From: Oily on

"Conor" wrote.........

>
> Maybe I should stop bothering moving over to the left on a wide SC road
> to let them past in future....
>
>
You know you won't do that.


From: Krusty on
Chris N Deuchar wrote:

> In article <hegbrp$877$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid says...
> > Conor wrote:
> > > In article <hee35f$rt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty
> says...
> >
> > > > I'd guess that being professional drivers they know they're
> > > > making it harder for people,
> > >
> > > No.
>
> Agreed - so point taken, I will think about this more in future.

That'd be lovely, especially if you can spread the word. It's always
been a bit of a niggle, but I've been doing a couple of hundred miles a
week on unlit roads recently & it's become a major frustration. Getting
stuck at 40 for several miles of bends because you missed your chance
to overtake due to not knowing a straight was long enough isn't my idea
of fun.

> > If that's never been an issue for you, then either you never drive
> on
> > unlit, unknown roads at night, or you're happy to sit at 40mph.
>
> For any single track road that maximum is the law for HGV/LGV trucks
> anyway...
> ...you did know that didn't you?

Yes, that's why I said it!


--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: Krusty on
Conor wrote:

> Do HGV drivers tend to behave quite well in regards to bikers?

Generally, yes. Apart from when they're doing the 'block the right lane
of a dual carriageway because it's about to turn into single
carriageway' thing.

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: Krusty on
Conor wrote:

>
> Maybe I should stop bothering moving over to the left on a wide SC
> road to let them past in future....

When you do move over, please don't move too far. I'd rather find my
own way past than get a face-full of mud & gravel kicked up from the
edge of the road.

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: Clive George on
"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.2575bcb81051f5fd989983(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> In article <hee35f$rt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty says...
>
>> As an (ex) HGV driver, can you answer the original question? If you
>> didn't see it, the gist was why do the vast majority of HGV drivers
>> never use full beam at night, thus making it much harder for the
>> cars/bikes stuck behind them to overtake as they can't see when there's
>> a straight bit of road ahead?
>>
> Because they don't go fast enough to need it, are on roads they know.
> There's something else which I would like to explain but have trouble
> articulating. Its kind of like an ability to see better at night because
> you do so much of it.
>
>> I'd guess that being professional drivers they know they're making it
>> harder for people,
>
> No.
>
>> so is it just that they like keeping everyone behind
>> them, or are they just too lazy to flick between full & dip? It is a
>> serious question btw.
>
> They have no need to put full beam on. Its not being lazy or doing it to
> be annoying - its just that they don't feel the need to.

Some do - the 4 big lights on top of the cab isn't that uncommon an
accessory, and I see them being used round here. That's way more power than
normal full beam, which suggests that not everybody subscribes to your view.