Stuck behind a slow lorry again

Its the goverment that make the rules of the road 40 mph is a stupid speed on trunk roads and is nothing short of dangerous modern trucks have disc brakes abs and can roll along at 50 with no problem what we need in this country is a national drivers strike I would give all you moaning faced car drivers four days and you would be begging us to come back I pray that one day it will happen then maybe us truckers will get the respect we deserve .

hello tez reed my email again and you will see that I am not criticising about the lorries traveling at 40mph I do understand about lorries and the speed restrictions on an A roads,read all of it and you will get it, one thing that really gets under my skin is that were meant to stay behind a slow lorry but on the trunk roads, why cant lorries stay in the slow lane in stead of driving side by side on duel carriageways and no one lorry will give way , some of you lorry drivers on the duel carriageways are as bad as car drivers on A roads not all.

Please get your facts correct . Lorry drivers are travelling at 10mph below the speed limit. The limit is 40mph, do you get it. They are doing the speed limit. Speed limits are there for a reason, 44 tonnes take time to stop.

yesterday I was following a tesco lorry on the A36 driving at 40 mph, I then turned of by the swan pub a short cut to the A360 in to Salisbury only to find my self back behind him at screw bridge roundabout, so what I am saying is that he got there driving at 30mph and 40mph I got stuck in traffic and I gained no time at all, one thing to learn from this is to give my self more time, but the one thing that really gets under my skin me of is that were meant to stay behind a slow lorry but on the trunk roads why cant lorries stay in the slow lane in stead of driving side by side on duel carridgeways and no one lorry will giveway , some of you lorry drivers on the duel carageways are as bad as car drivers on A roads not all.

so you ride a motorcycle well so do most truck drivers, so you would like to ban trucks from the roads in peak times ,sorry sir the part for your bike has not arrived the lorry cannot deliver it ,problem solved lets put more small vans on the road sorry mate did not see you mobile and drinking a cuppa in hand,and you can not stop the school run mums its the only time they get to take the 4x4 off road and on the pavment

Like many car drivers, I too get very frustrated when I get stuck behind a lorry that is travelling at 10mph below the speed limit, I frequently use the A47 whilst travelling from my home in Lowestoft to my sons home in Grimsby and there is little relief once I have passed Kings Lynn, but in support of the lorry driver, perhap car divers should remember one point, the lorry drivers are forced to travel at 10mph less the you,,, by law,,,, and their livelyhood depends on it. It was those blooy idiots in Westminster that introducued this stupid law, there is no way this was passed after much debate, in all probability it was a suggestion written on the back of a disguarded fag packet found by a cleaner. Figures show that around 70% of accidents occur whilst overtaking. Lobby your MP, get this stupid law revoked, it will reduce accidents and remove a whole lot of frustration for all divers

One thing you car drivers are forgetting. HGV drivers have taken more than a piss easy car test to drive thier lorry, an d remember next time you go to the shops, how dixd the goods get there in the first place? Also the car you are driving came on the back of a lorry at some point so car drivers give your selfish heads a shake and live with it. PRATTS.

They ought to put massive magnets on the sides of lorries, all fitted in a way that stops them traveling side by side due to the magnetic repellent effect, if you know what I mean, or is it too much xmas booze down my throat.

It's bad enough being stuck behind a queue of traffic following a truck doing 40 mph on a perfectly clear, straight stretch of road as often happens to me on the A47, but they add insult to injury when one tries to overtake another on a two lane dual carriageway!! They can all only do 56 mph anyway, so ban overtaking on two lane dual carriageways. I wouldn't do that job if you paid me, and I'm retired!! Imagine spending half your life creeping around at 40 mph, p**ing off half the population!!

It is a constant scource of amusement to me how ill_informed most people are about lorries and the laws relating to them, perhaps all car drivers before getting their licence should spend a day out on the road with a lorry driver.

course the ideal solution would be to live nearer your workplace (eco friendly as well)

ok lets put all the freight on trains, that is steel bricks all DIY things, all food stuff all medical stuff
glass, everything that you can think off. So how the hell do you get the freight from the yard to the shops!! YOU NEED US WAGOON DRIVERS? Get a life you car drivers and think of the poor lorry driver who has to put up with bad car drivers.