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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: ConorConor Date: Sep 2, 2008 09:35
In article bt.com>, Rob says...> Conor wrote:
> || In article bt.com>, Rob says...
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> ||| Well certainly lorry 2 will *want* to pull out, just as does the
> ||| driver waiting at the end of a side road that I am about to pass -
> ||| but there should be no expectation that either will just do so.
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> || ..which is why I'm a good driver and you're a shit one.
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> Yawn.
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> Well you say you are a good driver, yet you come across as just an arrogant
> tosser with a dog-in-a-manger attitude towards car drivers[1]
No, just ones that come out with complete bollox.
> - and with a
> reckless disregard for the safety of others.Perhaps by 'good driver' you
> meant that you haven't killed anyone yet?
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1.8 million miles points and accident free. Not had an accident or a
single penalty point since before I started driving lorries a decade
and a half ago despite doing over 125,000 miles per annum some years
and most days, very little under 400 miles a day.
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> [1] Probably due in part from having to drive a speed restricted vehicle
> mostly in L1, which is why you despise those who choose other lanes, because
> they can.
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Why would I despise them when I'm getting paid instead of paying to
drive down the same road and the only thing a speed limiter means is
more overtime pay?
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Conor
I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams
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