From: T_Raymond on
What's so hard with the maintenance of these vehicles?

I'm starting to get sick and tired of finding the reason I've been
stuck in traffic for an hour is due to a broken down lorry. It's all I
every hear on the traffic report."Delays due to a broken down lorry".


T Raymond
From: Knight of the Road on

"T_Raymond" <tonyraymond79(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What's so hard with the maintenance of these vehicles?
>
> I'm starting to get sick and tired of finding the reason I've been
> stuck in traffic for an hour is due to a broken down lorry. It's all I
> every hear on the traffic report."Delays due to a broken down lorry".
>
>
> T Raymond

Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an
alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever comes
first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more so. Any
problems caused when an HGV breaks down will be caused by the fact that it
can not be pushed out of the way, as a car could be, and anybody of average
intelligence or above would realise that without having to have it explained
to them.

Hope I have managed to explain this to you in a way that you can understand.

Vince

From: Brimstone on

"Knight of the Road" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> "T_Raymond" <tonyraymond79(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1fa673c9-19c3-44df-88fd-9924e4a0ab6a(a)x25g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
>> What's so hard with the maintenance of these vehicles?
>>
>> I'm starting to get sick and tired of finding the reason I've been
>> stuck in traffic for an hour is due to a broken down lorry. It's all I
>> every hear on the traffic report."Delays due to a broken down lorry".
>>
>>
>> T Raymond
>
> Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an
> alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever
> comes first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more
> so. Any problems caused when an HGV breaks down will be caused by the fact
> that it can not be pushed out of the way, as a car could be, and anybody
> of average intelligence or above would realise that without having to have
> it explained to them.
>
> Hope I have managed to explain this to you in a way that you can
> understand.
>
I'm doubtful that you have, although the vast majority of people would
understand perfectly well.

Of course, just to add, vehicles break down due to unforeseeable defects
like like a flat tyre or other component breaking.


From: T_Raymond on
On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> "T_Raymond" <tonyraymon...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an
> alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever comes
> first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more so.

Is this also true of lorries from Poland and other foreign parts?

T Raymond
From: loopy livernose on

"T_Raymond" <tonyraymond79(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>> "T_Raymond" <tonyraymon...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>
>> Maintenance of HGV's is legally controlled, an HGV has to have an
>> alternating service/inspection every six weeks or 10,000km, whichever
>> comes
>> first and HGVs are at least as reliable as cars and probably more so.
>
> Is this also true of lorries from Poland and other foreign parts?
>
> T Raymond

irrelevant in a "UK.rec." hierarchy news group...