Anti Truck Lay-bys.
Discussion
Where the hell are we supposed to take all the silly little breaks and rests that we are told are so important if the f
king councils keep narrowing and restricting all the bloody lay-bys.
Unless you are heading up and down a motorway or major trunk road there are fewer and fewer places to actually stop when you need to.
There are a few local lay-bys here in my neck of the woods that have had parking bays built in them that are only large enough for cars, others have new signs forbidding lorries from going in.
Don't even get me started on London, you have to do a in-out loop with that one and time it so you dont need a break because you simply cannot stop anywhere at all or you will get ticketed.
king councils keep narrowing and restricting all the bloody lay-bys.Unless you are heading up and down a motorway or major trunk road there are fewer and fewer places to actually stop when you need to.
There are a few local lay-bys here in my neck of the woods that have had parking bays built in them that are only large enough for cars, others have new signs forbidding lorries from going in.
Don't even get me started on London, you have to do a in-out loop with that one and time it so you dont need a break because you simply cannot stop anywhere at all or you will get ticketed.
Getragdogleg said:
Where the hell are we supposed to take all the silly little breaks and rests that we are told are so important if the fking councils keep narrowing and restricting all the bloody lay-bys.
Unless you are heading up and down a motorway or major trunk road there are fewer and fewer places to actually stop when you need to.
There are a few local lay-bys here in my neck of the woods that have had parking bays built in them that are only large enough for cars, others have new signs forbidding lorries from going in.
Don't even get me started on London, you have to do a in-out loop with that one and time it so you dont need a break because you simply cannot stop anywhere at all or you will get ticketed.
It's to keep you on the major trunk roads and motorways you numpty and stop clogging up the single carriage A roads........king councils keep narrowing and restricting all the bloody lay-bys.Unless you are heading up and down a motorway or major trunk road there are fewer and fewer places to actually stop when you need to.
There are a few local lay-bys here in my neck of the woods that have had parking bays built in them that are only large enough for cars, others have new signs forbidding lorries from going in.
Don't even get me started on London, you have to do a in-out loop with that one and time it so you dont need a break because you simply cannot stop anywhere at all or you will get ticketed.
Anyway I hope it is. I could be completely wrong.
ruff'n'smov said:
It's to keep you on the major trunk roads and motorways you numpty and stop clogging up the single carriage A roads........
Anyway I hope it is. I could be completely wrong.
I live in and deliver to places in deepest Cornwall, everywhere is a single carriageway and there are no major roads for me to be on, the Council highways people here are mongs is the problem.Anyway I hope it is. I could be completely wrong.
Oh, and people want to buy stuff from shops in these rural locations, not my fault. Fail to stop and sit still on a time penalty for 15/45 minutes and it's soon my bloody fault though.
Not much help but there is a few places in centre of London to park for 45 minutes.
There is a bay on westbound "City Road" A501 just past the eye hospital that allows
parking after 10am,it's in a bus lane so not easy to spot but it DOES exist.
Also on the A1 Holloway Road just south of Holloway junction there is a long bay that
allows 2 hours iirc.
I drive a small truck so can fit in these,not alot of help if you are 45 + feet long.
There is a bay on westbound "City Road" A501 just past the eye hospital that allows
parking after 10am,it's in a bus lane so not easy to spot but it DOES exist.
Also on the A1 Holloway Road just south of Holloway junction there is a long bay that
allows 2 hours iirc.
I drive a small truck so can fit in these,not alot of help if you are 45 + feet long.
ruff'n'smov said:
Getragdogleg said:
Where the hell are we supposed to take all the silly little breaks and rests that we are told are so important if the fking councils keep narrowing and restricting all the bloody lay-bys.
Unless you are heading up and down a motorway or major trunk road there are fewer and fewer places to actually stop when you need to.
There are a few local lay-bys here in my neck of the woods that have had parking bays built in them that are only large enough for cars, others have new signs forbidding lorries from going in.
Don't even get me started on London, you have to do a in-out loop with that one and time it so you dont need a break because you simply cannot stop anywhere at all or you will get ticketed.
It's to keep you on the major trunk roads and motorways you numpty and stop clogging up the single carriage A roads........king councils keep narrowing and restricting all the bloody lay-bys.Unless you are heading up and down a motorway or major trunk road there are fewer and fewer places to actually stop when you need to.
There are a few local lay-bys here in my neck of the woods that have had parking bays built in them that are only large enough for cars, others have new signs forbidding lorries from going in.
Don't even get me started on London, you have to do a in-out loop with that one and time it so you dont need a break because you simply cannot stop anywhere at all or you will get ticketed.
Anyway I hope it is. I could be completely wrong.
Edited by powerstroke on Sunday 10th March 08:50
Sump said:
Why not just plan in advance and take notes of where you can stop?
Did you not get taught D S T at school?
Yes, yes, it is my fault for not planning in advance. Must be, could not possibly be the fault of the Council policy to restrict layby access to laybys we have been using for years with no problems. Did you not get taught D S T at school?
The planning I want to do is planning how to shove this truck so far up the ass of the person who is in charge of this s
t that the rear markerboards are the only bit visible.The ones that have been closed round here were after the locals got tired of trampers stting on the verges and the paths nearby, bottles of piss and litter everywhere.
In a lot of cases like this you only have your colleagues to blame. As with most professions the tts ruin it for the rest.
tting on the verges and the paths nearby, bottles of piss and litter everywhere. In a lot of cases like this you only have your colleagues to blame. As with most professions the t
ts ruin it for the rest.Well the councils should provide toilets that are not full of wking perverts and litter bins that are actually emptied once in a while.
Fair point about some drivers being utter fking animals but to be honest that attitude comes from the facilities being non existant to begin with and the fed up drivers thinking bks to it, I need a st and there is nowhere.
king perverts and litter bins that are actually emptied once in a while.Fair point about some drivers being utter f
king animals but to be honest that attitude comes from the facilities being non existant to begin with and the fed up drivers thinking bks to it, I need a st and there is nowhere.Crossflow Kid said:
Christ on a bike, you lot are angry. Sounds like more than a few of you are in the wrong job.
Are you a HGV driver ?Have you seen the rules we must adhere to ?
And the potential fines that go with it if you don't ?
Try finding a parking spot when your tacho says less than 15 mins till Break time !
Crossflow Kid said:
Christ on a bike, you lot are angry. Sounds like more than a few of you are in the wrong job.
No, a good job is being ruined by silly regulations and people who cannot and will not see our point of view and insist of interfering and hindering us at every opportunity.Good job all the drivers who hate what the job has become don't all take the "f
k-em" attitude or there would be a huge problem with moving all the food around this crowded little country.And then there is you, you dip into this section when you want to stir it up a bit, and you have a curious anti lorry agenda, do you work in highways planning ? you could you know, it is right up your alley.
Getragdogleg said:
Crossflow Kid said:
Christ on a bike, you lot are angry. Sounds like more than a few of you are in the wrong job.
No, a good job is being ruined by silly regulations and people who cannot and will not see our point of view and insist of interfering and hindering us at every opportunity.Good job all the drivers who hate what the job has become don't all take the "f
k-em" attitude or there would be a huge problem with moving all the food around this crowded little country.And then there is you, you dip into this section when you want to stir it up a bit, and you have a curious anti lorry agenda, do you work in highways planning ? you could you know, it is right up your alley.
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