HGV Drivers Courtesy
Discussion
Haven't noticed per se, but usually a trucker will let people out of the BP station on a busy road prior to a roundabout by work. I do too, as it makes me feel courteous.
School mums are forever blocking the mini-roundabout outside my house though - they KNOW they can't get across it in a West-East direction as there is always congestion. There is never congestion on N-S direction but I'm always blocked by the side on view of the soft-roader of the year that has decided to block the roundabout while it queues.
School mums are forever blocking the mini-roundabout outside my house though - they KNOW they can't get across it in a West-East direction as there is always congestion. There is never congestion on N-S direction but I'm always blocked by the side on view of the soft-roader of the year that has decided to block the roundabout while it queues.
GC8 said:
Whats happened to it? A couple of years ago everyone flashed and thanked; and now it all seems to have fallen by the wayside. Did something change whilst I was away?
I've noticed this as well, and ...iva cosworth said:
A lot of British hauliers trucks now driven by foreigners with no manners
... I'd kind of sub-consciously attributed it to this :shrug:e to agree with the o p ive been on the road for over 20 years
in my early days courtersy was a matter of coarse as was being professional drivers
but now a days its a lot of muppets who think its acceptable to drag our proffesion to the gutter
these people onlydo the job as a last resort not a chosen work field
there fore driving standards have dropped it appears to me profesionalism
is deteriorating
in my early days courtersy was a matter of coarse as was being professional drivers
but now a days its a lot of muppets who think its acceptable to drag our proffesion to the gutter
these people onlydo the job as a last resort not a chosen work field
there fore driving standards have dropped it appears to me profesionalism
is deteriorating
I wasnt overly clear in my original post, as I mistakenly presumed that vocational licence drivers would know what I was referring to. I wasnt commenting on general driving standards, or courtesy in general, but with particular regard to the 'helping in' of drivers in large vehicles, which seems to be rare now - with acknowledgement rarer still...
I fully understand where the OP is coming from, i used to work for a reliatively well known large haulage company based in Aberdeen, and the drivers there when i first started in 2002 were all great, mostly local guys with years of experience and you always got the obligatory wave as you passed each other on the road or "mucked in" and helped each other loading and tieing down, and with me starting at the bottom on a Transit hoping to gain experience and work my way up through the ranks to a Class 1, they always gave me a helping hand whenever i needed it. These guys were true professionals and without their help i would never have managed to make it as a Class 1 driver
Things now are totally different, lots of people really dont understand the grief involved being an HGV Driver now, what with on the spot fines from VOSA for the silliest of offences where a warning would be sufficient, it really is a thankless job with from what i can make out rather low morale.
FWIW ive only done it for 8 years and im sick of it, and i work for a very good company with a fabulous boss,if i could find a job doing something else that pays similar money id hang up my keys tomorrow.
Things now are totally different, lots of people really dont understand the grief involved being an HGV Driver now, what with on the spot fines from VOSA for the silliest of offences where a warning would be sufficient, it really is a thankless job with from what i can make out rather low morale.
FWIW ive only done it for 8 years and im sick of it, and i work for a very good company with a fabulous boss,if i could find a job doing something else that pays similar money id hang up my keys tomorrow.
GC8 said:
I wasnt overly clear in my original post, as I mistakenly presumed that vocational licence drivers would know what I was referring to. I wasnt commenting on general driving standards, or courtesy in general, but with particular regard to the 'helping in' of drivers in large vehicles, which seems to be rare now - with acknowledgement rarer still...
I was hauling up and down the m'ways up until the end of last year and I'd say that 80% of truckers were still doing it.Gassing Station | General Gassing [Archive] | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff