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Why cant people use motorways properly
mudmuncher:
Part of my job involves attending RTC's and they are nice when somebody has died. :'( One of my fellow workmates was hit from behind by a artic driver in the outside lane on cruse whilst reading a map. :oops: The IPV truck heavly laidened with bright flashing amber lights was protecting grass cutters on the A12. He had the cushion down which prob saved his life, the tractor drivers and the mad artic driver's lives too.
A message to all road users............. SLOW DOWN , CHILL AND ARRIVE SAFELY :grin: :grin: :grin:
strapping young lad:
what i will say is that those of you who have wound each other up (the truckers vs the non) put yourself in each others shoes for a week then come back and comment.
tis very easy to wind up a trucker if hes flashing you, Or its very good intimidating a car in a truck
swap roles THEN see how you feel about it.
crazymac:
--- Quote from: Skibum346 on July 17, 2008, 14:46:59 ---We should see learners on our motorways so that they can experience the problems and practice the good behaviours.
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I do agree that it would be good to get learners onto the motorways to learn, but not all of them are near Motorways!
To get to a Motorway from here is 45 minutes! so thats an hour and a half lesson before even taking driving time on there into account!
Mr Bump:
I chuffing hate tailgaters :evil: :evil:
Some amusing advice here
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=525732
Take it with a pinch of salt ;) it's not quite the ORRP but...
lee celtic:
I do drive trucks and transits and vans as part of my job as a transport manager (admitedly not as much as I used to as I now fly a desk mostly) and I stand by my post above.....we have the usual " driven well phone 0845 ######" on the back of our vehicals and If I got a call telling me one of our drivers was doing what you did they wouldn't be on of our drivers for long...
Taken from http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069862
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Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.
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