noworries4x4 wrote:

How bloody impatient are these people, what is so important, leave 10mins earlier you never know what might happen !!!

I hear you...unless of course you left 10 minutes early and have been delayed 3 times at 7 minutes each.  Mike

DefenderOfTheEarth wrote:

On a similar theme - fat people.

Cost twice as much to fuel up, do half as much work.

And they sweat a lot.

Reminds me of a flight I got across the US. A really fat couple were walking down the plane (I was in the back row) and just as they get to the seats they were sitting in (the row in front of me) the wife says to her husband "Donald, the seats on these planes get smaller every time we travel".... I thought 'It's not the seats that are getting smaller'...... only problem is that my inner dialogue wasn't working that day.... the girl next to me sniggered, and then I realised how loud I said it

Glyn

noworries4x4 wrote:

Grump time again !!!
If I or one of my colleagues are standing in the middle of the road in bright orange hi-vis trying to stop the traffic it is for a bloody good reason !!! We are not there for the fun of it.
Me standing in the road I have stopped about 3 cars and a van no worries my other lads have stopped the same in the other directions as its a four way junction and one of them is reversing a 250tonnee mobile crane across the road, bright yellow flashing lights all over it 6 axles 20mtrs long 3mtrs wide not hard to miss.
What happens next ?? Bloody female bmw pilot comes round the corner completely ignoring the orderly line of traffic overtakes the lot tries to run me over and then turns right directly into the path of the reversing crane. At the same time a cabby gets bored tries to do a u turn in one of the lines as a young Asian lad was overtaking that line of traffic smash whoops,
How bloody impatient are these people, what is so important, leave 10mins earlier you never know what might happen !!!

RobKeay wrote:

I guess you would drive through our road stops and then sue me when a tree falls on your car. Why do people think there journey should have no stops.

People won't wait while we are reversing our chippers or trailers. So jerseyman I'll gladly break your nose if you run through me when we are stopping the road.

Quote:

The Highway Code
Reversing (200-203)
200

Choose an appropriate place to manoeuvre. If you need to turn your vehicle around, wait until you find a safe place. Try not to reverse or turn round in a busy road; find a quiet side road or drive round a block of side streets.
201

Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out if you can.
202

Look carefully before you start reversing. You should

* use all your mirrors
* check the ‘blind spot’ behind you (the part of the road you cannot see easily in the mirrors)
* check there are no pedestrians (particularly children), cyclists, other road users or obstructions in the road behind you

Check all round when reversing

Reverse slowly while

* checking all around
* looking mainly through the rear window
* being aware that the front of your vehicle will swing out as you turn

Get someone to guide you if you cannot see clearly.
203

You MUST NOT reverse your vehicle further than necessary.

[Law CUR reg 106]

Yes, you get compete numpites that reverse onto a main road because they can't be bothered to reverse into their drive the night before.... but this is against the highway code therefore it can be classified as dangerous/ careless driving and you can be taken to court over it (especially if they cause an accident because of it).

Having driven some huge trucks on the main roads around the UK it is sometimes unavoidable to end up reversing, but again there are always a small percentage of people in the UK who seem to think because they didn't leave home 5-10 mins early, they feel their appointment wherever it may be is more important than the safety of workmen on the road, or as mentioned above, people stopping people from passing because there is a danger in the road ahead..... and they seem to be the people in small cars most of the time!!

I once was in a 32ton truck with a 5 ton trailer and had a game of chicken with a tiny Fiat- he seemed to think it would be easier for me to reverse 50m than him about 75m so he could be on his way to get to a work meeting. So I just put my handbrake on and made myself comfy as he decided to spend 10 mins trying to squeeze by..... They also seem to think that we care if someone drives into one of our trucks!! He gave up and reversed out of the way in the end

Better safe than sorry gents, so if someone in a orange/ yellow vest is asking you to stop, 9 times out of ten it is for a good reason.

Glyn

kingofthesparks wrote:

Dont you just hate it when glyn is right yet again, never mind his broadband will probably go off soon

OH, and another thing.... Who leaves 120 tons of High Explosive outside in the sun for 2 years just a stone's throw away from an islands main power station!!!!!

Internet here is nowhere near broadband status even when it works, lol

Glyn