Complete and utter muppet.

[Cyberprog]

Well I had an eventful afternoon. Driving through Avonmouth had an artic pull out of a side street straight in front of me, locked up the disco and slid it a bit and just missed the <edit>. Then no less than 2minutes later round the corner I have an 18tonne rigid pull out in front of me, had to brake hard for that one, but had a bit more distance to avoid him, honked the horn this time and the guy flipped me off.

Oh dear oh dear what a muppet. See he was driving a Stage Electrics wagon, and I'd just passed Stage Electrics main warehouse a moment before, quick u-turn and followed the guy into the yard, wrote down the reg, round the front then into the main office to see the transport manager. Got the guy a right bollocking I bet, but no more than he deserved for a) pulling out without looking at oncoming traffic b) taking a hand off the wheel to flip me off while going round the corner, and c) doing it in a marked vehicle 100yards from the warehouse/office.

Gah!

[thermidorthelobster]

A while back I came across a branded company's van reversing the wrong way down a sharp bend on a sliproad on the A404M - the guy preferred to risk causing a major accident to driving 2 mins to the next junction and back.  So I called up head office and they said they took such complaints very seriously and would look into it and call me back.

Did they hell...  Probably never even spoke to the guy.

[Cyberprog]

The trick with trucks is to contact VOSA and make a complaint via them :) That usually gets the companies attention when their operators license is at stake.

[Cyberprog]

Indeed, I can excuse truck drivers if they are making a maneuver on the motorway for instance, or backing up, but coming out of a turning? With a discovery with it's lights on coming towards you? No excuse for missing that i'm afraid.

[Range Rover Blues]

One of the accidents I have to recount when applying for insurance is when the truck in front of me at the lights reversed into Julie's Fiesta (he hadn't left enough room for on coming trucks) even thoguh I was reversing away from him.  To add insult to injury it was an ADR accident repair centre recovery truck.  What if someone had been crossing behind him?

Like all types of drivers there are some that get others a bad name.

[Porksarnie]

I totally agree C-prog!

St Andrews Road Avonmouth, especially near the petrol station, is one of the most dangerous roads I have ever driven on! (And I've driven on a few...)

Mind you, on the flip side, wagon drivers do have to put up with their fair share of muppetry from other road users - am I just getting old, or are standards of driving REALLY slipping?

Rich

[barnhill4x4]

I had a transit van driver speed right up behing me on the severn bridge once. I was already overtaking cars and was in the fast lane so had nowhere to go, the transit driver was flashing me, arm out the window, mouthing obcenities etc. When I got passed the truck I pulled into the middle lane and let him passed, then his passenger threw a roll of parcel tape out the window at me and then he pulled infront and slammed the brakes on. The number on the back of the van got a call right away and the transport manager was going mad and called the driver straight away. So I accelerated to overtake him (V8 v Transit Derv, No match!) just in time to see the passenger pick the phone up and look very red faced! I looked at them and laughed and sped off!

[chris.hunt22]

This thread could go on forever :roll:   One of my experiences of sheer muppetry.... I was driving a steel wagon at the time in a busy town centre, I approached a zebra crossing and stopped behind the car infront as people were crossing, once the crossing was clear the car didn't move, I honked the horn but still no movement, I got out of the cab to take a look only to find there was nobody in it and it was locked!!  Had to force a cue of traffic all to reverse so I could get round it (don't say I shouldn't have stopped that close, it was a huge Scania in a small town centre street!! )

[DaveS]

My wife saw local (large!)dust bin wagon reversing (twice) outside her office. Driver talking on mobile steering with one hand. The guys who fetch the bins are working around the truck! It is in a residential area so kids are often around too.

She noted the reg no and time, and rung the council who took all the details and said it would be taken very seriously.

Don't know what the outcome was though.

[bezzabsa]

For gods sake dont start this arguement - I'm a HGV driver and some of the things that car drivers do would make ya hair curl  :shock:
point in question - this morning - about -8 and frost / ice everywhere, and i am driving like im on eggshells (empty wagons dont like ice).. about 20 FEET in front a Rover decides to pull straight out - no indicayion what so ever...so he has Horn..and all 6 front lights..he immidiately pulls back in - and as i pass him i see he has a 3" square clear on his screen, and cant even see through the other windows....    

[ChrisW]

For gods sake dont start this arguement - I'm a HGV driver and some of the things that car drivers do would make ya hair curl  :shock:

Could be transposed as

For gods sake dont start this argument - I'm a car driver and some of the things that HGV drivers do would make ya hair curl  :shock:

It's nothing to do with the vehicle - it's any driver with a chip on their shoulder, or should that be 'having a bad day'  :roll:

[bezzabsa]

true - but as a CAR BIKE and HGV driver.. I see it from all sides!!  :shock:

[Sider]

How about this one:

I was driving back to the depot on the A1(M), around junction 6, where the lanes merge from 3 into 2. I was in 2nd lane, cause I'd rather sit in the queue than push my way in front of someone else. When I reached the chevroned area, I slowed down to let 2 cars in front of me. After them was mr white van man, who decided he had to get through at all cost. At this point, stupid me, I assumed he'd do the sensible thing and filter behind me, but that was completely out of the question. He forced his way to level with my cab, punched my door, knocked my nearside mirror, and fled past, weaving in and out of traffic until I lost sight of him.

No offence intended here, but most of the bad behaviour on the roads (IMHO) comes from taxis, minicabs, white van men and class 3 drivers. I will not say that all HGV drivers are blame free, and I have to admit that I do make my fair share of mistakes.

[P.R.Howler]

The A14 splits our village in two and the sirens from emergency vehicles start at about 0645-0700 just about every morning because of stupid drivers, I too ride motorcycles, drive a vitara and a 32 tonne rigid, I give myself at least one Artic length between me and vehicle in front until some idiot decides to pull in without checking there mirrors, the standard of driving on our roads is low { even worse when the eastern European drivers are behind you, they undertake dont you know}

The sirens are still wailing on the A14, it will be closed soon {again} because of bad driving { thats most days}