I think lorry drivers are fucking menaces but that's just me. Can be sitting in the middle lane doing a comfortable 75, overtaking the lorries and the plebs and an indicator comes on and you have twelve tonnes of shit wanting to take your passenger side out. Option 2 is have an accident with someone overtaking you in the fast lane. Option three is brake (or if you have a high performance vehicle accelerate) like Mary hell fuck. They don't seem to be all that bothered about having accidents.
When it was a bit blowly last week I saw a lorry corpse in a ditch by the side of the A14. Mildly satisfying.
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I fucking despise HGVs. I always approach them with the attitude "You WILL do something stupid, so I'm getting the fuck past you before you do".
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Turbo wrote:an indicator comes on and you have twelve tonnes of shit wanting to take your passenger side out.
This still gives me a brown-trousers moment every time it happens. I usually go for the braking option if I'm at all behind them, but if I'm alongside them, I won't fucking move. I'll carry on and they can wait. Once I had a lorry indicating AFTER he started moving across while I was parallel to him. I dived into lane three. I didn't have time to check my blind spot. Lorries are a fucking pain in the arse.
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I want to see them stopped from overtaking but I am sure there is a good reason why this logical (in my mind) idea hasn't been looked into. In my opinion, it's fucking dangerous, it causes congestion, and completely unnecessary for that extra 2mph more. They should all ride on their governers and they should all have the same governers - I understand EU lorries can go faster than UK.
...and every lorry can go faster than Sainsburys lorries because they're governed to 50mph to 'be green.' #coughbullshit.
...and every lorry can go faster than Sainsburys lorries because they're governed to 50mph to 'be green.' #coughbullshit.
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DYK: speed limits for lorries over 7.5tonne are limited to 40mph on single carriage ways.
Did you also know, that the A9 has raised that speed limit to 50mph. Because it's one of the most dangerous roads in the UK. Yeah. that'll make it safer.
Did you also know, that the A9 has raised that speed limit to 50mph. Because it's one of the most dangerous roads in the UK. Yeah. that'll make it safer.
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Not going to lie, I didn't know the speed limits were different for me driving these large vans until 2 weeks ago? Usually what the speed limit says -10.
I think in vehicle size though everything that is compulsory becomes advisory when you're driving a 4x4 and bigger. Cyclists actually don't understand what the signs are around them mean. OOO pretty red yellow and green lights, oooo pretty white lines in the road.
I think in vehicle size though everything that is compulsory becomes advisory when you're driving a 4x4 and bigger. Cyclists actually don't understand what the signs are around them mean. OOO pretty red yellow and green lights, oooo pretty white lines in the road.
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I understand about lorries pulling out to overtake being annoying or dangerous. I don't mind it so much on 3-lane roads, but when I'm in a hurry, they should be forbidden from overtaking on dual carriageways, particularly just before an uphill section. I think you just need to be aware of how close a lorry is behind another vehicle, as well as what's coming up in the outer lane(s) to prepare for either pulling out to overtake or hang back. Worked for me so far, as the closest I've got has been an error on my part not long after passing my test. Still, there's no accounting for human error/stupidity on either side of the lorryist/carist fence, particularly if the lorry driver's foreign, in which case extra caution should be used around them.
Also, cyclists should require a license to prove they know the highway code and that they can look after themselves. Similarly, more focus should be given on cyclist safety during driving lessons. AND (whilst I'm on my soapbox) I still believe any road license should expire every 5 years or so. Tests should be more thorough. I should be elected as Transport Secretary, then take over Parliament as the head of a military coup because both houses reject my irrational, expensive and bureaucratic bill.
Or, build a network of tolled motorways. Motorists must use those roads until they pass a tough advanced driving exam that will enable them to use the established tax-funded motorways.
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Also, cyclists should require a license to prove they know the highway code and that they can look after themselves. Similarly, more focus should be given on cyclist safety during driving lessons. AND (whilst I'm on my soapbox) I still believe any road license should expire every 5 years or so. Tests should be more thorough. I should be elected as Transport Secretary, then take over Parliament as the head of a military coup because both houses reject my irrational, expensive and bureaucratic bill.
Or, build a network of tolled motorways. Motorists must use those roads until they pass a tough advanced driving exam that will enable them to use the established tax-funded motorways.
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siliconfury wrote:I fucking despise HGVs. I always approach them with the attitude "You WILL do something stupid, so I'm getting the fuck past you before you do".
Same - they do expect everyone to move out of the way if they put their indicators on even when you're clearly overtaking them, tailgate the vehicle in front, and have the 'knight of the road' attitude when they're happy to tell everyone else where they're going wrong. I got a mouthful of abuse from one who stopped his truck and got out after he nearly hit me when he was pulling out of a forecourt and even tho I had right of way, he didn't think he had to stop. He tried to comment that he couldn't stop, but bad pulled away from the pumps and travelled maybe 30m, then said he couldn't see me, so it was my fault he didn't have sufficient offside mirrors.
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I agree with the sitting in the slow lane part. On my morning commute I found my stress levels severely dropped when I did that for most of the journey, sure I was 5-10 minutes later but I felt so much calmer for it.
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Much better fuel economy, too. 55mph, Lane 1... if I did that all the time I'd get 35mpg continuously.
But it gets boring a bit quick
But it gets boring a bit quick
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siliconfury wrote:Much better fuel economy, too. 55mph, Lane 1... if I did that all the time I'd get 35mpg continuously.
But it gets boring a bit quick
All of the average speed cams on the motorways atm mean I can get up to 60mpg
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In lane 2 this morning, 70mph+, lorry in lane 1 with a white car in front of him, both doing 60mph or so. I'm two car lengths away from being parallel with the back of the lorry, he indicates right. Fine, I ease off and let him in front of me. He stays at 60mph. He stays at the same level behind the white car. Hmph. I'm 2 miles away from my junction so I pop into lane 1, leaving the same space between me and the white car in case he wants to come back in when he realises he's making no progress. 2 miles later, we're still in the same position, and countless cars are diving into lane 3 to go round him.
I pull off at J26, ample space for him to come back in.. he continues to trundle away up the hill past the junction in lane 2. FFS.
I pull off at J26, ample space for him to come back in.. he continues to trundle away up the hill past the junction in lane 2. FFS.
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siliconfury wrote:Much better fuel economy, too. 55mph, Lane 1... if I did that all the time I'd get 35mpg continuously.
But it gets boring a bit quick
This is the main reason I do it. Getting an extra 30-40 miles out of a tank really helps. What doesn't help is turning back in to the standard blast everything in sight once I hit the back roads.
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LORRIES. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
Followed a lorry in lane 2 for SIX MILES on the M1 until there was a gap in lane 3. For the whole stretch, he was parallel to another lorry in lane 1. Two lorries fucking up half the carriageway for no reason.
Also later, at the midpoint of a lorry which I'm overtaking, he whacks his indicator on. I think 'Fuck you, you can wait 5 seconds'. No sooner am I hair's width past the front of the cab, my rear view mirror is FILLED with the sight of his grill. Any sooner and he would have taken me out.
Followed a lorry in lane 2 for SIX MILES on the M1 until there was a gap in lane 3. For the whole stretch, he was parallel to another lorry in lane 1. Two lorries fucking up half the carriageway for no reason.
Also later, at the midpoint of a lorry which I'm overtaking, he whacks his indicator on. I think 'Fuck you, you can wait 5 seconds'. No sooner am I hair's width past the front of the cab, my rear view mirror is FILLED with the sight of his grill. Any sooner and he would have taken me out.
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Drove my second Jaguar XF. One of our convoy thought he was going to palm off a maingy old Audi A4 onto me, but I told him where to go. Picked it up around Epsom, and those ~125 miles of bringing the Jag home were absolutely fantastic. If someone wishes to give me a job I could afford to run one of these cars, id have one in a heart beat.