because now instead of filling 2 lines, with traffic, we only have one lane, due to blocking by said truckers, that is causing traffic tail back to the roundabout, when there is no need for that to happen.
But in some instances, doesn't this make things better?
It may be me being naive, but I'd rather a truck sits across lanes 1 & 2 than rep boy goes flying down lane 2 and tries to push into the queue, followed by 50 of rep boys mates, all pushing and jostling and making lane 2 just as bad..
If Mr Trucker puts his wagon across both (at a reasonable distance from the lane closure) surely this forces drivers to filter more "reasonably"..
hit miss or maybe?
slinky
>> Edited by slinky on Wednesday 11th August 00:47
I can't believe this, the road is designed to be used, in germany they have had a merge in turn system that works perfectly, it is now being advised in the UK yet still we think someone is trying 'to get one over on me' in this stupid blinkered petty country, what a bunch of insecure w*nkers we are
Ok this is the last post I`m going to make on this subject, and then agree to disagree.
Some Truckies do this to get a smooth approach to the hazard.
Have you any idea of the difficulty involved in continually stopping and starting a 38 tonner? By ensuring a gap in front, it is possible to move forward at a constant speed and straight past the obstruction. Watch the heavies next time you are in town. They dont floor it from the lights and brake heavily at the next set, but move off slowly and make steady progress, usually without having to stop for the next set.
Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more difficult, as everyone overtakes and then pulls back in to lane one (presumably because the queue is shorter and they get a better grid position!). Hope that explains things.
Steve
Some Truckies do this to get a smooth approach to the hazard.
Have you any idea of the difficulty involved in continually stopping and starting a 38 tonner? By ensuring a gap in front, it is possible to move forward at a constant speed and straight past the obstruction. Watch the heavies next time you are in town. They dont floor it from the lights and brake heavily at the next set, but move off slowly and make steady progress, usually without having to stop for the next set.
Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more difficult, as everyone overtakes and then pulls back in to lane one (presumably because the queue is shorter and they get a better grid position!). Hope that explains things.
Steve
Getting back on topic,
I was driving in the rain on a dual carraigeway the other day, there was a truck kicking up a load of spray, but due to the fact that I actually maintain my car, I was able to see through the spray thanks to a clean screen and decent wipers.
So I moved out into lane 2, kept indicating as I went past to make sure trukkie had a better chance of seeing me, when all of a sudden, some crappy brown thing that had been driving up the trucks backside since I'd had it in sight decided to pull straight in front of me in lane 2, without indicating, match the trucks speed and put his hazards on!!!!!
This went on for quite a while, and whilst I could see there was nothing ahead for about half a mile, I could see a bigger and bigger queue building up behind me, so after making it clear that I'd like to get past, numpty finally pulls over and gives me the finger as I want past.
Thank heavens for these tarmac vigilanties who make the roads safer for all!
I was driving in the rain on a dual carraigeway the other day, there was a truck kicking up a load of spray, but due to the fact that I actually maintain my car, I was able to see through the spray thanks to a clean screen and decent wipers.
So I moved out into lane 2, kept indicating as I went past to make sure trukkie had a better chance of seeing me, when all of a sudden, some crappy brown thing that had been driving up the trucks backside since I'd had it in sight decided to pull straight in front of me in lane 2, without indicating, match the trucks speed and put his hazards on!!!!!
This went on for quite a while, and whilst I could see there was nothing ahead for about half a mile, I could see a bigger and bigger queue building up behind me, so after making it clear that I'd like to get past, numpty finally pulls over and gives me the finger as I want past.
Thank heavens for these tarmac vigilanties who make the roads safer for all!
towman said:
Ok this is the last post I`m going to make on this subject, and then agree to disagree.
Some Truckies do this to get a smooth approach to the hazard.
Have you any idea of the difficulty involved in continually stopping and starting a 38 tonner? By ensuring a gap in front, it is possible to move forward at a constant speed and straight past the obstruction. Watch the heavies next time you are in town. They dont floor it from the lights and brake heavily at the next set, but move off slowly and make steady progress, usually without having to stop for the next set.
Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more difficult, as everyone overtakes and then pulls back in to lane one (presumably because the queue is shorter and they get a better grid position!). Hope that explains things.
Steve
The omes I've seen do it, stop/start like everyone else
Towman,
Just read this thread. Sorry Steve you're knocking nails into concrete with your head on this one.
Some people simply will not see that by blocking the outer lane at a choke point and making people merge further back from the restriction actually starts to speed up the flow through a choke point.
Truck drivers are completely unaware whats going on around them, just ask any rep, or "captain of industry" that has more right to use the road than anyone else because they're in a hurry
Phil
An overweight, dimwitted murdering moron...........
Just read this thread. Sorry Steve you're knocking nails into concrete with your head on this one.
Some people simply will not see that by blocking the outer lane at a choke point and making people merge further back from the restriction actually starts to speed up the flow through a choke point. Truck drivers are completely unaware whats going on around them, just ask any rep, or "captain of industry" that has more right to use the road than anyone else because they're in a hurry
Phil
An overweight, dimwitted murdering moron...........
philthy said:
Towman,
Just read this thread. Sorry Steve you're knocking nails into concrete with your head on this one.
Truck drivers are completely unaware whats going on around them, just ask any rep, or "captain of industry" that has more right to use the road than anyone else because they're in a hurry
Phil
An overweight, dimwitted murdering moron...........
Sorry Phil, but what gives you guys the right to control traffic? we have/had Plod for this, the highway code and signage. Steve said he'll do anything within the law to meet his deadline, you can do a hell of a lot within the law to piss everyone off. If your vocation is so difficult that you have to upset other road users to make your life easier then maybe you've reached the end of the road in that vocation.
I don't think you or Steve are overweight, dimwitted murdering morons just a pair of guys who have lost the point a bit
Apache,
Nothing gives us the right to play with traffic flow. We do it to speed everyones progress, obviously that point is not getting across. As for pissing other drivers off, isn't screaming past a line of merging traffic, then forcing your way in at the choke point a little inconsiderate?, doesn't that piss people off a bit?
Driving down the A35 a couple of weeks ago I had a bloke trying to overtake me. I blocked him from doing so. Trying to piss him off ?, no, trying to save his life, he couldn't see the oncoming speeding vehicle.
I agree, there are a lot of tw@s who drive heavies, just as there are car drivers etc etc, unfortunately these are the people that stick in the memory.
Phil
Nothing gives us the right to play with traffic flow. We do it to speed everyones progress, obviously that point is not getting across. As for pissing other drivers off, isn't screaming past a line of merging traffic, then forcing your way in at the choke point a little inconsiderate?, doesn't that piss people off a bit?
Driving down the A35 a couple of weeks ago I had a bloke trying to overtake me. I blocked him from doing so. Trying to piss him off ?, no, trying to save his life, he couldn't see the oncoming speeding vehicle.
I agree, there are a lot of tw@s who drive heavies, just as there are car drivers etc etc, unfortunately these are the people that stick in the memory.
Phil
I guess the choke point issue is going to run and we're going to have to agree to disagree. Your chap screaming down the outside to squeeze in at the end is surely a byproduct of our inability to use the merge in turn system properly. Maybe once it becomes a bit more well known it wont be such a problem. I doubt it though, the Brit temprament is very territorial and aggressive
Surely traffic only moves more smoothly at the choke point because by blocking the road you've effectively moved the choke point back to behind where you're blocking. What has that achieved? Maybe someone further back from that should create another choke point to ease the merging behind yours? Any maybe another and another and another until we're all driving in a single lane. Nothing like discarding a whole lane to prevent the problems of merging.
Being one of the said 'rep boys' I just play them at their own petty game.
I was in a queue yesterday and had already pulled in behind one of these small minded, large waisted, truckies, when he decided he'd control the traffic flow into a 2-1 merge at roadworks. He pulled out a little too far into lane 2, so I shot up his inside, and then matched my speed to his right up until the cones. He tried to intimidate me with his bulk and air horn, but I'm not having any of it.
The traffic from lane 2 that he'd tried to control were by now behind me and followed my lead.
Truckie was not amused, and hopefully missed his delivery.
Another simple revenge to take is to wait for the end of the lane restriction, and then make it impossible for the truckie to maintain a constant speed.
I also have deadlines to meet, and meetings to make etc, and will do everything within the law to get there in time.
They'll winge about how difficult their trucks are to control, but screw em. They chose to do the job. If they don't like it, they have the same option as the rest of us.
If drivers are courteous, then they'll get the same treatment from me, if they chose to be a pillock well then.....
I was in a queue yesterday and had already pulled in behind one of these small minded, large waisted, truckies, when he decided he'd control the traffic flow into a 2-1 merge at roadworks. He pulled out a little too far into lane 2, so I shot up his inside, and then matched my speed to his right up until the cones. He tried to intimidate me with his bulk and air horn, but I'm not having any of it.
The traffic from lane 2 that he'd tried to control were by now behind me and followed my lead.
Truckie was not amused, and hopefully missed his delivery.
Another simple revenge to take is to wait for the end of the lane restriction, and then make it impossible for the truckie to maintain a constant speed.
I also have deadlines to meet, and meetings to make etc, and will do everything within the law to get there in time.
They'll winge about how difficult their trucks are to control, but screw em. They chose to do the job. If they don't like it, they have the same option as the rest of us.
If drivers are courteous, then they'll get the same treatment from me, if they chose to be a pillock well then.....
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