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Lorrys are parking right outside my front window

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  • 2eZero
    2eZero Posts: 23 Forumite
    Simple solution, if the neighbours have so many cars, get them to park in such a way as to prevent lorries from parking. A car parked around every 15ft should do the trick. ;)

    For this thread I think the truck reference was either a box-style truck or a tractor unit (the front bit of an articulated lorry). If you park your cars every 15ft you'll find that others will try and park within those gaps as well.

    As for blocking or narrowing the road, remember that if a fire engine has to get down that road on an emergency they MAY NOT bother to take care NOT to push/scratch other vehicles they pass.

    In this local area, if the road is too narrow due to inconsiderate parking then the bin men don't visit. They then arrange for someone from the council to leaflet the estate/road affected with the information that unless you park considerately to allow the trucks access then your bins will not be emptied. You may think that this is not allowed under some arcane EU/health regulation but you'd be surprised how often it happens.

    I do have a licence to drive a large vehicle and where the road is blocked due to inconsiderate parking where I have been instructed to use that road to pass down (instructed by manager or it is part of a defined route) then the Police are often called to deal with the issue.
  • As for blocking or narrowing the road, remember that if a fire engine has to get down that road on an emergency they MAY NOT bother to take care NOT to push/scratch other vehicles they pass.

    I meant park properly but spaced out to prevent the lorries from parking. ;)
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    I meant park properly but spaced out to prevent the lorries from parking. ;)

    Most streets are filled enough with cars to prevent that anyway.
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    Hardly "grafting their backsides off" if they are only working a 5 day week. After all, it's obvious that they don't work weekends because according to you

    The average working week in the industry is 55hrs. The maximum working day is 15hrs and the maximum working week is 84hrs. When was the last time you worked 15hrs a day or 55hrs a week?
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    2eZero wrote: »
    What about a rigid cat C vehicle that 5 or 6 axles?
    No such vehicle exists other than mobile cranes which are a different kettle of fish altogether and come under different rules.
    Surely that would then push the max weight of the vehicle up the scale, 48t? 50t? ISTR that Leeds had a city weight limit of 50t and certain vehicles had to avoid said city. Although, those size vehicles aren't exactly common but I have come across them. Alas with only a C1 I've not had the pleasure of legally driving them yet but even so :D
    They would be abnormal loads and have specific routes and time restructions which are set out by the local authorities they travel through. If you have an abnormal load, you can't just choose where to go and when to travel. For example, the M25 and the M60 around Manchester have specific times where abnormal loads based on width are not allowed on them. With abnormal loads you usually get a stack of paperwork with dictated routes, places where you need to have a convoy vehicle and where and when you'll meet up with that escort, the telephone numbers for every LA and Police area you travel through and a ton of other stuff.
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    edited 19 February 2011 at 3:34PM
    BillTrac wrote: »
    Have you ever driven along the A34? Every truck driver seems to relish a slight incline where they can pull out, slow everyone else down because the truck they are driving is 0.000000mph faster than the truck they are overtaking. B***y w*****s.

    Welcome to the end result of trying to shift five times the tonnage two and a half times the distance with 10,000 fewer wagons than in the 1950's with vehicles that have speed limiters fitted and 3hrs a day less to do it in.
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Hammyman wrote: »
    The average working week in the industry is 55hrs. The maximum working day is 15hrs and the maximum working week is 84hrs. When was the last time you worked 15hrs a day or 55hrs a week?

    If you actually work 15 hours a day driving a truck, for 84 hours a week, you'd better put up a link to that.
    We'll all be waiting.
    Otherwise you have really blown it now.
  • mikey72 wrote: »
    If you actually work 15 hours a day driving a truck, for 84 hours a week, you'd better put up a link to that.
    We'll all be waiting.
    Otherwise you have really blown it now.

    He's pretty much on the money there with the max hours & working time... Have a look at drivers hours including POA and daily rest requirements and them figures up there^^ pretty much stack up
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    edited 19 February 2011 at 4:10PM
    He's pretty much on the money there with the max hours & working time... Have a look at drivers hours including POA and daily rest requirements and them figures up there^^ pretty much stack up

    I'll still wait for his link to anything that states you can work for 15 hours a day.
    They must have been working 18 hours a day in post #125

    "Welcome to the end result of trying to shift five times the tonnage two and a half times the distance with 10,000 fewer wagons than in the 1950's with vehicles that have speed limiters fitted and 3hrs a day less to do it in."
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Nothing?
    No link to the maximum driving day of 9 hours, raised to 10 hours maximum twice a week only? Or no more than 90 hours in a fortnight?
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