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Post by richie22 on Jun 5, 2024 14:33:51 GMT
It’s widely accepted in the hamlet of sandbach that the stretch of the m6 round there is haunted by the ghosts of soldiers killed in a Middle Ages battle There is a lot of anecdotal evidence A colleague of mine from said hamlet whose husband used to be a truck driver says that Sandbach services is about the limit from London or up north for what a truck driver can legally drive before stopping. So they’re just more tired around that point. Seems a bit more plausible? for most of the ‘foreign’ lorry’s coming out of Dover for the north , keele is about the limit at a push, Stafford is a safer bet . Sandbach would be an infringement on his or her hours, also regards lorry’s on the road at night . Your night trunkers ( double deck pallet line types) outnumber your ‘normal’ everyday trucker 5 - 1 , the lorry in the image widely circulated of yesterdays crash belongs to m j Griffith from out ormskirk way, these are market men , typically load out of Merseyside pack houses early evening for London markets and return same shift, they have very generous ‘limiters’ on there lorry’s. You could call them cowboys. About 2017/2018 it was one of there’s that shut the m6 at Lancaster after hitting a bridge support. My point being is these kind of operators attract bottom feeder drivers or new starters as no man of good character would work for them, hence you end up with these examples of terrible driving. Drive safe folks
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jun 5, 2024 15:31:06 GMT
A colleague of mine from said hamlet whose husband used to be a truck driver says that Sandbach services is about the limit from London or up north for what a truck driver can legally drive before stopping. So they’re just more tired around that point. Seems a bit more plausible? for most of the ‘foreign’ lorry’s coming out of Dover for the north , keele is about the limit at a push, Stafford is a safer bet . Sandbach would be an infringement on his or her hours, also regards lorry’s on the road at night . Your night trunkers ( double deck pallet line types) outnumber your ‘normal’ everyday trucker 5 - 1 , the lorry in the image widely circulated of yesterdays crash belongs to m j Griffith from out ormskirk way, these are market men , typically load out of Merseyside pack houses early evening for London markets and return same shift, they have very generous ‘limiters’ on there lorry’s. You could call them cowboys. About 2017/2018 it was one of there’s that shut the m6 at Lancaster after hitting a bridge support. My point being is these kind of operators attract bottom feeder drivers or new starters as no man of good character would work for them, hence you end up with these examples of terrible driving. Drive safe folks I noticed the other week that quite a few of them now seem to be ticking along at closer to 60mph now.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Jun 5, 2024 18:53:59 GMT
I have never done it so i couldn't imagine what its like to drive one. It wont be easy.
The M6 is just that busy as soon as a mistake is made a nightmare can soon follow.
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