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One thing noticeable about both those USAnian videos is the behaviour of other drivers; they all just drive on or turn around, not one of them checks on the occupants of the crashed trucks.
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« Reply #151 on: October 26, 2017, 12:02:43 » |
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« Reply #152 on: October 26, 2017, 15:56:58 » |
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In a time when satnav and mapping technology is so advanced, it beggars belief that this sort of thing still happens. Especially when almost every other aspect of driving a lorry is so heavily regulated. |
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« Reply #153 on: October 26, 2017, 16:35:29 » |
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Lorry drivers tend to use SatNavs made for use in cars - the freight SatNavs are apparently a lot dearer....
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« Reply #154 on: October 26, 2017, 16:47:17 » |
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In which case, I suggest an entry level fixed penalty for bridge hitters. Say £13,500?
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« Reply #155 on: October 26, 2017, 17:33:34 » |
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I overheard a bit of one of those phone-in radio programmes this afternoon, in which a lorry driver said he used a car satnav because, at £500, the lorry ones were too expensive. I think FT,N's £13.5K is too lenient!
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« Reply #156 on: October 26, 2017, 18:26:23 » |
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Whatever your satnav says, it is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for ignoring clear, simple road signs or not knowing the overall height of your vehicle.
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« Reply #157 on: October 26, 2017, 20:17:03 » |
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Curious that bridge strikes reach a peak of double the average frequency at the end of October. Could it be to do with the clocks going back? But that only leaves a couple of days in October. Weather? Again, you'd expect more of an effect in November, and greater year to year variation. Something to do with firms stocking up for Christmas, leading to more lorry movements, greater time pressure and possibly more new, inexperienced drivers? October seems a bit early. Any other ideas?
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« Reply #158 on: October 26, 2017, 20:35:23 » |
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... inexperienced drivers ... Any other ideas?
Half term. Lots of drivers of smaller lorries stepped up to bigger lorries to cover for a very high proportion of the workforce on leave, and a need to keep maximum tonnage rolling. |
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« Reply #159 on: October 26, 2017, 20:56:19 » |
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My normally very reliable sat-nav has tried to take me into roads clearly not wide enough for a car and onto tram tracks in Nottingham. The onus is always on the driver to know the law regarding their vehicle, to read road signs and use the best driving aid available: i.e. the brain.
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« Reply #160 on: October 26, 2017, 21:25:52 » |
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The onus is always on the driver to know the law regarding their vehicle, to read road signs and use the best driving aid available: i.e. the brain.
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« Reply #161 on: October 26, 2017, 23:33:32 » |
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When I'm out and about driving my van, the satnav element (brand name 'Co-Pilot') of my PDA consistently tries to send me up (or down) Strawberry Lane, between Bishopsworth and Dundry. Its whole schedule is based upon that being the 'best available route'. Strawberry Lane (the name is a clue!) is a probably very ancient public right of way - but the fact of the matter is, it is a pathway, unsuitable even for scrambler bikes, never mind cars or Mercedes Sprinter vans. Their software is clearly not fit for purpose.  |
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« Reply #162 on: October 26, 2017, 23:49:25 » |
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When I'm out and about driving my van, the satnav element (brand name 'Co-Pilot') of my PDA consistently tries to send me up (or down) Strawberry Lane, between Bishopsworth and Dundry. Its whole schedule is based upon that being the 'best available route'. Strawberry Lane (the name is a clue!) is a probably very ancient public right of way - but the fact of the matter is, it is a pathway, unsuitable even for scrambler bikes, never mind cars or Mercedes Sprinter vans. Their software is clearly not fit for purpose. It’s not just ours then! Ours are set to the van dimensions (also sprinters, 8’10 mirror edge to mirror edge). Today it wanted to send me through a 6’0 width restriction! It’s also tried sending me down a bridle way on more than one occasion, across fields and regularly suggesting U turns on dual carriageways! |
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« Reply #163 on: October 27, 2017, 00:14:48 » |
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I have also been instructed by my satnav to do a U-turn on Clift House Road, in Ashton, Bristol, many times. Problem is, it's a dual carriageway, with a very robust concrete central reservation. However, I do get my own back on my 'Co-Pilot', by deliberately driving on the relatively new South Bristol Link road. That really confuses the hell out of the satnav software. The screen refreshes constantly, clearly desperately trying to work out where I am.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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« Reply #164 on: October 27, 2017, 02:27:23 » |
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I have also been instructed by my satnav to do a U-turn on Clift House Road, in Ashton, Bristol, many times. Problem is, it's a dual carriageway, with a very robust concrete central reservation. However, I do get my own back on my 'Co-Pilot', by deliberately driving on the relatively new South Bristol Link road. That really confuses the hell out of the satnav software. The screen refreshes constantly, clearly desperately trying to work out where I am. Conversely, Google Maps, which I use for navigation, tried to direct me down a road in Axminster which hasn't opened yet. |
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