Irate Passenger

[Frankie-Boy]

Today I was driving my company vehicle (which happens to be a 38 tonne Articulated truck) on the A605/A45 in Northamptonshire, near Thrapston, I spied a discovery overtaking me, I also spied a very irate passenger leaning right out of the window and shouting abuse and waving hands and fingers in various configurations at me as it sped by, this was I suspect a show of annoyance at travelling behind me at 40 mph no doubt.

I would like to point out to any person reading this, that I reserve the right to travel on this country's roads at the speed which by law I'm not legally able to exceed, that is 40 mph on single carriageway roads.

In my own small way I'm trying to preserve my clean licence, my job and therefore my livelihood and if anyone should have a comment about it, I would be only too pleased to enter into a conversation about it, so if you were driving that Discovery, please tell your passenger that I was obeying the law, not being awkward, and not to shout abuse at truck drivers, you could end up in dire trouble, lots of trucks have CB and most of us can pass registation numbers to and fro.

Rant over, soap box put away in shed.

[PUX]

I have had that my self they just dont get that we have to stick to 40mph so i second wot ur saying the only benifit i get is when im on exercise with 20 odd trucks in convoy now that must annoy people  :lol:

[colintandy]

hey fankie boy you must be working it for xmas now i guess double bubble today mate
im with you on that   mate there are drivers and then there are people who have a licence and sadley there are bad apples in all our lives did you get reg we could probably meet him at tixover one day ... thats a deep lake at winter time if you get my drift
i had trouble with a bmw driver and his blonde girlfriend on fridy nite going down to colchester im on a14 near m11 split and this bmw decides to cross all three lanes in one move right across the front of my disco doin about 65 all i can say is that my ebc brakes work  great
keep haulin ass buddie the country needs decent drivers on the roads like your good self ..regards colin

[Jake]

Its looking like we need an HGV forum here
There appears to be a few drivers on here  
Frank, know what you mean, see it all the time
Do what i do, give the Kenco coffee beans wave!!
 :lol:

[Andy the Landy]

Do what i do, give the Kenco coffee beans wave!!
 :lol:

 :lol: I use that one a lot - have to make sure the passengers dont see me though :lol:
I think part of the driving test should be done in an artic or coach - might make some people think twice before they cut us up

[Frankie-Boy]

Thanks for your support everyone, and BTW, whats the Kenco thing all about?, I must have led a sheltered life.  :?  Answers on a PM please.

[Wanderer]

You have Frank....

You have...

:lol:

[Frankie-Boy]

Thanks Ed, it has become clear now.  :oops:

[hobbit]

40 mph, seems like you are one of the few who do mate, a lot seem to think its fifty! I kid you not, until they get the fine off the cameras doing 50 in a 50 zone, but dont realise they should have been doing 40 :?

[ty]

i drive too and some car driver just dont get it, i only work nights and the amount of cars passing at daft speeds in the earlly hours is frightening, so if you see a UDG moter early doors giz a wave