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MSS sounds prejudice toward lorry's and i think it says more about him than lorry drivers on his precious journey that as been slightly slowed. Were in th high way code does it say lorry's carnt over take. Maybe if he took up a HGV licence he could be more educated in th most legislated business in th UK..
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I do think that you are making this personal as opposed to facing the reality, which is that on 2-lane carriageways such as the A14 and the A1, lorry drivers wanting to overtake other lorries often cause more hold ups than any other type of road user. Technically I wauld not call it overtaking because the material difference in speed between the two vehicles is usually negligible. Hence the problem. Equally, the middle lane residents cause similar problems on Motorways but their impact is less because such roads retain at least one lane of free flowing traffic. By contrast 'overtaking' lorries on two-lane carriageways reduce the speed of the whole road to their own speed. Technically, I would say that they becomes an obstruction to traffic flow. Surely, you cannot possibly defend the actions that I am describing? Personally, I find most lorry drivers to be very courteous on the roads. But the overtaking habit that seems to be in the lorry drivers' handbook is a source of problems on the roads. PS. I was going to convince you about my not being prejudiced by saying that some of my best friends are lorry drivers. But on reflection, I don't have any friends, so technically I cannot possibly hold prejudices.
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Simon - that is exactly what the car drivers end up doing, which then causes long queues of traffic with both lanes running at the same slower speed. This actually means that the idea of the outer lane being an overtaking lane goes out of the window because in congestion, the most sensible traffic flow is achieved with all lanes being used in parallel.
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But what of the time lost I hear you ask. Well it's not worth worrying about since I will certainly encounter traffic lights, mini roundabouts designed to slow progress on the main road, road works with the now obligitory traffic control and the current scourge of road closures. Oh, I almost forgot the 20 mph speed cameras and the average speed deterrent now being used permanently on A roads. So in summary, there are many different obstacles to a high average speed making it unfair to hold the lorry driver solely responsible. Simon
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I also dont vote and think Top Gear is imature..(this comes with a antaganista warning and there for should be avoided) ... Its good fun for you to "nettle" th prolitariate (easily done) and i enjoy th posts. But like th media your only in it for your .....?. ADR drivers are more "educated" thus av a greater value... So i ask you this. Why do th A brain (accudemics) earn more in general than th "B" brain (th dooers menders fixers and inn general messer's) when both are as important to society as each other. and yes saying you do have lorry driver freinds was hillarious.... If you had then that would make you without a shadow of a doubt make you not predjudice.. Ps. Smart motorways are w$&K....
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The modern rail system lacks capacity on the actual lines, on one single line they often have to slot in local station stops, the high speed through trains and all of the heavy slow freight. There is an east - west mainline at the back of here, just 100 yards behind, Hull to Liverpool - it is interesting just stood watching what the line has to cope with on a daily basis and if there are no breakdowns. Just one up line, one down at each local station, with a gap between the two lines where there was once a bypass, pre-1960's, when traffic levels declined. Rail needs major investment, to increase it's capacity for both passengers and freight. If we want faster services, we need a more capable system than we had pre-1960's, not a less capable one.
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