Complain about dangerous/aggressive comercial vehicle drivers!

mikey72

harveybobbles wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/user/Strider9655#p/u/19/7cuecU3Mqno scares me a little... Flick to 1:13 where Strider overtakes, not only on chevrons, but on the brow of a hill...

And yes, we know that you can overtake on chevrons, but only "when necessary" as per rule 130 of the Highway Code

We must be getting old, and not wanting to die early.

I must admit, when I'm on a road like that, traffice in front of me for as far as I can see, with something at the front slowing it down, then traffic coming in two's and three's round every bend a few hundred feet apart, I can't see the point in hopping past a few cars here and there. They all catch up at the next island or lights anyway.

asbokid

Strider590 wrote: »

Im not going to have some dumba55 argument about highway code versus being "British"..... Yet again, dragging up video's which have sweet FA to do with the topic.

Here! Here! Keep that camera rolling and more swearing and horn blasting please.

mikey72

Outpost wrote: »

So this person drives around with a camera on his dashboard, goes home and posts the videos on youtube?

Yes, they're unmissable.
(hope it's on his dashboard, and not a handheld video)

Outpost

mikey72 wrote: »

Yes, they're unmissable.
(hope it's on his dashboard, and not a handheld video)

Unmissable in a good way or a bad way?

mikey72

Outpost wrote: »

Unmissable in a good way or a bad way?

Did you like "Driving School"?

Outpost

mikey72 wrote: »

Did you like "Driving School"?

That takes me back.

mikey72

asbokid wrote: »

Here! Here! Keep that camera rolling and more swearing and horn blasting please.

My van failed it's MOT as the horn didn't work. I didn't know, but it must have worked the year before for the MOT. I didn't even remember to check it, but now I do sound them occasionally on a quiet country road just to be sure.

redux

Strider590 wrote: »

^^ I refer you to the HWC

134

You should follow the signs and road markings and get into the lane as directed. In congested road conditions do not change lanes unnecessarily. Merging in turn is recommended but only if safe and appropriate when vehicles are travelling at a very low speed, e.g. when approaching road works or a road traffic incident. It is not recommended at high speed.

I was in the RH lane well before the queue, I did not change lanes early because of the traffic as per the rule, had I been in the LH lane I would not have gone past because it goes against the above rule. Merging in turn seems to be the preferred method and the traffic couldn't have gotten much slower.

Im not going to have some dumba55 argument about highway code versus being "British"..... Yet again, dragging up video's which have sweet FA to do with the topic.

Yes, you seem to have enough brain to find that, but haven't used it to absorb what it actually says.

You are attempting to merge your high speed with others low speed, failing, and barging your way in, after ignoring a perfect chance to merge but instead carrying on overtaking a long empty space and then 3 or 4 other reasonable opportunities. What's more, if one of those people on the left decides to jump the queue by a few themselves, they might not realise your speed and you will quite likely hit them

When (not if, but certainly eventually when) you meet someone as stubborn as you on the inside lane as well, there will be an accident as you hit either the other car or road work barriers or cones and perhaps even staff, or oncoming traffic. A few seconds of your life saved and then a whole lot more wasted.

I'm not speculating. Some bloke in a Range Rover did exactly that to me, then deliberately rammed me sideways, carried on alongside winding his window down and presumably swearing at me, though I avoided eye contact, then deliberately attempted another ram. But I wasn't being stubborn and refusing to let him in; I simply didn't have a chance for the first as he came past my trailer, but I managed to give way to and avoid his second ram and then stopped in a layby and wrote down his registration. He disappeared, so I carried on to the next police station and reported him for the accident and failing to stop at the scene. When he was interviewed by his local police, he of course gave a different version, but added the registration of another car he'd noticed who would be an independent witness. Her account tallied exactly with mine, and the police started proceedings against him. Not a good career move for a company director whose livelihood depends on travelling. A couple of weeks later while I was heading the other way at the same place there was an accident on that other side with 4 police cars and 2 fire engines in attendance

If you don't see any fault in your own actions, at least drive more calmly and defensively to cut your risks when meeting one of these people yourself.

Lum

harveybobbles wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/user/Strider9655#p/u/19/7cuecU3Mqno scares me a little... Flick to 1:13 where Strider overtakes, not only on chevrons, but on the brow of a hill...

And yes, we know that you can overtake on chevrons, but only "when necessary" as per rule 130 of the Highway Code

Problem is "necessary" is a "weasel word". It is so open to interpretation that you may as well just not have that stipulation at all.

For example you could argue that you overtook there because you were keen to get home before your child's bedtime. Some might say it isn't necessary to do that, others would say that spending time with your children is necessary and failure to do so makes you a bad parent.

redux

harveybobbles wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/user/Strider9655#p/u/19/7cuecU3Mqno scares me a little... Flick to 1:13 where Strider overtakes, not only on chevrons, but on the brow of a hill...

And yes, we know that you can overtake on chevrons, but only "when necessary" as per rule 130 of the Highway Code

Lum wrote: »

Problem is "necessary" is a "weasel word". It is so open to interpretation that you may as well just not have that stipulation at all.

For example you could argue that you overtook there because you were keen to get home before your child's bedtime. Some might say it isn't necessary to do that, others would say that spending time with your children is necessary and failure to do so makes you a bad parent.

I view it as overtaking tractors and steam engines and other slow vehicles, not merely that the tea might be ready at home.

If the other vehicles are at a reasonable proportion of the speed limit, there's no necessity to overtake at all.