Twat on a bike!

27 Sep 2006

Quote by dambuster
I'm not 100% sure of the actual numbers (it's a long time since I took my paper qualifications ) but it was something like a car is "allowed" to have a 10% error; trucks I think were 3% - something along those lines

When presented for MOT if a trucks speed limiter is set at 85kph it must activate before the truck reached 90kph or it will fail its MOT.
This can be checked with a little box of tricks while the vehicle is stationary.
smile

27 Sep 2006

:thumbup:
btw - I think speed limiters play a huge part in the problem of the long overtake wink

27 Sep 2006

i think you all need trucks like that one in "Duel"...!
that would make things interesting
:shock:

27 Sep 2006

Quote by Steve_Mids

I'm not 100% sure of the actual numbers (it's a long time since I took my paper qualifications ) but it was something like a car is "allowed" to have a 10% error; trucks I think were 3% - something along those lines

When presented for MOT if a trucks speed limiter is set at 85kph it must activate before the truck reached 90kph or it will fail its MOT.
This can be checked with a little box of tricks while the vehicle is stationary.
smile

Excuse the ignorance but does this limiter actually prevent the truck going above the recommended speed or is it just something that sets off say a warning light if a driver goes over it ?
Minx x x

27 Sep 2006

Quote by Steve_Mids
you have half a mile of thin air to catch up on before you even start to overtake the one in front

Not in reality because you usually get some twats in cars that will fill the space between you and whatever is in front just so as they can be ahead of you rolleyes

I nearly always (99% of the time) let trucks out when they indicate in enough time for me to brake sufficiently. I believe it's only courtesy and think I've been rewarded for it most times. I especially like the 'kind' drivers in Eddie Stobart trucks, not sure about the collar and tie thingy but they do appear to be more courteous than many.
Don't start me on the twatty cardrivers who weave through traffic, tailgate, don't indicate (or think that indicating means 'I'm coming get out of the way' rather than 'I'd really like to move over, will you please let me'), are colour blind at traffic lights; wait to turn right in the middle of the road and so blocking the traffic behind.... my list is 4 sides of A4 paper long!
lol

27 Sep 2006

It actually stops you physically going above the set speed Gorgeous.
But . . . . . . . . .
The speed limit on motorways is still 60mph, so you will see trucks going into "over run" when going downhill.
I can remember the early ones being a real pain in the arse.
Daf's in particular (before the 56 thing) you'd get up to about 59mph, then you'd lose all power. It really was like running into a brick wall for a nano second. The big problem was that you would the momentum and before power was returned, you'd lost so much speed, you had to change down a full gear, or sometime more.
I think they, like cruise control, are more "intelligent" these days.

27 Sep 2006

Quote by BiWelshMinx

I'm not 100% sure of the actual numbers (it's a long time since I took my paper qualifications ) but it was something like a car is "allowed" to have a 10% error; trucks I think were 3% - something along those lines

When presented for MOT if a trucks speed limiter is set at 85kph it must activate before the truck reached 90kph or it will fail its MOT.
This can be checked with a little box of tricks while the vehicle is stationary.
smile

Excuse the ignorance but does this limiter actually prevent the truck going above the recommended speed or is it just something that sets off say a warning light if a driver goes over it ?
Minx x x
When the set speed is reached the driver will not be able to go any faster as he loses the ability to accelerate any further.

27 Sep 2006

Personally I wouldn't cycle on a major a road... and definitely not towing a small child on the back of my bike :shock:
Seeing as this seems to have turned into a truck drivers convention lol

... thought I'd add my thoughts.. something I said in relation to something else recently and it seems to kinda fit
Oooh the hours I spent in the holidays when my dad was a truck driver keeping him company on long journeys. I learnt a lot about what it was like to be a truck driver before I'd even learnt how to drive and I guess that just makes me a whole lot more tolerant of them now.
I can accelerate a lot faster than they can, and letting them out to overtake a caravan/slower lorry etc etc and sitting behind them for a while isn't really going to add that much time to my journey and they wave and or flash lights at you when you do it which always makes me smile. Although you do get better flashing of lights effect when you hitch your skirt up and show a glimpse of stocking top as you pass by them too wink

So I have to say one of my pet hates is people who are completely ignorant of what it's actually like to be a truck driver and are incredibly intolerant of them. Yes there are a few idiot truck drivers, cyclists and other drivers, but most of them are nice.

27 Sep 2006

Quote by Jags
.... my list is 4 sides of A4 paper long!

Pmsl
I might just write a book one day rotflmao

And that's about drivers of ALL classes of vehicles wink

27 Sep 2006

I drive a car and I ride a bike, my brother drives a lorry and I often drive down the stretch of the A14 mentioned originally.
So.... I can see it from several angles. Yes cyclists can be annoying, but equally so can lorry drivers, car drivers, motorcyclists, tractor drivers etc etc. Itâ€™s not the vehicle, it's the person driving it that decides whether to be an annoying tw*t or not.

27 Sep 2006

Thank you Dambuster and Steve_Mids kiss

I have just learnt something new today biggrin

Minx x x

27 Sep 2006

Quote by Kiss
. . . . . Itâ€™s not the vehicle, it's the person driving it that decides whether to be an annoying tw*t or not.

That's very true, but it's also true that there is very little understanding of the truck specific needs; and for some reason many (??) truck drivers don't acknowledge that fact.
It's far too easy for "us" to swear and curse at "idiot car drivers, trying to fuck us up" when the truth of it is that they really, and genuinely, just don't know.
By the same token, some truck drivers seem to forget that they are aslo car drivers, so - imho - should be more inclined to cut the "idiots" a little slack.

27 Sep 2006

Quote by dambuster
. . . . . Itâ€™s not the vehicle, it's the person driving it that decides whether to be an annoying tw*t or not.

That's very true, but it's also true that there is very little understanding of the truck specific needs; and for some reason many (??) truck drivers don't acknowledge that fact.
It's far too easy for "us" to swear and curse at "idiot car drivers, trying to fuck us up" when the truth of it is that they really, and genuinely, just don't know.
By the same token, some truck drivers seem to forget that they are aslo car drivers, so - imho - should be more inclined to cut the "idiots" a little slack.
GREAT post Dammie! :thumbup:

27 Sep 2006

I love it when lorry drivers do the 'thankyou' thing with their indicators, simple things for simple folk.. puts a smile on my face anyway smile

27 Sep 2006

Quote by dambuster
. . . . . Itâ€™s not the vehicle, it's the person driving it that decides whether to be an annoying tw*t or not.

That's very true, but it's also true that there is very little understanding of the truck specific needs; and for some reason many (??) truck drivers don't acknowledge that fact.
I totally agree, I learnt a lot once when I was high up on up a firemanâ€™s platform with a birds eyes view of a lorry, and I had the drivers blind spots pointed out to me.
(It wasn't as exciting as it sounds, I was doing the sound on a cycling proficiency video. lol

)

27 Sep 2006

Good rule of thumb for blind spots, whatever the vehicle. If you can see the driver in his/her mirror, then they can see you.
H.x

27 Sep 2006

Quote by H-x
Good rule of thumb for blind spots, whatever the vehicle. If you can see the driver in his/her mirror, then they can see you.
H.x

A reason why the "If you cant see my mirrors I cant see you" stickers are becoming so prevolant on trucks these days smile

27 Sep 2006

Quote by Steve_Mids
Good rule of thumb for blind spots, whatever the vehicle. If you can see the driver in his/her mirror, then they can see you.
H.x

A reason why the "If you cant see my mirrors I cant see you" stickers are becoming so prevolant on trucks these days smile

hmmmmmm

A question of wording.
I liked H-x's wording.
I'm unsure of the wording, and implications of the signs.
I worry sometimes that other drivers may make the assumption that because they can see my mirrors, I've seen them and I know what they are going to do.

27 Sep 2006

Quote by dambuster
Good rule of thumb for blind spots, whatever the vehicle. If you can see the driver in his/her mirror, then they can see you.
H.x

A reason why the "If you cant see my mirrors I cant see you" stickers are becoming so prevolant on trucks these days smile

hmmmmmm

A question of wording.
I liked H-x's wording.
I'm unsure of the wording, and implications of the signs.
I worry sometimes that other drivers may make the assumption that because they can see my mirrors, I've seen them and I know what they are going to do.
But if they can see your mirrors all the time then you ought to see them when checking your mirrors....
As for knowing what they are going to do well....................I doubt even they know that let alone anyone else...

27 Sep 2006

Quote by browning
The cyclist may of had the right to be there, but cycling on a major A road is stupid. I hate cyclists, they are the most law breaking of all road users. NO tax, no insurance, no lights, go through red lights, up one way streets the wrong way. I'm afraid that is the majority, not the minority.

Maybe you should try taking to the road on a bike and see how long it takes for you to discover which God you want to worship!
Yes, SOME cyclists ride with no lights or reflective clothing after dark ( stupid, yes ) they DO go through red lights and ride on the pavement when they shouldn't but they are still entitled to use an A road the same as everyone else.
Yes, SOME car drivers drive with no insurance, tax, MOT or even with the permission of the car owner! They park on pavements so mums with pushchairs have to push their child onto the road to get past the idiot car driver, they cut you up without warning forcing you to brake or swerve to avoid impact ( as happened to me on the way home from work the other week at 7am mad

)
Yes, SOME motorcyclists ride without reflective clothing so it's hard to see them with all that black leather on, they weave their way to the front of the queue at traffic lights then take off as though powered by rocket fuel.
Yes, SOME truck drivers drive like they own the freaking motorway, they drive through quiet country villages to avoid traffic jams on Mways and spend more time perving into women drivers cars than watching where they're going.
We ALL use the roads, some of us a lot safer and more responsible than others but we ALL have to get from A to B, preferably in one piece ! Since riding a bike and scooter, I've found I'm a lot more tolerant of other road users, especially ones more vunerable than me.

27 Sep 2006

Sassy, I hear what your saying, there are car/lorry drivers who break the law and are bad drivers, i agree. BUt, and this is a big but, they are a minority. The majority of cyclists I encounter(I work in london) do not obey the highway code. Cyclists are thier own worst enemy. We all know how frustrating it is when we are sat at a red traffic light and a cyclists goes straight through it!!.
Cyclists are bound by the same rules as all motorists.

27 Sep 2006

should have just ran the twat of the road...she wouldnt do it again biggrin

:D

27 Sep 2006

ouch!
I got knocked of me wheels three times in two weeks cycling through Shoreditch >after work, rain, dark, admittedly) I didn't learn me lesson... bit slow I guess....
then twice in the bus lane (chelsea bridge road) as a car decided to take a short cut...
a fellow cyclist I knew at the time took to riding with a small *emergancy break glass* hammer swinging from his wrist to *ding* the windows of the vehicles that did the same to him.
not an action Id condone myself you understand.. me being the non aggressive type...
I'd have loved to though

27 Sep 2006

My best friend was run over by a lorry when she was 18. The lorry driver wasn't to blame at all and as I understand it he has been severely traumatised. My friend was eager to get home, was on her bike and thought she had just enough time to nip across the road.

27 Sep 2006

London, I work in shoreditch, it might have been me wink

27 Sep 2006

Quote by browning
London, I work in shoreditch, it might have been me

utter utter b*stard!
I work out west now... never out that way are ya? :shock:

27 Sep 2006

Watch out london, i'm looking for you!! biggrin

27 Sep 2006

Quote by browning
Watch out london, i'm looking for you!!

did I say I work out west?.. North! Thats it... north east London..way out.
>wheres me *emergancy break glass* hammer! bolt

27 Sep 2006

Quote by browning
Sassy, I hear what your saying, there are car/lorry drivers who break the law and are bad drivers, i agree. BUt, and this is a big but, they are a minority. The majority of cyclists I encounter(I work in london) do not obey the highway code. Cyclists are thier own worst enemy. We all know how frustrating it is when we are sat at a red traffic light and a cyclists goes straight through it!!.
Cyclists are bound by the same rules as all motorists.

true. Maybe they should make cyclists take a CBT the same as motorcyclists

2 Nov 2006

Quote by EagerSlut
I'm not referring to all cyclists , God forbid! :P
We all must have seen one though. I saw this recently:
I was driving on the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge (one of the most notoriously dangerous trunk roads in the country with a terrible accident record). Three lanes of traffic in each direction, cars and trucks thundering along. Suddenly everyone's brake lights are coming on as anchors are applied big time.
What the f**k flashes through my mind as I try to halt 26 tons of steel in a nanosecond! :shock: :shock: :shock:
It turns out to be a twat on a cycle, towing a little trailer behind her with a metal disc on an arm sticking out at a right angle from the rear of her bike. It seems to be saying "This is MY space so feck off".
Blimey!! :shock: There she is cycling blithely along, seemingly oblivious to everything else on the road, in her own little world of make believe, maybe enjoying her 15 minutes of fame ........making everyone else dance to her tune :roll: :roll:
Of course she had every right to be there legally but was she really behaving responsibly? She almost caused a major pile up.
Is that reckless or what?
What's your take on her? Have you seen her?
:rascal: :rascal:

think i saw the twat last night eager , bloody cyclists
staggy