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Thread #165008   Message #3955983
Posted By: Senoufou
11-Oct-18 - 03:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: brake checking - what do you know?
Subject: RE: BS: brake checking - what do you know?
One would hope so Bob. In my opinion he was wrong for belting along too fast on that narrow village street, and sounding his very loud horn at a horse-drawn vehicle was lunacy.

Ruth-across-the-road's husband is a long-distance lorry driver, and does trips over to France regularly. He tells me about his adventures and the appalling driving he witnesses daily on our motorways.

He often sees (mainly Eastern European) drivers watching screens in their cabs and talking on their phones while driving. He sees them meandering all over the road (presumably drunk).

In his view there are some ghastly lorry drivers on the roads. But also he encounters daily some dreadful car drivers getting right up behind him or darting out in front of him.
He knows only too well how his huge truck could crush and kill people in a car.
The poor chap (he's nearing retirement) has also had 'visitors' trying to get into his truck during night stops near the French ports. All the Brit drivers watch out for each other over there, and are vigilant about people creeping under the covers of a container load.

I used to drive all over England visiting prisons and have been on lots of motorways (M11, M25, M3, M6 etc) but I just couldn't face it now. It's an absolute Death Trap by all accounts!