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[Johnboy0811]

Are there any other lorry drivers on this forum?

I drive a recovery lorry (12T Renault Midlum) and had to do a trip to Dundee this week. Driving up the M6 I found myself getting a bit annoyed at the other profeesional drivers that are on the road.

The example is that I was in the middle lane starting to overtake an artic when we started to go up a hill and I started to lose power and he gradually pulled away from me so I pull back in behind him, fine thats what we have to do.

What annoys me is that when you are on a level road slowly overtaking as both are limited at 56mph I almost get past this artic and ready to pull in whe we start to go downhill and as he is loaded at 44 tonne he then sails past me in the inside lane. I pull back in to lane one and then the car drivers start sticking thier fingers up because I've been holding them up and for all the know for no reason. Why couldn't the artic of eased up and let me in and then go round me if he needed to that's what I would of done. At the end of the day we are on the road to do a job so it would be nice if at least the lorry drivers could be courtuious to each other.

Would like to hear other lorry drivers views on this and also some of the Omega drivers as you will most likely at some point been in the car behind the lorries

Thanks for reading all and sorry if I bored you

[Vamps]

Are there any other lorry drivers on this forum?

I drive a recovery lorry (12T Renault Midlum) and had to do a trip to Dundee this week. Driving up the M6 I found myself getting a bit annoyed at the other profeesional drivers that are on the road.

The example is that I was in the middle lane starting to overtake an artic when we started to go up a hill and I started to lose power and he gradually pulled away from me so I pull back in behind him, fine thats what we have to do.

What annoys me is that when you are on a level road slowly overtaking as both are limited at 56mph I almost get past this artic and ready to pull in whe we start to go downhill and as he is loaded at 44 tonne he then sails past me in the inside lane. I pull back in to lane one and then the car drivers start sticking thier fingers up because I've been holding them up and for all the know for no reason. Why couldn't the artic of eased up and let me in and then go round me if he needed to that's what I would of done. At the end of the day we are on the road to do a job so it would be nice if at least the lorry drivers could be courtuious to each other.

Would like to hear other lorry drivers views on this and also some of the Omega drivers as you will most likely at some point been in the car behind the lorries

Thanks for reading all and sorry if I bored you

Always makes me laugh this not many lorries go this slow, certainly not the ones I see, given a decent road, you have to be going well over 70 to overtake.
And before you jump down my throat, HGV and PSV for 30 years now.

[Johnboy0811]

Are there any other lorry drivers on this forum?

I drive a recovery lorry (12T Renault Midlum) and had to do a trip to Dundee this week. Driving up the M6 I found myself getting a bit annoyed at the other profeesional drivers that are on the road.

The example is that I was in the middle lane starting to overtake an artic when we started to go up a hill and I started to lose power and he gradually pulled away from me so I pull back in behind him, fine thats what we have to do.

What annoys me is that when you are on a level road slowly overtaking as both are limited at 56mph I almost get past this artic and ready to pull in whe we start to go downhill and as he is loaded at 44 tonne he then sails past me in the inside lane. I pull back in to lane one and then the car drivers start sticking thier fingers up because I've been holding them up and for all the know for no reason. Why couldn't the artic of eased up and let me in and then go round me if he needed to that's what I would of done. At the end of the day we are on the road to do a job so it would be nice if at least the lorry drivers could be courtuious to each other.

Would like to hear other lorry drivers views on this and also some of the Omega drivers as you will most likely at some point been in the car behind the lorries

Thanks for reading all and sorry if I bored you

Always makes me laugh this not many lorries go this slow, certainly not the ones I see, given a decent road, you have to be going well over 70 to overtake.
And before you jump down my throat, HGV and PSV for 30 years now.

I agree I have been going downhill and gone over the limiter say to 60 or so and artics have gone flying past. Like you say given a decent road they can wind them right up. I'm 25 so still got loads to learn but how can anyone expect people to see us as professional drivers when the are a certain number driving like pillocks

[amigov6]

No comment!

[Johnboy0811]

No comment!

Is that coming from a lorry driver or car driver?

[Vamps]

No comment!

Do you have to put the govonor back to normal at test time then

[Johnboy0811]

Yeah you do not that I take mine off. As far as I know its big trouble if VOSA catch you with a trck that has been tampered with. I have heard from older truckers about how you could play with trcks but not so much about the newer ones

[Andy B]

.... and also some of the Omega drivers as you will most likely at some point been in the car behind the lorries .....

Get on the 4 lane section going east on the M62. You get 3 lanes of HGV's all doing 56 which leaves just the outside lane for the rest of us!!!!!!  

[Vamps]

Yeah you do not that I take mine off. As far as I know its big trouble if VOSA catch you with a trck that has been tampered with. I have heard from older truckers about how you could play with trcks but not so much about the newer ones

Some years ago, lived in Hertfordshire, did some weekend agency work for a company that pulled Sainsbury's trailers. They were governed to 56 what a pain in an mt truck on the m25 trying to get back before the pub shut.

[Johnboy0811]

I thought i heard they were thinking of restructing the motorway network to accomidate for cars/trucks but nothing at present. Maybe they will think of something

[amigov6]

No need to play with the limiter, 44t downhill weight takes over. We need to get home or back & swap over for a night out.

[Johnboy0811]

Yeah you do not that I take mine off. As far as I know its big trouble if VOSA catch you with a trck that has been tampered with. I have heard from older truckers about how you could play with trcks but not so much about the newer ones

Some years ago, lived in Hertfordshire, did some weekend agency work for a company that pulled Sainsbury's trailers. They were governed to 56 what a pain in an mt truck on the m25 trying to get back before the pub shut.

It is a pain I left on Wednesday afternoon to go to Dundee and by the time I got in it 5 last night. Missis wasn't happy as table was booked for 7 I said there was plenty of time but you know what thre like

[Andy B]

I thought i heard they were thinking of restructing the motorway network to accomidate for cars/trucks but nothing at present. Maybe they will think of something

We should be thinking of restricting HGV's to the nearside lane as in some EU countries at certain sections.
Why is it that when it all slows down, HGV's need to move from lane 1 to lane 2? They ain't going anywhere any faster than the rest of us .....  :-?

[dieseldean]

I thought i heard they were thinking of restructing the motorway network to accomidate for cars/trucks but nothing at present. Maybe they will think of something

We should be thinking of restricting HGV's to the nearside lane as in some EU countries at certain sections.
Why is it that when it all slows down, HGV's need to move from lane 1 to lane 2? They ain't going anywhere any faster than the rest of us .....  :-?

we lorry drivers know drom experience that lane 1 is slowing down probably because the approaching exit sliproad is queing back and if we stop in the queue  but want to continue on motorway then it takes a lot of getting moving again and  virtually no chance of getting to lane 2 to pass queing traffic. so think ahead and plan early like all motorists should

[Andy B]

I thought i heard they were thinking of restructing the motorway network to accomidate for cars/trucks but nothing at present. Maybe they will think of something

We should be thinking of restricting HGV's to the nearside lane as in some EU countries at certain sections.
Why is it that when it all slows down, HGV's need to move from lane 1 to lane 2? They ain't going anywhere any faster than the rest of us .....  :-?

we lorry drivers know drom experience that lane 1 is slowing down probably because the approaching exit sliproad is queing back and if we stop in the queue  but want to continue on motorway then it takes a lot of getting moving again and  virtually no chance of getting to lane 2 to pass queing traffic. so think ahead and plan early like all motorists should

You must have bloody good eye sight to see miles & miles up the road where there are no bloody exits!
I see it time & time again. The motorway slows to a stop & HGV's who were in lane 1 move over .... for no reason, other than they're bigger than you & they can.  :-? No thinking involved. If you thought head, you'd slow up like as in the original post to allow the bloke who has been trying to overtake you to get back in and allow the motorway to get passed. I've had HGV's try to overtake me on the motorway when I'm towing on a UP hill section because they've sped up on a down hill section first. Rather than have him sat there for the next umpteen miles I've knocked it out of cruise, allowed him back in THEN put mu foot back down to overtake. I've also had HGV's 'think ahead' when they pull out on me on a up hill section causing me to have to slow up to 56 mph while we crawl passed those in lane 1, if they'd really thught ahead they'd have seen me doing 60 and let me passed first .... but I'm only 3 ton and not 44 ton ....
and breathe .......