mick1836
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snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Where else but on the road network would such a dangerous piece of equipment be allowed to function in areas accessible to the general public?
LCpl Boiled Egg
Three word soundbite
Oh no, not again.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Lemond
Senior Member
- Location
- Sunny Suffolk
All seems pretty sensible to me.
stalagmike
Enormous member
- Location
- Milton Keynes
What are these 'murrs' he keeps talking about?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
"..you've got all that room to the left inside the cab and then the window's blocking your view."
WTF?
GC
WTF?
GC
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
360° camera on truck, or if you see a truck stay well back or if it comes along side you stay where you are until it's gone.
growingvegetables
Guru
- Location
- Leeds
No comment whatsoever on the sterling driving of the vast majority of truck drivers; it's a testament to their professionalism, training, and management. No problem.
And nothing wrong with the sound advice for cyclists. Again - no problem.
However the fact remains - there's a section of the truck-driving community who just DGAF. Countless news reports of fatalities/serious injuries; countless helmet-cam videos; and countless personal experiences for many among us.
And yet I can only think of one agency which has combined a safety message for cyclists, with an equally strong message for its own drivers - and that was Lothian buses (iirc) at least a couple of years ago.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I've missed stuff.
Or maybe this is just another, in a VERY long trail of wholly one-sided presentations of the real issues. With the subliminal message - "It's always the cyclist's fault."
And nothing wrong with the sound advice for cyclists. Again - no problem.
However the fact remains - there's a section of the truck-driving community who just DGAF. Countless news reports of fatalities/serious injuries; countless helmet-cam videos; and countless personal experiences for many among us.
And yet I can only think of one agency which has combined a safety message for cyclists, with an equally strong message for its own drivers - and that was Lothian buses (iirc) at least a couple of years ago.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I've missed stuff.
Or maybe this is just another, in a VERY long trail of wholly one-sided presentations of the real issues. With the subliminal message - "It's always the cyclist's fault."
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Yeah I was thinking about that in the shower said truck could swing left right across you and over the pavement which I have seen loads of times
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
Globalti
Legendary Member
So, to all the posters on here who are slagging off lorry drivers.... excatly what do you expect the driver to do before pulling off and turning left? He's exercised due diligence, checked and re-checked, should he also jump out of his cab and nip round to check for errant cyclists who have come up in his blind spot?
Having driven 3 ton trucks (the most exhausting job I've ever done in my life) and having been around a few trucks over the years, I see a difference between the well-trained artic driver calmly negotiating motorways and industrial estates and the fly-by-night tipper truck driver, tired and stressed out of his mind, trying to fit in as many trips as possible in the middle of a busy city. On major roads in the Dales the quarry tipper trucks are driven dangerously fast and will pass scarily close, such is the pressure on them to fit in more trips.
Having driven 3 ton trucks (the most exhausting job I've ever done in my life) and having been around a few trucks over the years, I see a difference between the well-trained artic driver calmly negotiating motorways and industrial estates and the fly-by-night tipper truck driver, tired and stressed out of his mind, trying to fit in as many trips as possible in the middle of a busy city. On major roads in the Dales the quarry tipper trucks are driven dangerously fast and will pass scarily close, such is the pressure on them to fit in more trips.
