A) It hasnt stated anywhere in the media the lady in question 'carved up' any
truck.
B) You wouldnt be saying that if it was you or your family in that clio.
Its always fine and dandy and acceptable when it doesnt happen to you.
Its scary that there are drivers on the road who find the whole incident quite funny or deserved in some way.
Quite possibly the most sensible post in this thread. The fact that anyone who finds that funny or deserved is quite terrifying, especially since in this instance the person who does find it funny and deserved drives a lorry.
royaloak said:
Usually some tw#t sat in the middle lane of a motorway doing 50 mph instead of being in the inside lane out of the way!
Most accidents involving trucks are caused by a car cutting in front of them and braking or going down the inside of them when they are turning left and things like that, when you REALLY know what you are talking about feel free to join in!
Ok. I wasn't going to respond, but you have talked me into it.
I am a driving instructor. As such, I believe that I am VERY qualified to talk about driving habits.
With regards to my comment about tailgaiting, you replied that it is beacuse of people sat in the middle lane doing 50. Right, ok, so that means it is acceptable to tailgate them? Fair enough.
I would like to point out that i do not believe car and van drivers are saints. Far from it. There are drivers who should have their licences taken away permanantly in my view. However, I would say, roughly, that about 75% of car and van drivers drive reasonably safely. Again, roughly, I would bring that figure down to 40-50% of truck drivers, with bus drivers only slightly better. (For the record, the only things that saves them in my view is the fact that they are never travelling fast enough to tailgate.)
I had a 30 mile trip to a meeting earlier today along the M62/M1. This incorporated sections of 50mph limited roadworks. In total, I was tailgated by 5 different lorries for varying amounts of time and by one car. I also saw 4 lorries tailgating other lorries and 2 lorries tailgating cars. At one point, a lorry pulled out from behind another to overtake DESPITE the long line of traffic in that lane, forcing 2 cars into hard braking.
When I left the motorway, I was cut up by a speeding trucker who then overtook 3 cars and another truck over hatched white markings whilst a broken down car was parked at the side of the road, cutting up the second truck as it returned to the correct side of the road. At no point was a signal made. The lights on the truck were also so dirty that it was hard to see the light. All in all, a total of 6 driving offences, including dangerous driving, were commited by the one trucker in 500m of road.
Apart from the one car tailgating me and the one car I saw tailgating a lorry, i did not see any car or van driver do anything dangerous except speeding which, let's be honest, everyone does - truck, car, van, bus, motorcycle - everyone is guilty of that.
Of course, there will be those who say that doesn't happen very often. But i use the roads every day of my life. And, I have to say, that was a pretty normal hour of driving.
I would also like to point out that the inside lane of many motorways has two distinct tracks where trucks have constantly ridden over it which throw my car all over the place, lending argument to the damage caused by trucks theory.
So i don't know Royaloak. If you don't believe i know what i am talking about, nothing i say will remove you of your obliviousness to the atrocious standards of "professional" lorry drivers. Drivers who can, all too easily, become killers.
One last thought. I wonder how many people know what the speed limit is for a lorry on a single carriageway road.......