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Stevie-blunder Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1218 Wolverhampton Gender: Drives: 98 omega 2.5td auto and Rolls Royce Silver Spur	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #15 - 01. Dec 2009 at 18:57 R.C. ™ wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 15:34: wonders under what driving licence your need to drive that beast gosh thats a BIG TRUCK A train licence
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Re: Mother trucker!
Reply #16 - 01. Dec 2009 at 19:03

Pete. wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 18:44:

Chris_H wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 11:37:

It's a train. Put it on rails where it belongs.

There many Goods Trains that go past were i live & i counted 25 trucks on the back of a coal train the other day Shocked

Each one means one less truck on the road & to me as a driver that's a good thing.

Yeah! Bring back delivery bicycles! Grin

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Re: Mother trucker!
Reply #17 - 01. Dec 2009 at 20:00

Pete. wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 18:44:

Chris_H wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 11:37:

It's a train. Put it on rails where it belongs.

There many Goods Trains that go past were i live & i counted 25 trucks on the back of a coal train the other day Shocked

Each one means one less truck on the road & to me as a driver that's a good thing.

Actually railway wagons can carry a lot each - bogie ones 60 or more tons each

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Elite Pete Omega King Offline My spider senses are tingling Posts: 17813 Northwich/Chester Gender: Drives: Facelift Wheezel,Breaking 2001 MV6	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #18 - 01. Dec 2009 at 21:58 Most wagon drivers can't judge how far off a car is when they change lanes on a motorway so they've got no chance with that one. Diving for cover
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #19 - 01. Dec 2009 at 22:14 Elite Pete wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 21:58: Most wagon drivers can't judge how far off a car is when they change lanes on a motorway so they've got no chance with that one. Diving for cover So get out in the 3rd lane, thats where you should be
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Vamps Omega King Offline Flying Tonight, so Be Prepared. Posts: 16571 Bishop Middleham, Co Durham. Gender: Drives: 2.0L Auto Estate & 2.2 CD Auto Saloon	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #20 - 01. Dec 2009 at 22:25 I can see some sense in these, if kept on Motorways from local distribution points. I saw this on the news this morning and the company was going to 'test the law' not sure what has happened since though.....
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Reply #21 - 01. Dec 2009 at 22:25

tunnie wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 22:14:

Elite Pete wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 21:58:

Most wagon drivers can't judge how far off a car is when they change lanes on a motorway so they've got no chance with that one.

Diving for cover

So get out in the 3rd lane, thats where you should be Grin

But there's the other problem, a few wagons travelling at 56 mph and taking miles to overtake each other get 2 lanes and you in your 4 pot never pulling over when you've finished overtaking hogging the outside lane. I'd rather take the A roads Grin

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Reply #22 - 01. Dec 2009 at 22:27

[quote author=404A4949424B260 link=1259666412/20#20 date=1259706309]I can see some sense in these, if kept on Motorways from local distribution points.
I saw this on the news this morning and the company was going to 'test the law' not sure what has happened since though.....[/quote]

Police stopped it as its longer than the law allows for UK roads, but weight limit is ok. They wanted to get exposure.

Your right though, long haul motorway distribution to distribution, they could work well. Not sure about loading of that front compartment though Undecided

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Reply #23 - 01. Dec 2009 at 22:29

Elite Pete wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 22:25:

tunnie wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 22:14:

Elite Pete wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 21:58:

Most wagon drivers can't judge how far off a car is when they change lanes on a motorway so they've got no chance with that one.

Diving for cover

So get out in the 3rd lane, thats where you should be Grin

But there's the other problem, a few wagons travelling at 56 mph and taking miles to overtake each other get 2 lanes and you in your 4 pot never pulling over when you've finished overtaking hogging the outside lane. I'd rather take the A roads Grin

I never hog it, people always get in my way Angry

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sparten Junior Member Offline usually,fixing his miggy Posts: 127 ffoss-y-ffin,near aberaeron Gender: Drives: omega 2.5 cdxi	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #24 - 01. Dec 2009 at 22:41 with the amount of people out of work allready if it does catch on ! 1 of them instead of 2 trucks = job centre for some poor sod
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Hannah Judes Dad Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2024 Cleethorpes North East Lincs Gender: Drives: A 1996 2.5CDX Auto Estate with a list of faults	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #25 - 02. Dec 2009 at 00:38 R.C. ™ wrote on 01. Dec 2009 at 15:34: wonders under what driving licence your need to drive that beast gosh thats a BIG TRUCK A valid C+E licence is all that is required to drive one of these.(Class 1 HGV to the old and bold) as I have one I wonder if they do test drives?
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Reply #26 - 02. Dec 2009 at 03:28

An ill thought out idea that came from behind a desk instead of behind the wheel from the same half wits that don't realize that a load they've "cubed" won't physically fit. Yes i understand the annoyance in one truck overtaking another @ 1 or 2 mph more but if you were behind the wheel every day/night you'd do the same.
Saving the best til last, if you're a cyclist & try to make 2 lanes into 3 by sneaking between the left of a truck & the kerb instead of waiting like everybody else then don't go running to Mummy for a plaster when you get squished you frickin' idiot. You should'nt have been there in the first place. Roll Eyes

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Re: Mother trucker!
Reply #27 - 02. Dec 2009 at 03:44

Amigo MX5 wrote on 02. Dec 2009 at 03:28:

An ill thought out idea that came from behind a desk instead of behind the wheel from the same half wits that don't realize that a load they've "cubed" won't physically fit. Yes i understand the annoyance in one truck overtaking another @ 1 or 2 mph more but if you were behind the wheel every day/night you'd do the same.
Saving the best til last, if you're a cyclist & try to make 2 lanes into 3 by sneaking between the left of a truck & the kerb instead of waiting like everybody else then don't go running to Mummy for a plaster when you get squished you frickin' idiot. You should'nt have been there in the first place. Roll Eyes

That's true regarding overtaking, if your going that little bit faster on the approach to a hill, then hang it out in the center lane, because it's a certainty that someone will make you slow up & then you've lost your momentum Angry

I've sat right up to the kurb side to stop the cyclists from coming up the inside, but then the buggers mount the pavement Grin

Wait in line like everyone else Tongue

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LaserLance Omega Knight Offline Red or Black please!!!!!!! Posts: 1156 medway towns Gender: Drives: Used to drive a 03 2.2 cdx estate . Skoda Superb 1.8 TSI 4x4 Estate	Re: Mother trucker! Reply #28 - 02. Dec 2009 at 08:19 Dont know what all the fuss is about they 've been running double trailers in sweden for donkey of years .OK they take what seems like ages to overtake ,but if they were only allowed to operate under certain conditions ,cant see the problem with it .
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Reply #29 - 02. Dec 2009 at 08:43

Amigo MX5 wrote on 02. Dec 2009 at 03:28:

An ill thought out idea that came from behind a desk instead of behind the wheel from the same half wits that don't realize that a load they've "cubed" won't physically fit. Yes i understand the annoyance in one truck overtaking another @ 1 or 2 mph more but if you were behind the wheel every day/night you'd do the same.
Saving the best til last, if you're a cyclist & try to make 2 lanes into 3 by sneaking between the left of a truck & the kerb instead of waiting like everybody else then don't go running to Mummy for a plaster when you get squished you frickin' idiot. You should'nt have been there in the first place. Roll Eyes

Agreed G but try telling many of them - you'll be branded as a creator of congestion, a polluter of the planet and an all-round faceless practitioner of capitalism.

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