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I'm sick and tired of getting stuck behind a slow lorry in the morning on the way to work, and those Tesco delivery trucks are the worst! Actually its not so much the lorry that is the problem, rather the queue of cars poking their nose out to have a look every five minutes only to realise that they can't do anything about it.
I know some car drivers get fed up because they can't get past slow moving traffic particularly lorries and tractors. As you might have guessed, I ride a motorbike to work and for the most part would probably just shoot straight past the lorry as they go so slow and we can accelerate quickly. Unfortunately it isn't that easy when there is a long queue of cars behind them. It kind of reminds me of big metal snake with the lorry being the head and the cars making up the body and tail. What a nightmare, and I'm sure its no picnic for the people trapped behind their cars. It would be really nice if a few more of them kept an eye out behind and moved over though.
I had this crazy idea the other day about banning all the HGV and farm traffic from the road during peak hours, say between eight and ten in the morning and then four to six in the evening. Okay it probably wouldn't be very popular with the truckers or the haulage companies, but just imagine how much easier it would be to get to work in the morning. All we'd need to do then is remove the school run mum and hey presto! - congestion problem solved.
No seriously, probably not an ideal solution but with the rising cost of fuel, more cars and more toll roads it will be interesting to see just how things are going be in the future. I doubt that there is anything that can really be done about growing congestion problems not just in the cities but on the suburban and country roads as well. At the end of the day people need to get to work and the shops need to be stocked with goods. We'll just have to live with the snakes in the morning!
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Now I could go a little faster, break the law a little, but you can rest assured that if there is an accident the law will check MY tacho and tell me 'oh dear driver, you were exceeding the speed limit for a vehicle of this class and you a professional driver who should know better, Jail time!'
So the bottom line is this. If you are unhappy about sitting behind me at 40mph don't whine to me, contact your MP, MEP and ask them to lobby for an increase in the speed limit because THEY are the people who can do something about it. Until then I'll stay safe and within the law.
I've got a crazy idea that might actually work! Why not set off for work a bit earlier knowing that there will be a lorry en route, Plan to get to work at the speed that the lorry travels at (40mph on a single carriage way), and you will even save some fuel too by travelling at a sensible speed.
I also notice Tesco & other supermarket lorry drivers like to build up the traffic and go slower to build up the traffic, i sat behind one doing 33 mph. Although speed limits are not targets but we had around a mile of traffic behind us. With a big logo every little helps Tesco it would of helped if the driver pulled into a layby to let the traffic by periodically. SHAME ON TESCO DRIVERS BE MORE CONSIDERATE TO OTHER ROAD USERS , EVERY LITTLE HELPS.
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