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GM228 wrote: »

Most likely.

Elbows

Truckermal wrote: »

He is a idiot if the man cannot stop for a few minutes to eat the dinner and relax...

Would he not have been instructed by the boss to keep on working?

Anyway, this was the cause of my neighbour being killed last year. The lorry driver was over tired and fell a sleep..

Shannon757 wrote: »

But would the dinner not spill?

No not when leaning over the wheel.

God help anyone if steering was knocked or a blow out then there would be no hope.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes that truly beats anything we have seen yet, he should be going straight to a prison cell.

Yep, lets just hope they didn't handcuff him or he'll get off!:mad:

A CO WATERFORD man has had drink driving charges dismissed due to a judgement that a Kildare garda unlawfully handcuffed him.

topmanamillion wrote: »

I don't think you understand the kind of pressures truck drivers are under to meet deadlines. I can guarantee you he has a bare minimum of deliveries that need to be made just so he can make ends meet and no one give a continental if he`s had time to eat his dinner or not.
We`re all guilty of it, but if a delivery man is late with your new suite of furniture or whatever, is the first thing you ask him did he have a nice dinner?

I'm pretty sure he knows exactly the pressures a trucker faces

Truckermal wrote: »

Exactly but I always come first fcuk any idiot shouting down the phone and if they did I would stop for longer to p1ss them off.

There is no excuse for rushing and racing like that, he will end up killing someone..

I spend a good bit of time on the road myself and I always do my very best to stop for lunch. I get really hangry otherwise and that's not a good idea when driving.

topmanamillion wrote: »

I don't think you understand the kind of pressures truck drivers are under to meet deadlines. I can guarantee you he has a bare minimum of deliveries that need to be made just so he can make ends meet and no one give a continental if he`s had time to eat his dinner or not.
We`re all guilty of it, but if a delivery man is late with your new suite of furniture or whatever, is the first thing you ask him did he have a nice dinner?

I've told a busload of passengers to their faces that they would be delayed because I had to take a required driving break, it is part of the job of a professional driver to abide by the rules.

If less idiots were willing to ignore the law and "oblige" their employers then it would be a better industry for everyone to work in.

Truckermal wrote: »

Exactly but I always come first fcuk any idiot shouting down the phone and if they did I would stop for longer to p1ss them off.

There is no excuse for rushing and racing like that, he will end up killing someone..

And when that happens, neither his employer or customers will be in the dock alongside him to answer the charges.

I found that asking anyone demanding that corners be cut to put it all in writing that they were ordering me to do so would quickly shut them up.

Thought about calling the traffic watch last night when a couple of UK reg cars (most likely belonging to a certain minority) were weaving in and out of traffic on the M18 and basically using the motorway like their own private racetrack but thought, why bother, by the time the Gardai get out on the road, they'll probably be long gone, judging by the speed they were going at and what would they do, say drive properly and thats it. Would only be worth it, if you knew the Gardai would seize the cars, but then you'd probably have Pavee Point saying they were only out to do their christmas shopping and that theyre good people, and are being discriminated against.

Mc Love wrote: »

Thought about calling the traffic watch last night when a couple of UK reg cars (most likely belonging to a certain minority) were weaving in and out of traffic on the M18 and basically using the motorway like their own private racetrack but thought, why bother, by the time the Gardai get out on the road, they'll probably be long gone, judging by the speed they were going at and what would they do, say drive properly and thats it. Would only be worth it, if you knew the Gardai would seize the cars, but then you'd probably have Pavee Point saying they were only out to do their christmas shopping and that theyre good people, and are being discriminated against.

They are a royal pain in the hole around these parts at the moment. It's getting to the stage where they're not only taking over Rathkeale but also Adare and the City. The crescent is a no go area. Overheard two 18 year old lads chatting how they thought the new boxter was great value at £45000 and will definitely get one when coming back next Christmas. I don't even earn that in a year.

AGS seized a wheelie bin couple of days ago.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/811705402865893376

I would hate to be the recovery guy on that job.

Imagine what's living in that primera. I really would love if they actually made this a real TV series and show cars being stopped and taken and embarrass the pure dipsticks.