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why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sadlonelygit - 18-05-15
dawdle along at 59 (real) mph then as soon as i've passed them at 62 mph come flying past me then sit back at 59, so i pass them again, so they fly past me, then slow down to 59...........AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Drive faster or deal with being passed by a coach...................it's not big to race a speed restricted vehicle FFS!
i passed an Aygo 4 times on the M4 yesterday.
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - mustardbufc - 19-05-15
At least they let you past. In my experience as soon as they realise they are being overtaken by a lorry they stick their foot down and leave you sat in the middle lane like a dummy!
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:55 AM)mustardbufc link Wrote: At least they let you past. In my experience as soon as they realise they are being overtaken by a lorry they stick their foot down and leave you sat in the middle lane like a dummy!:agree
But we're now getting forward facing cameras in our trucks, so I'll just sit back and clame the hours and they'll have evidence of why I didn't get to a job on time :lol
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - BBROWN1664 - 19-05-15
I find the same in my car. Cruise control on at 75(ish) and overtake a car only for it to overtake you again and again and again as they cannot control their speed. Sometimes they creep past, other times they go past at 80-85 but you soon go past them again.
Muppets.
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
Wish I had a camera in my truck today
:groan
Foccin cage driver overtaking me in a 30mph and white hard line chevrons closing the two lanes down to one! But was she slowing down? Was she foc, she was determined to get in front of me regardless of the roadworks 500yards ahead!
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 06:38 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: I find the same in my car. Cruise control on at 75(ish) and overtake a car only for it to overtake you again and again and again as they cannot control their speed. Sometimes they creep past, other times they go past at 80-85 but you soon go past them again.:agree
Muppets.
I see this more and more, don't know what they're upto, but they certainly aren't watching what's going on roundabout them
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(18-05-15, 01:20 PM)sadlonelygit link Wrote: Drive faster or deal with being passed by a coach
That'll be why it's happened, and I'd do the same if i was in the cage :lol
Can't you coach driver's just accept your behind a car and chill out? You need to stop at some point soon do you not? :lol
(mix &stir)
Get a real driving job, drive a truck
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Frosties - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 06:46 PM)sinto link Wrote: [quote author=BBROWN1664 link=topic=17016.msg196298#msg196298 date=1432057103]:agree
I find the same in my car. Cruise control on at 75(ish) and overtake a car only for it to overtake you again and again and again as they cannot control their speed. Sometimes they creep past, other times they go past at 80-85 but you soon go past them again.
Muppets.
I see this more and more, don't know what they're upto, but they certainly aren't watching what's going on roundabout them
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Find the same. It's like my car turns into a friggin magnet when I pass them. Winds me right up - they accelerate, I drop back in....the gap closes, I pull out aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand repeat.
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - mustardbufc - 19-05-15
And then there's the idiots on the slip roads. They're on the slip road but ahead of the wagon, but decelerate rather than accelerate safely out in front of you, you pull over to let them onto the carriageway, then when you are almost past them they remember where the accelerator is, shoot up the inside and your sat in the middle lane like a dummy!
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 09:51 PM)mustardbufc link Wrote: And then there's the idiots on the slip roads. They're on the slip road but ahead of the wagon, but decelerate rather than accelerate safely out in front of you, you pull over to let them onto the carriageway, then when you are almost past them they remember where the accelerator is, shoot up the inside and your sat in the middle lane like a dummy!
You pull out to let them out? :crazy
We've had this discussion on here before somewhere, it's a foccin acceleration lane, if the numpty on it can't get upto speed and join at the speed of the traffic on it and use the give way lines, they don't get on in my book, they get the sound of a massive air horn and that generally wakes them up
:finger
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - mustardbufc - 19-05-15
I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sadlonelygit - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 06:50 PM)sinto link Wrote: You need to stop at some point soon do you not? :lol yep, to have our FREE lunches and vouchers
Get a real driving job, drive a truck
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sadlonelygit - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:15 PM)mustardbufc link Wrote: I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!you're not a REAL truck driver until you have perfected the art of pulling out just infront of an overtaking coach between J6-7N M5 thereby keeping us behind you all the way up the hill for 6 miles :'(
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:15 PM)mustardbufc link Wrote: I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!
We all learn everyday mate, I dont move out to let someone on, which is why there's an acceleration lane there in the first place, admitted, lots of those lanes aren't long enough, but I always make sure I've got an escape route planned in case I need to get out, failing that, it's slow down and just let them out without pulling into lane two, as 9 times put of 10 your stuck in that lane with someone coming up the inside as they think your being an ass sitting in that lane and not pulling over.
Even when I done this on my advanced driving truck test, (I've got my bike and car too) the examiner awarded me a bonus point for explaining why I didn't go out
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:20 PM)sadlonelygit link Wrote: [quote author=mustardbufc link=topic=17016.msg196331#msg196331 date=1432070135]you're not a REAL truck driver until you have perfected the art of pulling out just infront of an overtaking coach between J6-7N M5 thereby keeping us behind you all the way up the hill for 6 miles :'(
I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!
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Hee hee
Give him a chance sadlonelygit, we'll train him in the right manner of foccin off coach driver's :lol
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:17 PM)sadlonelygit link Wrote: [quote author=sinto link=topic=17016.msg196301#msg196301 date=1432057833]And I hope you declare such gratuities to the tax man? As that's classed as extra income
You need to stop at some point soon do you not? :lol yep, to have our FREE lunches and vouchers
(19-05-15, 10:17 PM)sadlonelygit link Wrote: [quote author=sinto link=topic=17016.msg196301#msg196301 date=1432057833]Best tip I'd give you is stop being like the guy on the back of megabus
Get a real driving job, drive a truck
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Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Dead Eye - 19-05-15
Hell, I just have my cars and bikes and this annoys me when observing the muppets trying to join and foccing off all the trucks
Though I do tend to use the acceleration lanes perhaps a little aggressively... I sort of see it as my right to see how accurate the manufacturers figures of 0-60 are
Still, in my opinion it's safer to join the motorway at 85 than 55
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - sinto607276 - 19-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:43 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: the muppets trying to join and foccing off all the trucks:agree
(19-05-15, 10:43 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Though I do tend to use the acceleration lanes perhaps a little aggressively... I sort of see it as my right to see how accurate the manufacturers figures of 0-60 areTHIS ^^^^^^ is allowed :lol
Least your getting up to speed
you get my vote mate (19-05-15, 10:43 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Still, in my opinion it's safer to join the motorway at 85 than 55
Only if the vehicles in front of you are doing that or more, or you'd run into trouble
that wouldn't be a good site
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - hairnet - 20-05-15
(19-05-15, 10:01 PM)sinto link Wrote: [quote author=mustardbufc link=topic=17016.msg196326#msg196326 date=1432068698]
And then there's the idiots on the slip roads. They're on the slip road but ahead of the wagon, but decelerate rather than accelerate safely out in front of you, you pull over to let them onto the carriageway, then when you are almost past them they remember where the accelerator is, shoot up the inside and your sat in the middle lane like a dummy!
You pull out to let them out? :crazy
We've had this discussion on here before somewhere, it's a foccin acceleration lane, if the numpty on it can't get upto speed and join at the speed of the traffic on it and use the give way lines, they don't get on in my book, they get the sound of a massive air horn and that generally wakes them up
:finger
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ever seen a car go up the embankment after this happens to them with a truck cos it doesnt move cos it cant/wont/doesnt have to
- even tho theres a hard shoulder to use they shite it and hang a left madness
Re: why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - unfazed - 20-05-15
(18-05-15, 01:20 PM)sadlonelygit link Wrote: dawdle along at 59 (real) mph then as soon as i've passed them at 62 mph come flying past me then sit back at 59, so i pass them again, so they fly past me, then slow down to 59...........AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Drive faster or deal with being passed by a coach...................it's not big to race a speed restricted vehicle FFS!
i passed an Aygo 4 times on the M4 yesterday.
The reason is obvious Anywhere you go Aygo :rollin