HGV's in lane 2. Grrrr...

vikingaero

BillTrac wrote: »

Have you ever driven on the A34 between Winchester and the M4 and M40?:mad: Dual carriageway so when a truck decides to overtake you're really stuffed

Every time there is a slight incline the !!!!!!s have to overtake, and boy does it p**s me off!! You can be quite happily toodling along at 70 and a truck driver spots a slight rise in the road and must overtake and it all slows down to 35-40mph. My dad was a HGV driver when they were considered the Knights of the road. Not any more.

I agree with Bills sentiment. We talk of truckers being professional etc etc but trucking is now a mainstream job with hundreds of thousands of trucks on the road. With quantity comes the inevitable decline in standards and many truckers leaving it so late that they have to overtake to maintain momentum. They then force their way out into other lanes and cause other vehicles to brake hard for them.

KillerWatt

harveybobbles wrote: »

The ones I don't understand are the car drivers who sit behind lorries when the motorway is reasonably clear...

Maybe some folk are quite happy to sit at 55 on the motorway (I know I have days like that), and one advantage to staying behind a lorry is much better fuel economy thanks to the slipstream effect.

paulw98

harveybobbles wrote: »

The ones I don't understand are the car drivers who sit behind lorries when the motorway is reasonably clear...

Quite, how sad must your life have to be to have nothing better to do than sit in the slow lane behind a HGV for mile after mile. Leaves the fast lane free for people who actually have lives though i guess so its not all bad

rev_henry

vikingaero wrote: »

The solution would be to ban overtaking by HGVs and indeed any other vehicles unless the manoeuvre can be completed in 30 seconds.

That's a good idea. Would solve the problem of HGVs moving into lane 2 to allow joining traffic to merge created by banning them from lane 2 completely.

Rolandtheroadie

paulw98 wrote: »

Leaves the fast lane free for people who actually have lives though i guess so its not all bad

Ok, theres lane 1, lane 2 (1st overtaking lane) and lane 3 (second overtaking lane). Which ones the fast lane?

petrolhead69

I think hgvs should be fitted with a button that lets them get up to 60 or 62mph or so for a 10 or 15 second blast for an overtake that they can only use once every few miles so they can overtake quicker and prevent disruption, either that or have the limiters properly calibrated and regulated by gps so that you dont get the situation where one prossiekiller feels he needs to overtake every other one because his limiter is calibrated 0.1mph faster than the other prossiekillers.

paulw98

Lane 3 - used by people who have fast cars, are in a hurry, dont give a toss about fuel consumption and have better things to do than sit on a motorway any longer than they have to. Speed should range between 80-90 with good clear conditions.
Dont winge about this being incorrect, it works well :cool:

paulw98

works for me, may use lane 2 if there is little or no traffic. I used to come back from jobs late at night and do 50 plus miles without leaving the 3rd lane, no real point in changing lanes for the fun of it

picnic

how about taking forigen drivers off our roads. they dont pay road tax, dont follow our strict driving laws like british drivers have to do. topics like this get me so cross, our drivers do a great job, working under very strict conditions and are hated by 99% of other drivers on the road.... how about car drivers have to stick to one lane and let the lorry drivers get on with their jobs.

mchale

vikingaero wrote: »

I agree with Bills sentiment. We talk of truckers being professional etc etc but trucking is now a mainstream job with hundreds of thousands of trucks on the road. With quantity comes the inevitable decline in standards and many truckers leaving it so late that they have to overtake to maintain momentum. They then force their way out into other lanes and cause other vehicles to brake hard for them.

Is that not poor observation on your part? if i see a truck in close proximity to a another vehicle, I anticipate a lane change and therefore do not have to brake hard, maybe you should think ahead as to what other actions other road users may use when driving in front of you