coozer
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:32 PM |
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Any HGV Drivers on here?
As some of you may know I have two jobs atm. The weekend one is doing multidrops with a 26T fridge around the north.
Now, I work for Co-op who encourage us to keep the speed down, not break the speed limit and try and keep the trucks over 10mpg.
Twice today I have been rumbling along at 40mph on single carriageways when artics have taken huge suicide risks to get past after coming up behind
and following me for a while.
Okay, in the past I've cursed caravans and trucks clogging the road up but the speed limit is 40mph now so that's that.
The other thing is the line of cars who when there's an open straight with nothing coming the other way just sit there behind...
Then, when there's a crawler lane they wait till the last 200 yards and commit suicide trying to get past as it goes back to one lane.
WTF is wrong??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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fha772
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:36 PM |
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I know, i almost feel like drifting out in my lorry, just to spice it up for them.
Numpties!!!!!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:37 PM |
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I've done a bit of HGV for an agency. I just leave them to it mate. My mind was always to busy. Despite what people say its not just sitting on
your arse. Its 26T to manipulate around roads that cars sometimes have trouble with.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:44 PM |
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been doing my driver cpc today,
I am paid by the hour so they can over take all they like as long as they dont put me at risk.
There is talk of upping it to 50. Less bother to over take at this speed.
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plutos3
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:50 PM |
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now as some one who drive a lot of miles I find theres a lot of hgv that now ddive a long at 45mph on a roads that hold up the flow of traffic,they
then come to a part of the road where there is a overtakeing lane,at this time they tend to increase there speed thus making it more difficult for the
tail back of cars and vans to get past. Do they find this amuseing ?
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fha772
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:50 PM |
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Mind you it's even sillier overtaking me like that, i'm in the fairground industry.
My lorry pulls 2 trailers, and is 23 metres long!! 
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
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coozer
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 09:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by plutos3
now as some one who drive a lot of miles I find theres a lot of hgv that now ddive a long at 45mph on a roads that hold up the flow of traffic,they
then come to a part of the road where there is a overtakeing lane,at this time they tend to increase there speed thus making it more difficult for the
tail back of cars and vans to get past. Do they find this amuseing ?
Not funny at all. The fact is single carriageways are 40mph and duals 50mph. I was thinking of this today, come off the single onto dual and sped up
to 50. I was thinking the peeps behind must be thinking I'm taking the water! Amazing how many still sit behind at 50!
All in I think most of the useless car drivers these days cant overtake!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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drury318
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| posted on 5/6/10 at 10:20 PM |
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I have driven tankers for BOC and now work for one of the major breakdown companies and have seen all sorts, I keep myself sane by thinking "if
I get stopped for speeding, kill someone or crash, can I say the bloke behind me was hassling me? no they would laugh at me. Take your time and leave
the others to their own devices, To**ers!, they`re wrong not you!
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bj928
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 01:33 AM |
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well i was a trucker in the UK for 20+ years, now trucking in America, out here the cars and trucks all go the same speed, depending on the state,
that could be anywhere from 55-75, even on the normal 2 lane roads where in the uk i would have to be doing 40, i cruise along at 70 (should be 65) in
the states where i can, my truck is limited to 70 at the moment, but hoping to get a different one soon that will let me do the 75 speed limit,,
nobody gets held up, and cars and 4x4s come by me if they want (most do even when i'm doing 70!!, no tachos to be governed by, just a log book i
fill in as the day goes, thats easily modified at the end of the day if it needs to be, i wish i had come out here 15 years ago, the truckers out here
are liked in general, and the truck stops are great, 600+ miles in a day easy, 11 hours driving with no breaks unless i feel i need one. what better
way to see america than from the cab of a nice american semi.
i really feel for you english lorry drivers, small cab, 56 or less mph, rip off prices, congested roads.
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T66
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 06:09 AM |
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What I cannot understand, is why you limit a modern truck with high power diesel, with huge brakes and loads of rubber on the road.......
To 50mph when the road limit is 60mph.
It immediately creates a differential in vehicle speeds.
And with the current lack of traffic cops on our roads shafting the idiots we see everyday, bad drivers continue to try and kill us overtaking
Brussels speed restricted trucks on UK roads.
Lets be right, everyday you drive on a UK road you witness knobheads in cars, and not necessarily all 17 year olds either.
My pet hate is breaking the 30/40mph restrictions, these ones are KILLERS.
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morcus
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 06:48 AM |
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Don't large vans have lower speed limits on non restricted roads aswell?
There are loads of idiots that will come up behind you (Often closing the gap at quite a pace) and then sit behind you when your in the car, Its just
something some people do unfortunatly. I always seem to get them when I vist my grandparents at night, The road is awful and there are no lights so
the speed limit (40) is to dangerous at night, but there seem to be a huge number of people who think they should drive at the speed limit, no matter
what (Like on the motorway when its raining so hard you can see the splash back through a sunroof).
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 07:32 AM |
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I am not a lorry driver, but do sympathise - it must be very frustrating 
Large vans (classed as non car derived) are limited to 50mph on single carriage way and 60mph on duals and 70mph moyorway. So all your sprinters,
transits etc
I was overtaking in the GTS on a dual carriage way friday at around 75mph, just get past a sprinter van and it pulls out directly behind me, less than
3' from the back of the car. And sat there for a good half mile - I couldnt pull in because of traffic in the left lane. At which point he
moves closer and starts flashing his lights. So I give him the finger and boot it..... well it made me feel good at the time 
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 07:57 AM |
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My dad was a truck driver until he retired a few years ago, and his ethos appeared to be "I'm biggest, and I'm staying in this lane.
You want to overtake or drive into the side of me that's your problem"
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Danozeman
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 08:25 AM |
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I only drive 7.5 tonners now and again and it is surprising the cocks you get.
What also surprises me, i work for royal mail so the trucks are bright red and you still get people that dont see you coming.
A couple of years ago i had a lad we were testing for an apprentice with me, out in a truck testing an abs fault. some woman just pulls clean out on
front of me, you could quite clearly see she thought "f me theres a truck coming striaght at me" and stopped dead in front of me. I
nearly put the poor lad through the windscreen!! And she had a car full of kids..
The most bad drivers you see nowadays are older people not chavs. They just drive fast. Women and men alike.
As flakey says non car derived vans are limited aswell but when do you see a tranny or sprinter doing 60 on a dual carridgeway. Even transit connects
are limited as theyr not car derived.
[Edited on 6/6/10 by Danozeman]
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 08:26 AM |
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When I am towing the trailer tent with my car I am governed by the same set of rules as an artic driver. I have a question concerning the new 4 lane
stretches of motorway. Are you allowed to use the third lane now there is another one or just the two as per the previous rule ? When the lorries are
tailgating each other with a couple of feet between them then one decides to go for it and pulls out then drives alongside for the next 4 miles I am
stuck behind while there is plenty of opportunity to get by.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 08:39 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
As flakey says non car derived vans are limited aswell but when do you see a tranny or sprinter doing 60 on a dual carridgeway. Even transit connects
are limited as theyr not car derived.
I did not know that, and I used to drive them. I thought being under 3.5t and driveable under my car licence it would come under the same rules
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locobri
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 08:45 AM |
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I'm also a Royal Mail driver, up to Class 2 and the number of drivers that sit behind waiting to get past then when they do slow down to less
than the speed we were doing before!!! So I'm doing 40 on an A road then get to a duel carridgeway they speed past then when it reverts back to
normal road they do 35-38 WHY??? 
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 08:53 AM |
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They want you to use the horn!
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will121
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 09:01 AM |
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i think the miss match in speed limits between 40 lorries, 50 vans and 60mph cars on single carageways just causes problems and part is a lot of car
drivers dont know what the limits are so get wound up following at 40
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 12:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
As flakey says non car derived vans are limited aswell but when do you see a tranny or sprinter doing 60 on a dual carridgeway. Even transit connects
are limited as theyr not car derived.
Yep, true. We strongly encourage these speed limits with our drivers and regularly check their speed with our t-eye cameras and comment
accordingly.
We have a transit connect, citroen berlingo and 2 fiat doblo's and they are all asked to drive to the non car derived limits.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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flak monkey
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 02:14 PM |
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The actual rule is if its plated to be over 2tonne weight (GVW) and non car derived.
Its in interesting point when you get on to things like L200 pickups, which are also limited to the 50 and 60mph limits of vans.... unless registered
as dual purpose (like landrovers...) all gets a bit complicated. But for vans its very clear!
[Edited on 6/6/10 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Simon
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 03:12 PM |
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It's all irrelevant at the mo as there seems to be an ongoing reduction of formerly national speed limited roads to a new 50 limit, which will
no doubt become "the new black" so to speak!
Yesterday I drove back from north Wales - all the And B roads were great, didn't get held up at all.
Get to J17 clockwise of the London orbital (M25) and take nearly 1.75 hours to do 17 miles.
Reason - the bloody tolls. Sack the staff and knock the obstruction down.
ATB
Simon
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 06:27 PM |
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I drive a 44 ton tanker and am amazed at the amount of car drivers that are totaly ignorant of speed limits.
We are frequently verbaly abused when driving at 40 mph though a section of single carriage way,that we frequently use, by car drivers and even some
other truckdrivers.
I think that some of the drivers these days need to be reminded of the highway code(prescent company not included)
to make the roads a safer place.
This is IMHO you all understand.
Andy
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 6/6/10 at 08:14 PM |
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Present company included! We should all have one. Years ago I used to be able to remember a whole load of the sections so I could refer the
underskilled of their follies 
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scimjim
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| posted on 4/12/13 at 12:32 PM |
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must be spamday?
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