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[EMD]

Dont want to wear my tyres out before MOT you see 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Sorry to say, but practically every example of poor driving I've seen from HGVs for as long as I can remember was done by a lorry with foreign plates. Sadly, of course, Class 1 drivers all get tarred with the same brush.

[05omegav6]

Sorry to say, but practically every example of poor driving I've seen from HGVs for as long as I can remember was done by a lorry with foreign plates. Sadly, of course, Class 1 drivers all get tarred with the same brush.

As do taxi drivers, bus drivers, couriers etc...

No sympathy for the op as he should a) have seen it coming, and b), with a nod to a), not been anywhere near it on the roundabout... especially as even Mystic Meg would have seen that happening

[biggriffin]

Just to add. Even when driving in the foreign, and they are on the right(wrong) side of the road they cannot use roundabouts.

[EMD]

Sorry to say, but practically every example of poor driving I've seen from HGVs for as long as I can remember was done by a lorry with foreign plates. Sadly, of course, Class 1 drivers all get tarred with the same brush.

As do taxi drivers, bus drivers, couriers etc...

No sympathy for the op as he should a) have seen it coming, and b), with a nod to a), not been anywhere near it on the roundabout... especially as even Mystic Meg would have seen that happening

I did ..

He crossed 2 lanes then into half of my lane so do truck drivers need 2 and a half lanes now 

[05omegav6]

Just to add, obviously glad no harm came to either op or his car

Be a lesson well learnt

Edit to answer your last... Yup

[EMD]

Never had that problem with uk truck drivers , i know they take a lot of room turning ect and do leave enough space , but never had such a close shave as this with the foreign ones 
Im not going anywhere near a roundabout for a few months now 

[ronnyd]

Never had that problem with uk truck drivers , i know they take a lot of room turning ect and do leave enough space , but never had such a close shave as this with the foreign ones 
Im not going anywhere near a roundabout for a few months now 

You won,t go far then.

[EMD]

Driving through the car park looking for a space and some numty in a toyota decides it would be good to reverse into mine  well almost  he was looking just 1 way , must have been an inch away  Must be this fast black one they cant see 
Doctor wonders why blood pressure is through the roof 

Then back out on the road , hardly anyone indicating ffs 

Make another doctors appointment 

Happy xmas 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Almost as funny as a trip to Riverside Reatil park earlier this year, I had borrowed the railway land Rover and had the butch high sided trailer on the back.

Stopped at a junction in the car park when I hear a crunch, BMW had reversed into the side of the trailer.

A small bit of paint had come off the trailer, the whole rear bumper had come off the Beemer and a small ripple in the rear quarter panel.

Quite amusing!

[biggriffin]

Almost as funny as a trip to Riverside Reatil park earlier this year, I had borrowed the railway land Rover and had the butch high sided trailer on the back.

Stopped at a junction in the car park when I hear a crunch, BMW had reversed into the side of the trailer.

A small bit of paint had come off the trailer, the whole rear bumper had come off the Beemer and a small ripple in the rear quarter panel.

Quite amusing!

Then the bmw owner says "I didn't see that" or "why did you park that there" also "wasn't there when I parked"

[Boatboy]

Saved the Omega from certain death today  Was giving a foreign lorry driver plenty of room on the roundabout then he decided to cut me up forcing me into the curb  If i had carried on i doubt he would of even noticed half the car embedded in the side of his trailer 

Surely you saw him indicate his intentions way back and made a prudent decision based on your experience to keep well out the way
To be a little tiny bit fair, in a lhd artic turning right offside mirrors (assuming they're a, clean and b, being looked at) give a nice view of the side of the trailer. Even the wide angle is a compromise, and if the drivers a short arse his view through the side window may be way over your roof.

Chances are he saw you though - just didn't give a monkeys. Had you hampered him at an earlier roundabout or been hanging off his quarter for a while so he couldn't approach in the right lane, 'cos we all hate that.


Sadly it's not just left hookers that have half-wit overseas drivers. Some agencies are flooding the market with Romanian tractor drivers and such like and some companies, desperate to deliver Christmas, choose not to ask too many questions. It seems to go in waves. 10 years ago it was Polish imports being pumped into companies until the insurers and accountants called foul on the damage bills.

Steve