Most HGV drivers are selfish dont you think?

I am a HGV driver, but the majority of drivers are selfish, just think it is only them with a problem..
The amount of times I hit 54 mph going up a hill in the middle lane of a motorway, just as I get to the brow of the hill the Artic on the left finds a little extra speed and leave me or others like myself struggling to complete my overtaking, thus leaving me side by side and holding up any cars that may want to overtake..

For the sake of laying off the gas the artic driver would sit there all day long causing frustration to all concerned..

Gone are the days when truckers were the gentlemen of the road, the majority are rude ignorant selfish pigs...

Or maybe you think different
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sgolodper, thanks for your input, I do agree car drivers need to be tought too about the workings of a HGV and may be should be intruduce as part of the driving test, many times cars have come up the inside of me as I want to turn left..also here we have many roundabouts and you see cars from the right as you are about to enter the roundabout increase the speed thus making it difficullt for the hgv to enter..I think we should have the police sit there with a speed camera and issue ticket to the offenders.....not that I am a lover of police , but to give a trucker a fighting chance..

george d

Snap!! The truck I drive - Scania R420 is limited to 90kph, and due to the type of goods carried - cardboard packaging - can maintain that speed all day on all but the most severe hills. I have had to back off on numerous occasions when the vehicle I am overtaking has got back up to speed on the cruise control. Drivers tend to 'set & forget' and have the mentality to match - I'm up to speed & sod you! A little common courtesy is all that is required from all drivers. If some one lets me out when I am attempting to pass I always acknowledge them with either a flick of the indicators or some other method. The biggest problem nowadays is the emergence of 'steering wheel attendants' in place of proper drivers who are employed to do a job & have no real interest truck driving as a career, or would have no idea how to change a wheel if the need arose. I am more than capable of doing so, but in the scheme of things it is left to a qualified tyre fitter to come out do the job. I was brought up with the idea that good manners cost nothing and are free for all to use. When I am driving my car it is the same, I 'respect' the space a large vehicle needs to do any manouvre, and hopefully have instilled into my family the same ideas.

Jeffrey J

Let me give the opinion of a trucker from the US. I couldn't AGREE more, there are just enough stupid pigs of human beings driving trucks, to give ALL of us a bad name. I go to truck stop for fuel only, I'll find another place to eat, I can't stand the sight of drivers who spend more time setting round the counter at a truck stop than they do driving, big stinking wastes of space, that should take a shower instead of playing the pinball machines.

I am a 3rd generation truck driver, I can remember when my grand-father went to work in a shirt and tie!, Those where the days when drivers were truly the "Knights of the Road". When I drive, its clean dungarees, shined boots, collared shirt, showered and shaved.

Driving can be a dirty job, and you are gonna get messy, but what does it take to clean up? 30 minutes?? no reason to look like a damn dirty sweat hog, in filthy sweat-pants and dirty un-tied sneakers!

The last thing I have to say is that you guys in the UK, gotta get rid of the 56 mph thing, its almost more dangerous not being able to keep up with the flow of traffic, or to get a little kick at the bottom of a grade.

Just my two-cents,

Good Luck and be safe!

I agree, as an HGV driver myself, mine is limited to 56 mph, but going uphill it does suffer, and if I was overtaking on a 2 or 3 lane motorway it's almost torture as my Vehicle slows down uphill, and yes, would it have killed the lorry I was passing to let me complete my overtaking manouver quickly and safely without causing more inconvenience to other motorists? Nowadays on that situation, I just wait for the level roads then simply blow past them, and leave them in my dust, those extra 2 miles an hour does make a difference, but yes, it's not like when I was growing up in the 70's when lorry drivers were respected and if a lorry is struggling, other lorry drivers used to slow or stop to see if they could help.

rookethorne

I didn't think HGV's were allowed in the outside lane of any motorway in the UK, so as a car/motorcycle user I'm not bothered what you guys are doing in the inner lanes.

EDIT: quite agree about the two laners Peter, I live on the south coast and usually find that the HGV drivers are some of the most courteous in the country.

sgoldperson

I'm in the U.S. but I always thought part of the issue from Truckers was how the car drivers treat them now. I don't know how Truckers really are now but when I'm driving I try to show them the respect of what they are doing. If I'm going around them I try to get around them quick and out of their way, I won't pass on turns. I just basically shake my head as I watch these car drivers going down the Interstate and pulling up beside the Semi just as we are getting to a turn. I understand the Semi isn't going to make that wide of a turn, but why can't you wait a few seconds and get around the bend so they will have a good view of you as you pass. Then I was watch a semi that wanted to take a turn the other day. He was turning right and mostly in the right lane, going a little in to the left lane. I see him wanting to make the turn so I slow down so he sees that I'm going to let him turn. While guess I should have went up more because this idiot in a van behind him decided he needed to switch to the right lane and pull up beside this semi and take away some of the room, the light was already yellow was part of why I was stopping back, and that van STILL had to stop at the red light.

dvdclarke

Yes very much so.

mickey m

its sad to say but i gotta agree with you , many times i have had it done to me but not only on hills , also moving into middle lane to let another one join at a slip road however there still are a few of us out there , it takes nothing to back off and let you past and flash you in as i allways do . i do internatioal work and allways stop overseas if i see another brit having a spot of bother , your right its not like it used to be but i guess everything changes , look at wagon wheels eh im sure they were bigger when i was a kid !!!!

poor o

take the limiter fuse out and hold her flat

blue_eyesandy10

i say not

Paul C

We need to introduce a personality and mental test, my father got run over by one last april and he is 80 years old lost all the skin from ball of foot to calf, still cant walk Doc says 5 years for skin graphs to get back to 75% normality. Driver, not his fault, could not see him crossing the road at the lights. Government dont give a s**t about anyone.

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