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Rikki Chequer, TruckNet UK community manager, is worried about the weather this week.
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The cold snap last week produced a few comments on the forums. The standard of driving not only from other road users, but also from fellow professionals was one topic that cropped up. Of course, there is the usual variety of contributions from those who thought many other road users were travelling too fast for the conditions, to those stating they couldn't understand why everyone seemed to panic and slam on the anchors at the slightest hint of white stuff falling from the sky.
One topic that arose from this was: "Night heater not working worth a VOIR or not?" This has raised a number of posts. Many drivers would refuse to start a journey if the cab didn't have a night heater. Others point out that not that long ago. sleeper cabs weren't that abundant, and that it's not that hard to use more blankets.
"Loading bays, designed and built by idiots" is a thread detailing the daftest, most difficult bays to get on! Sainsbury's Charlton seems to get a lot of votes in this section. Other contenders are The Pavilion Birmingham, with one user saying: "It has a seriously restricted turning area, littered with concrete columns for the unwary to strike.
"The loading bays have been built about two inches higher than a standard truck bed, so unless you have adjustable air suspension, you can't unload directly off the back of your wagon. Finally, the floor is lopsided, so when one side of your tail lift is touching the floor, the other has a two-inch gap.
'And who thought it would be a good idea to let Joe Public bring his car in to collect bulky items in the same place? Mixing reversing HGVs with the Great British public in a confined space. What a great idea!'
Similarly, another forum user says: "My favourite — not — is Union Papertech, Heywood. Designed, nay, built when everything came in and out by horse."
Finally, the ex-pat British truck drivers now working in the US are discussing the benefits of satellite radio. A revelation, one calls it, while another finds it disconcerting driving down the "US blacktop" tuned into Radio 2.