Why do they have white Norberts?
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Anyone who has ever driven young kids on a long journey will know the value of finding games to keep them entertained.
One that works brilliantly for our kids is the Norbert game. Every time we see a Norbert Dentressangle truck, the first one to shout out "Norbert" scores points, depending on the rarity of said truck. One point for any single trailer red truck, two for a double trailer and five for any white truck with a red logo.
Now, being a bit of a sad git, I've actually started playing this on my own on longer journeys, as I find it helps me keep my concentration in sluggish traffic in the same way that watching for speed cameras does when pressing on!
In today's 220 mile round trip to Huntingdon round the M25 & M11, I saw 27 one pointers, 5 two pointers and a single white tanker! This sort of distribution is pretty standard in my experience across certainly the UK and French motorways, which is what makes it such a good game for the kids, but it did get me wondering why they have just a small handful of white trucks...
They've got something like 16,000 trucks on their fleet, and whilst all the tankers seem to be white, they also seem to have a tiny percentage of white trucks which aren't. Does anyone on here know anything about the company who might be able to enlighten me?
One that works brilliantly for our kids is the Norbert game. Every time we see a Norbert Dentressangle truck, the first one to shout out "Norbert" scores points, depending on the rarity of said truck. One point for any single trailer red truck, two for a double trailer and five for any white truck with a red logo.
Now, being a bit of a sad git, I've actually started playing this on my own on longer journeys, as I find it helps me keep my concentration in sluggish traffic in the same way that watching for speed cameras does when pressing on!
In today's 220 mile round trip to Huntingdon round the M25 & M11, I saw 27 one pointers, 5 two pointers and a single white tanker! This sort of distribution is pretty standard in my experience across certainly the UK and French motorways, which is what makes it such a good game for the kids, but it did get me wondering why they have just a small handful of white trucks...
They've got something like 16,000 trucks on their fleet, and whilst all the tankers seem to be white, they also seem to have a tiny percentage of white trucks which aren't. Does anyone on here know anything about the company who might be able to enlighten me?
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