I only ask as I was forced to drive on the hard shoulder as I entered the motorway yesterday despite the middle lane being free the lorry driver would neither pull over or slow down. My cars old and crabby so I couldn't speed up, or slow down as I wouldnt have fitted into the miniscule gap between it and the next lorry. Was I right to be a little annoyed or is lorry manouvreing exceptionally difficult?
2006-09-28 04:05:37 · 10 answers · asked by emily_jane2379 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
could be a truck in American
2006-09-28 04:12:12 · update #1
Driving a lorry is easy in the physical sense, All the hard work is done by machinery such as power steering etc, Where it all falls down is the human side, Lorrys take a long time to acheive speed due the loads they carry so are reluctant to slow down especially on hills as this has a knock on effect with the traffic behind them. The highway code only tells of the procedure to join a motorway and thats only if there is a gap so you just have to try and plan your entry safely, Safety is always the key as at least you are here to ask the question. Dont argue with them as you will always come off second best, And yes there are lots of good HGV drivers who are a credit to their proffession but like all jobs there are also cowboys.
2006-09-28 04:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by fingerbob 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of a slip-road is to match your speed to the general flow of traffic, and it is up to YOU to slow down or speed up in order to enter a traffic flow without causing inconvenience or danger to those already on the motorway. So whether you like it or not, the truck-driver was driving quite correctly.
As for the "miniscule gap" between one lorry and the next, that is bad driving, and dangerous at any speed. In this respect, the lorry-driver was guilty of careless driving; assuming that the lorry in front of him had not carved him up in some way.
Drving big lorries IS especially difficult when they are fully loaded, when it is raining and when there are commuters diving around like demented rabbits on an acid trip.
2006-09-28 06:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by musonic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to drive 10-ton rigs, and it's not difficult to do once you learn how. And it doesn't take you that long to learn how to do it. If this driver you were dealing with was like American truck drivers he was a typical @$$hole who thinks he owns the road and doesn't mind throwing the weight of his truck around. I can't tell you how many times I've been driving on a 2-lane freeway and had a big rig literally swerve in front of me so he could continue to do 58 MPH passing a truck that's doing 55 MPH in a 70 MPH zone. They just don't care about cutting people off or slowing people down.
2006-09-28 04:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A common misconception is that lorry drivers are able bodied. Unfortunately, their gigantic bellies make it incredibly difficult for them to see the wing-mirrors or the pedals, and steering causes severe chafing of the belly-button. In extreme cases, over-steering has ignited belly-button fluff and combusted entire cabins, which is why you find lorry drivers reluctant to do anything but sit there stuffing pork-pies in their faces.
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2016-10-18 03:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't hold a LGV licence but it's not too difficult to slow down, accelerate or,if conditions allow, change lanes.
2006-09-28 06:20:46 · answer #6 · answered by martinduxbury 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What's a Lorry?
2006-09-28 04:11:07 · answer #7 · answered by webwriter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is driving obese men especially difficult ?
2006-09-28 04:14:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the angle of the road you could have possibly been in his blind spot.
2006-09-28 04:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by Petrol Head 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its not that its difficult, its that car drivers are so ignorant
2006-09-28 04:08:54 · answer #10 · answered by The brainteaser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋