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UK Drivers Forums. Easily the UK's busiest forums for the professional truck or van driver. Hundreds of messages are posted each week, and here are the cream of the recent posts...
TOPIC: Hi all, what's your opinion on... BY Grayham: Sunday 5 July, 9:42pm
"...TRUCKERS WHO don't say 'thank you when you flash them in, either from a slip road or after overtaking?"
I'm new here, I am 25 and have been driving Class 1 for two years (wagon and drag). I have always wanted to join a forum like this for truckers and get a broader opinion on things, and this one thing has been boiling my pee for a while now!
It really annoys me when you flash someone in from a slip road or when they've overtaken you, and they either pull in with no indication, indicate in and don't flip the indicators or hazards to say thanks, or just seem to carry on for another lorry 'length or two and then pull in,
Now I accept that car/van drivers and foreign lorries probably wouldn't understand this British custom, and that 7.5-tonners may not either, since most of them are just starting out on the mad of trucking, but Class 1 and 2 drivers? ft's rude in my opinion. I know it's not a written rule, but you're trying to help a fellow trucker out and you don't get any thanks in return; it's even more annoying when you see them further up the road passing another trucker, and saying thanks to them.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm a nice guy, I don't go around with a huge chip on my shoulder etc. but I would love to hear other opinions on this,