Loony van driver: should I report him?
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Wife and I were driving to work this morning in lane 2 of a two-lane dual carriageway. In front is a Mercedes van, overtaking a petrol tanker (!) in lane 1. Just as it drew alongside the tanker, the van clipped the central reservation twice! Wife and I both saw it and thought he must either be drunk or have fallen asleep. About a mile later on (after a roundabout and some traffic) the same van was in lane 1. As we went to overtake in lane 2, the van veered in, then out, then back in to our lane. I honked to let him know of my presence. As we came past, it was clear to us both that van driver was busy writing on a pad! He was still doing it 4miles up the road. Now I'm not a snitch and I'm aware that we all make mistakes and so on, but I have wondered whether I should report the driver to the police: or would I just be wasting everyone's time (neither of us was speeding). I have a note of his number.
patmahe said:
He is driving without due care and attention and from your description he could easily have caused 2 accidents in a 4 mile stretch. I'd say report him as he is obviously a danger to himself and others and it might make him think a bit more about what he's doing.
Sorry for being pedantic but he could only have caused one accident. I'll get my coat...SM
supermono said:
patmahe said:
He is driving without due care and attention and from your description he could easily have caused 2 accidents in a 4 mile stretch. I'd say report him as he is obviously a danger to himself and others and it might make him think a bit more about what he's doing.
Sorry for being pedantic but he could only have caused one accident. I'll get my coat...SM
ChrisKKKTurbo said:
supermono said:
patmahe said:
He is driving without due care and attention and from your description he could easily have caused 2 accidents in a 4 mile stretch. I'd say report him as he is obviously a danger to himself and others and it might make him think a bit more about what he's doing.
Sorry for being pedantic but he could only have caused one accident. I'll get my coat...SM
was this by any chance on the A52?
saw a mad van driver being a complete to55er, he was in center lane sitting at 60, artic lorry right behind him. artic pulled into left lane, van speeds up and overtakes artic. then slows to 50. artic overtakes violently, van then overtakes and pulls in and slows to 50 again. lots of flashing lights from artic, van driver gets the message he's probably going to be rammed and speeds up to 70.
i was watching all this through rear view mirror, waiting for an accident. Complete wank*r, congrats to the artic driver for keeping his cool, because i would have seriously lost it with the van.
saw a mad van driver being a complete to55er, he was in center lane sitting at 60, artic lorry right behind him. artic pulled into left lane, van speeds up and overtakes artic. then slows to 50. artic overtakes violently, van then overtakes and pulls in and slows to 50 again. lots of flashing lights from artic, van driver gets the message he's probably going to be rammed and speeds up to 70.
i was watching all this through rear view mirror, waiting for an accident. Complete wank*r, congrats to the artic driver for keeping his cool, because i would have seriously lost it with the van.
If the van driver goes the same route day in day out, then BiB on patrol will have a note of his number - my BiB have a sheet with numerous VRM's which are of interest in the local area and if they are seen then they are given a tug and words are had.
If this van comes back to a company, then a quick call from the BiB to the transport manager. I have spoken to numerous transport managers in the past and advised them that one of their drivers in this vehicle has been reported to Police for whatever reason, and would he kindly have a word before we stop him and do it for him. One thing transport managers hate is a call from the BiB
If this van comes back to a company, then a quick call from the BiB to the transport manager. I have spoken to numerous transport managers in the past and advised them that one of their drivers in this vehicle has been reported to Police for whatever reason, and would he kindly have a word before we stop him and do it for him. One thing transport managers hate is a call from the BiB
rhys27 said:
was this by any chance on the A52?
saw a mad van driver being a complete to55er, he was in center lane sitting at 60,
A52 is two-lanes, so has no "centre" lane?saw a mad van driver being a complete to55er, he was in center lane sitting at 60,
Also, hope you didn't get stuck on it this morning - biker got knocked off near Sondin. My <20 mile drive took 2 hours this morning as a result. Not good...but my day still started out a lot better than the guy on the bike. Hope he is ok
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