From: T_Raymond on 13 Aug 2010 06:26 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 13 Aug 2010 09:59 "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. Vince
From: Brimstone on 13 Aug 2010 10:03 "Knight of the Road" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:MqSdnf3Jtf5I0vjRnZ2dnUVZ8r2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > "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 13 Aug 2010 10:26 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 13 Aug 2010 11:28
"T_Raymond" <tonyraymond79(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:8329176a-0a0f-469d-84ef-cb506c7c0c3c(a)l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > 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... |