michael Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 This thread reminds me of a Viz 'top tip' HGV drivers. When climbing a long hill at 20 mph, the lane to drive in is the LEFT f*cking one Wasn't it Viz that also confirmed that all HGV drivers are serial killers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spacemonkeypg Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Having a knock on a roundabout where a truck is in the middle of three lanes to turn right makes sense.. he is in the middle because he needs the room to manouver. I am not unhappy with my job i enjoy it, it brings in a good wage for my family. I am mearly trying to educate the miss led and dumb. As someone has previously posted all HGV drivers are car drivers also i personaly drive a Nissan Z3 Fairlady and enjoy blazing through £40 in petrol between lights but when i come across a truck i give it all the room it needs. Get a faster car if you are in such a rush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 How to win friends and influence people..... Well I hope we all found something educational in all of this... I know I feel I understand the mind of the trucker a bit more than I did before, and I shall certainly employ a more empathetic attitude towards these fine upstanding 'knights of the road' the next they attempt to overtake each other whilst travelling up hill at their hilarious 40mph (why am I always in a rush? perhaps I need a faster car?) or cut me up on a roundabout (it's just a bit of fun!)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FH12-460 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 So, why do truck drivers overtake each other uphill ? Because for example one is a 420BHP with nothing on and the other is a 380BHP running at 40 tonnes. Are you so stupid you can't work that one out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FH12-460 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Why do truck drivers drive soooo close together ? .. Leaving less than a car's lengths gap of the truck in front. Apart fromt he fact that hardly any do, perhaps its because we learned it from you lot after watching you all do 80MPH in lane 3 with 6ft inbetween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FH12-460 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I'm not in a big hurry but its ridiculous to sit on a road that has mile long straights and no roads coming onto it at 40 mph in a perfectly serviceable roadgoing car. Its madness, utter madness. That says more about the standard of your driving than the lorries. If you can't overtake on roads with mile long straights, WTF are you doing driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Then why do they not.... oh I don't know... pass one another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Apart fromt he fact that hardly any do, perhaps its because we learned it from you lot after watching you all do 80MPH in lane 3 with 6ft inbetween. 6ft ????? Obviously not a rep or a white astravan then!!! No self respecting rep would leave a gap that big or astravan be going that slow either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FH12-460 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I don't think anyone has said that driving a truck is easy. But - everyone has common sense ... and truck drivers overtaking another truck uphill .... isn't a marvelous understanding of basic physics. Obviously a better understanding than yours. If the truck wants to overtake ... isn't it prudent to overtake on a flat or downhill ? Err no. The differences are most noticable climbing hills. And why do trucks tailgate each other ? I've seen trucks drive less than a car-length gap inbetween. Apart from the fact its only a few, maybe they're fed up as I am of morons in Supras barging into their safe braking area. This week I had a moron pull inbetween me and another lorry at the 100 metre marker for the J18 exit slip on the M62 so close that I had to slam all on to miss him even though there was several hundred yards of clear motorway behind. You should go out in a lorry one day. It'll be an eye opener. You'll get to see exactly how crap car drivers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FH12-460 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 But when a truck overtakes uphill does their speed remain constant or is it variable ? When I've on the A34 a truck decides to overtake uphill ..and it seems that the truck is having a harder job pulling those a fair few tonnes going up .. that it was going down. Jesus H Christ...obviously brains aren't a requirement of being a car driver. Did you go to school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 That says more about the standard of your driving than the lorries. If you can't overtake on roads with mile long straights, WTF are you doing driving? Read the rest of my posts. But as you insist on trolling and not reading all the posts I'll re-itterate in rush hours traffic the cars and trucks coming the other way on a single carriageway have a tendency of preventing all but the most insane of drivers from overtaking no matter how long the road is straight. And to remake the point I was actually making If you can't drive on a major A road in a perfectly serviceable car on stretches of road with mile long straights at speeds close to the national speed limit then WTF are they doing driving. Its the same tits that speed up in villages and plough past schools at the very same speed. If you had actually bothered to read my posts you would have noticed that I was one of the only ones here that was standing up for trucks and explained all of the points you so glibly made. You'll be one of the knobber truck drivers then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spacemonkeypg Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Dont fall off the fence dangerous brain!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Apart from the fact its only a few, maybe they're fed up as I am of morons in Supras barging into their safe braking area.[/Quote] Only a few!!! My fecking arse. Everybody knows that by drafting the lorries that aren't speed limited can travel faster, and the ones that are can use less fuel. So if you guys are quite intent to cause a massive tailback just to travel somewhere 1mph faster than the lorry in front, it's pretty obvious that you'll more than likely be willing to drive within 6 feet of the lorry in front to reap the benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Dont fall off the fence dangerous brain!! Well you stand up for people and they just throw it straight back in your face I personally give lorries a lot of space and respect. Notice I don't gripe about lorries doing 40 mph anywhere. They are bloody great trucks and stopping them is a safety issue so its to be expected that they will need to go slower than cars to be able to stop if needs be. Its car drivers that deliberately drive slowly when there is no reason at all for it that cause me to develope a nervous twitch and search for the rocket launcher button to blow them into oblivion. It says it all when you are in a queue of traffic including several lorries with a sodding micra at the front holding us all up. On roundabouts I wait behind the back corner of the trailer no matter how slow its negotiating it. Stands to reason if that trailer does cut in as it comes round car versus trailer is going to cause car = bugsplat trailer = a bit ouch but hey never mind. The car is so much more vulnerable in these clashes and it doesn't matter who's fault it is the P&J is going to come off worse, a decent lump hammer will sort the trailer out. There are a few motorcyclists that could do with learning this lesson as well. After the trucks come off the roundabout I'm gone in a blaze of not smashed up glory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Hang on guys. I drive a supe and a truck and i've seen idiots in both. I don't see why this thread is turning into a car v truck slanging match. We all have to drive on the same over regulated, heavily congested roads safe in the knowledge that at least 50% of the people on them probably shouldn't have a license in the first place. Good driving is all about making safe progress, not bitching about other road users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Hang on guys. I drive a supe and a truck and i've seen idiots in both. I don't see why this thread is turning into a car v truck slanging match. We all have to drive on the same over regulated, heavily congested roads safe in the knowledge that at least 50% of the people on them probably shouldn't have a license in the first place. Good driving is all about making safe progress, not bitching about other road users. Mate I'm not having a go at truck drivers at all just the troll that came on here and had a dig at me chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Mate I'm not having a go at truck drivers at all just the troll that came on here and had a dig at me chap. Gobby newbies who probably dont own a sup are best ignored on here, I find, especialy when they name themselves after a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 I know I just bite easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Found this: http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=11/32209413788.jpg&s=x11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spacemonkeypg Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Ive never come across a truck called spacemonkeypg:fight: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Ive never come across a truck called spacemonkeypg:fight: That's because you are too busy looking for suitable ditches to dump your victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Well to be fair I think the original question got answered in the post straight after the question ie lorries do 40 mph on the A41 because thats the law!! The rest is just conjecture and posturing Me I love truckers Just couldn't eat a whole one. Or to that matter a 1/4 of one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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