2006-11-26 09:23:18 · 15 answers · asked by Roy 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
I'd love to drive an artic. I have great respect for professional drivers.
2006-11-26 09:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an ex class 1 driver I would agree with you but at the same time I think some of you hgv driver's should be more patient and stop using the weight of your lorry to intimidate other road users,, also give more signal when changing lanes not two or three blips of your indicater and out into the next lane ,,and dont forget you guy's are meant to be professional driver's and your instructor taught you defencive driving not aggressive.. Having said that without lorry driver's nothing would move in this country most of you guy's are doing an excellent job..
KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
2006-11-27 10:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by john p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why? Most artic drivers think they own the roads, long gone are the days of wagon drivers being "knights of the road". You have to watch them when you over take them, because although the highway code says the procedure to pull out is mirror, signal, manouvre, the truck drivers idea is manouvre, perhaps a signal after the manouvre, and to hell with the mirror. Try driving in front of one whilst sticking to the speed limit and see how close they get to you. How often do you see one overtaking another when it takes them several miles to complete it. Come on, come down off your high horse.
2006-11-27 07:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ray P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its almost the other way round. When I was driving artics 40years ago, we were considered the gentleman of the road. Let car drives out, give them room to overtake, give SAFE lifts to hitchhikers, etc., etc. Doesn't happen any more. In fact it is the total opposite and lorry drivers of all sizes are considered the b*****ds on the road. With good reason.
2006-11-27 06:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you may have a point. Where would we stop though? People having a go at driving disabled scooters to see how they get annoyed (after all they are quiet and creep up on people)? As a motorcyclist, I agree in principle, becasue there are some ferkin stupid drivers out there that seem to be oblivious to everything except the pub/home/work/talking to their partner on the phone etc.
2006-11-26 18:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by fozmonkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Artic drivers work on the basis that whatever they hit will come off worse so they don't give a damn about other road users.
RoyS
2006-11-27 05:03:43 · answer #6 · answered by Roy S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't let most car drivers anywhere near an Artic or even a rigid...... Might be funny to watch from a distance though.
2006-11-27 15:58:16 · answer #7 · answered by Vinny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure - would be a cool "driver awareness" initiative. Everybody should probably also have to try riding a bike through city traffic, just to gain a pedal-powered perspective, and hopefully inform their driving habits to the benefit of every road-user.
2006-11-26 18:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you'll have a go on my pushbike and see what I have to deal with on a daily basis.
2006-11-26 17:26:55 · answer #9 · answered by anonymous_dave 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No.Most of them can't even drive a car properly,especially "jimmy the one" by the sound of it!
2006-11-26 18:51:59 · answer #10 · answered by Grannyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋