Do you ever pull over to let traffic past?

[Papa Hotel]

I got the ferry into Cairnryan yesterday, we arrived in at 1800hrs, I had 128 miles ahead of me. It's normally a fking horrible drive, I'm sure a few of you will know the section between Cairnryan/Stranraer and Glasgow. Slow, twisty, uphill, downhill, just a crap drive, ten times worse if they decide to let the lorries off first.

Anyway, something happened I've never seen before. Some guy in a 2004 Dublin lorry actually pulled over to allow traffic past. He was about ten vehicles in front of me, there were about five behind me, he pulled back on to the road after we went past.

So, if you drive a 2004 Dublin-registered lorry and this was you, top work chap. Do any of you do this?

[BonzoG]

Irish plates you say? I'm amazed you wern't having to pull over to let him past!

Our company uses that ferry daily, and by all accounts some of the artic-antics up and down the A77 are hilarious/scary in equal measure.

[General Price]

I do,all the time.I am usually grossing 80/90 ton though so speed is not of the essence.

[Digby]

Quite a lot, yes.

[Papa Hotel]

General Price said:

I do,all the time.I am usually grossing 80/90 ton though so speed is not of the essence.

[Papa Hotel]

Digby said:

Quite a lot, yes.

[Digby]

Papa Hotel said:

Digby said:

Quite a lot, yes.

I may or may not have even slipped on to the hard shoulder on the odd uphill motorway access ramp for a few hundred yards at 8 mph..

If I had done this, It would only ever be on those types which are not visible from any other road and tend to be a lot quieter than your average on ramp.. *cough*

[Cock Womble 7]

If I were in the habit of driving like Miss Tesco and sticking to the ridiculous speed limit applied to HGVs on single carriageways and noticed a queue of cars behind me then yes, I would pull over.

As it is, I try to give anyone behind me every chance I can to overtake; getting as far over to the left on a nice long straight, or doing the same when exiting a roundabout where the road's nice and wide and my (lack of) acceleration makes it easier.

Every little helps.

[ZR1cliff]

If I'm going to a new job and I'm not sure where it is and see other traffic behind, cars and other lorries and there is a roundabout ahead. I'll go once round the roundabout to let the traffic go ahead. Then I can piss about looking for my destination without getting in anyones way.

[Papa Hotel]

Cock Womble 7 said:

If I were in the habit of driving like Miss Tesco and sticking to the ridiculous speed limit applied to HGVs on single carriageways and noticed a queue of cars behind me then yes, I would pull over.

As it is, I try to give anyone behind me every chance I can to overtake; getting as far over to the left on a nice long straight, or doing the same when exiting a roundabout where the road's nice and wide and my (lack of) acceleration makes it easier.

Every little helps.

You've never been to Stranraer or Cairnryan, have you? The speed limit is just a dream number on a sign, on some uphill sections the lorries are pushing hard if they're doing 25mph, same story downhill with all the turns.

[Cock Womble 7]

Papa Hotel said:

You've never been to Stranraer or Cairnryan, have you?

It's a rule of mine never to go to places I can't pronounce.

[Papa Hotel]

Cock Womble 7 said:

It's a rule of mine never to go to places I can't pronounce.

Jockanese place names are pretty simple. Wales much scare the st out of you though. Boyo.

[Flawless Victory]

No I don't. I have a fuel target to achieve, constantly pulling in every 5 minutes to appease some car-drivers, would mean not getting my weekly fuel bonus of £5.

That's £260 a year, which pays for my VED.

[Panda76]

Fully loaded and on a difficult road,as in difficult to maintain 40 mph and down to 20 mph a lot due to the road then yes.

[Life Saab Itch]

Yep. The company hate me for it.

[philthy]

Yes, I do when necessary. Doesn't happen much lately though, as I'm trunking.

[Changedmyname]

Yes I had to, I was (well in my mind overladen)unable to do 25mph up these hills.

Trouble didn't end there, going down hill with shot brakes is another.
I wasn't with that firm long as I value my life.