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Rikki Chequer, community manager of TruckNet UK, reports on the
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hot topics of discussion among members of the UK's leading truck dryer forum A post on speed limits for LGVs has raised some interesting responses; most contributors to TruckNet UK's forums seem to want the limits to stay as they are. One driver wonders why anyone would volunteer to work harder: "If you worked in a sausage factory and there was a sign on the wall saying 'Only make 56 sausages an hour', why on earth would you campaign to be allowed to make more?"
Other respondents cite the fuel savings that result from running at lower speeds, There Is some feeling that the 40m oh limit on single-carriageway roads can lead to frustration among other motorists and if any limit needs reviewing it Is that one.
In the Newand Wan nabe Drivers' forum, site users are comparing the costs of passing the LGV tests: the cost of going from zero to Class 1 seem to vary from £900 to £3,000.
Further to the already numerous tales of Middle East trucking in the Old Time Lorries, Companies and Drivers forum, a new member has bought a wealth of previously unseen photos of the trucks and drivers that ventured to the Middle East and some of the views they encountered.
Moving f locr trailers can be a bit of a mystery to a driver who has never had the opportunity to use one. Fortunately a driver in that situation has turned to the forums for some advice and plenty of his peers have come forward with helpful hints and tips.
A scary number of drivers are reporting that at some point they have had missiles thrown at them while driving; drivers are reporting cans and bottles being heaved at them as they passed. Objects thrown off bridges are causing some dryers to feel nervous every time they pass under a bridge that has a number of younger people on it. One driver tells how he was shot at with an air rifle, with the pellet narrowly missing his eye.
All the professional drivers in this thread call for far harsher penalties for the people Involved In throwing the objects.
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