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[PhilRich]

Around 16:00hrs I was travelling behind a Luton type van on a narrow single carriageway road into the Town Centre when the traffic in front of me stopped dead both ways & stayed that way for several minutes. Must be a jam up ahead, or the lights are staying on red a bit longer than usual I thought? Next thing is a young bloke walking down the middle of the road waving a sheaf of papers at me! What the F...lip is he upto I thought, & my 1st instinct was to not open my window, but he looked like he needed help so I rolled it down to have the papers shoved at me & a heavy European accent (possibly Polish?) asking me 'where was this place'? After telling him he was going the wrong way & giving directions how to get to his drop off place he disappeared without so much as a smile & the traffic began moving again. It turned out this guy was driving an Artic with a flatbed full of steel box sections & he'd just stopped it in the middle of the road blocking both lanes while he ran up & down the lines of stalled traffic trying to find someone who could tell him where his drop off was! But wait!....it gets better about 400 yards further on the traffic all stopped again only this time several of us got out of our cars to see what was going on, and bugger me if the same guy hadn't just swung his tractor across the junction @ the lights, forcing everyone to a halt while he did a THREE POINT TURN!!   It was a bit comical seeing everyone stopped at all the sets of lights trying to back up out of his way, but Jees, you had to be there to half believe your own eyes! Best part was he was driving a British wagon! :-/

[Webby the Bear]

effing idiot!!!!!!

[albitz]

  mustnt start.

[Andy B]

Not much worse than the delivery wagon needing all the road to reverse onto the forcourt of our local Tesco and so just swung across in front of me to use my side of the road. Arrogant tw@!!!

[Omega_Dan]

He sounds puddled to me phil. Must admit i have had a similar experience with a foreign lorry who just stopped dead on a motorway island on a green light and got out his cab to ask for directions. Lights turned Red then green then red again before he finally finished messing about.

[Kevin Wood]

Not much worse than the delivery wagon needing all the road to reverse onto the forcourt of our local Tesco and so just swung across in front of me to use my side of the road. Arrogant tw@!!!

Yep, Same on my commute. Tescos with the same problem and a huge Morrisons where there is no loading bay to speak of so the HGVs have to sit blocking the road before some pond life in the store opens the gates.

Huge site. They could have made provision for a proper facility without inconveniencing road users but no.. They probably went for another aisle of manky TV dinners instead.

Kevin

[albitz]

Im getting the impression you have your angry head on tonight Kevin ?

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[Amigo]

This is why i would'nt want to drive abroard. I only speak english so could'nt read the road signs or ask for directions, i don't use sat nav & i know how much foriegn drivers are hated & made to wait to get tipped over here.
   I see it all the time. No thanks.

[skyblue]

Pure madness...  Before you allow anybody to drive any sort of  HGV on the UK roads they should have  to undergo a competance test.. regardless of where they are from

[Vamps]

Pure madness...  Before you allow anybody to drive any sort of  HGV on the UK roads they should have  to undergo a competance test.. regardless of where they are from

That's a point will foreign drivers be subject to this new CPC that is going to prevent the likes of H21 and Myself keeping our HGV / PSV licences....

[skyblue]

Pure madness...  Before you allow anybody to drive any sort of  HGV on the UK roads they should have  to undergo a competance test.. regardless of where they are from

That's a point will foreign drivers be subject to this new CPC that is going to prevent the likes of H21 and Myself keeping our HGV / PSV licences....

Whats this then Vamps??

[albitz]

Pure madness...  Before you allow anybody to drive any sort of  HGV on the UK roads they should have  to undergo a competance test.. regardless of where they are from

That's a point will foreign drivers be subject to this new CPC that is going to prevent the likes of H21 and Myself keeping our HGV / PSV licences....

Dont be silly Vamps, that would be racist/anti EU/ little Englander mentality blah blah.......

[Vamps]

Pure madness...  Before you allow anybody to drive any sort of  HGV on the UK roads they should have  to undergo a competance test.. regardless of where they are from

That's a point will foreign drivers be subject to this new CPC that is going to prevent the likes of H21 and Myself keeping our HGV / PSV licences....

Whats this then Vamps??

We briefly chatted about this a week or so again, I understand that there is a new CPC course that is 40 of training, without this you will not be able to drive HGV and PSV, the latter I was told about by the Local Council Transport Manager; so those of us not employed, as drivers, will not be able to renew our licences......

[Lazydocker]

Pure madness...  Before you allow anybody to drive any sort of  HGV on the UK roads they should have  to undergo a competance test.. regardless of where they are from

That's a point will foreign drivers be subject to this new CPC that is going to prevent the likes of H21 and Myself keeping our HGV / PSV licences....

And me