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Lorry driver last night.
PhilH36
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I'll leave you to decide which word best describes him-stupid, idiotic, selfish or some other word of your choosing. Was on the motorway last night approaching a section where the road was reduced to one lane due to repairs/maintenence of the middle and outside lanes. Ahead of me was a lorry which was straddling the middle and outside lanes and inching back and forth, deliberately trying to block anyone from overtaking him before the carriageway was reduced to the single lane. At no point was he fully in either lane. He moved slightly to the left, leaving just enough room for me to overtake-but when I tried to do so he deliberately pulled across to the right again so I had to slow down or else he would have forced me into the central reservation barrier. When we got through the roadworks and the road opened up again I eventually managed to overtake, he was laughing and giving me a two finger sign as I went past. Got his number, rang 101 and reported him and my mate was going to contact the lorry company and report him there as well-for those of you who really want to know, it was a firm whose name starts with a character associated with Iron Maiden and ends with a character from The Simpsons......I think you can work it out.
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lorry driver was in the wrong, but you also made the wrong decision in attempting to overtake when you clearly saw what the lorry in front was doing. you put the car and yourself into the situation where it became dangerous.
the sensible thing to have done would be to hold back until clear of any lane restrictions, and then overtake WHEN SAFE TO DO SO.
However if he was being an a-hole and deliberately entering lane 3 when he should not be then you should have held back and not placed yourself at risk. Unless you are driving one of these of course
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/upload/24297/images/01VolvoPoliceCar.jpg
What a Volvo? They still made like tanks then?
have you not been driving long, never noticed well intentioned lorry drivers doing this manouvre before ? happens all the time, more power to them.
How about this one then?
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2006/11/lamborghini_murcielago_cop1-l.jpg
Bruce Wiggum.
Better.
Yes, yes, oh good god yes! I'd be a traffic cop if they gave me that! I'd be all like "bring it on crims! Try me!"
Trouble is you have to start out in one of these
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/19/article-0-09A77597000005DC-783_634x413.jpg
I've seen lorrys do this before, but it doesn't make it right. By blocking lanes, they are deliberately causing an obstruction, which they have no right to do.
Taking it further by deliberately swinging to the right when someone is overtaking is a very dangerous and reckless manoeuvre.
The OP didn't mention queuing traffic, so as far as we are aware, this was just a case of the lorry driver blocking the road to stop himself being overtaken.
Yes I hate this too! One lorry doing 59mph and the overtaking one doing 59.5mph, uphill (as is often the case) >:(
Haha, I wouldn't mind that either tbh, but for totally different reasons.
Thanks for your responses. There weren't really any queues to get into the single lane as such. Looking back at it I can see I'd have been a lot safer to hang back. He'd moved over to the left so was basically in the centre lane but his right hand wheels were slightly over the lane markers so he was protruding into the outside lane, however it looked as though there was sufficient room to overtake him if he'd continued in a straight line. Anyway as I mentioned I got his number and reported him on 101 so hopefully the local police spotted and stopped him-although it's one of those cases where you'll probably never know the outcome.
Dave
Whooshing into a bottle?