Not all truck drivers are ****holes

soup

Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
(Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
working give that much consideration is very unusual.
A round of applause for him I think.
--
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

Simonb

soup wrote:

> A round of applause for him I think.

<claps>
<falls off bike>

Tony Raven

Simonb wrote:
> soup wrote:
>
>
>> A round of applause for him I think.
>
>
> <claps>
> <falls off bike>
>
>

Teach you to clap and browse Usenet while cycling. I'm sure Boris would
support your right to do so though ;-)

Tony

Tony Raven

soup wrote:
> Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
> between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
> (Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
> well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
> but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
> ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
> to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
> working give that much consideration is very unusual.
> A round of applause for him I think.


....or maybe some truck drivers are cyclists. I know I always give
special consideration to cyclists when I'm driving.

Tony

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers

>Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
>between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
>(Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
>well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
>but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
>ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
>to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
>working give that much consideration is very unusual.
> A round of applause for him I think.

What would probably be really appreciated by the driver is that if you rang
Weissman dairies and told them of this - they could probably identify the
driver and he could well get a metaphoric pat on the back. It also looks good
for the company if their drivers are seen to be courteous and it gets reported
back.

Cheers, helen s



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Simon Mason

"soup" <1@2.invalid.com> wrote in message
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>
> Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
> between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
> (Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
> well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
> but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
> ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
> to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
> working give that much consideration is very unusual.
> A round of applause for him I think.
>

To be fair to lorry drivers, they are the best. The HGV test is very tough
to pass and they can have their whole livelihood to lose of they injure or
kill someone. I have very many to deal with on our docks road every day,
they nearly always move lanes and I get no abuse even though there is a
parallel cycle path. I just wish they weren't so scary.

--
Simon M.

soup

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers popped their head over the parapet
saw what was going on and said
> > Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
> > between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
> > (Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
> > well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
> > but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
> > ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
> > to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
> > working give that much consideration is very unusual.
> > A round of applause for him I think.
>
> What would probably be really appreciated by the driver is that if
> you rang Weissman dairies and told them of this - they could probably
> identify the driver and he could well get a metaphoric pat on the
> back. It also looks good for the company if their drivers are seen to
> be courteous and it gets reported back.

E-Mail is off to them (I don't talk very well on the 'phone).
[Bum stear by me too it's Wiseman not Weissman.]

--
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers

>E-Mail is off to them (I don't talk very well on the 'phone).
>[Bum stear by me too it's Wiseman not Weissman.]

*Excellent*. I did this with a local firm near me and it seems it went down
really well with the drivers as most people only complain.

Cheers, helen s


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Gonzalez

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:40:06 -0000, "Simonb"
<sbennett@YOUAREALLNETDENIZENSwiderworld.co.uk> wrote:

>soup wrote:
>
>> A round of applause for him I think.
>
><claps>
><falls off bike>

Now look what the truck driver has caused!

Tony Hogarty

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:43:01 +0000, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers
wrote:

>>Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15 between Balerno and
>>the Kirknewton turn off, lorry (Weissman dairies) came up behind me I
>>thought "ah well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
>>but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in ahead of me
>>indicating all the time (OK he is supposed to) but all the same to have
>>someone who was actually working give that much consideration is very
>>unusual.
>> A round of applause for him I think.
>
> What would probably be really appreciated by the driver is that if you
> rang Weissman dairies and told them of this - they could probably identify
> the driver and he could well get a metaphoric pat on the back. It also
> looks good for the company if their drivers are seen to be courteous and
> it gets reported back.
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
>
>
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>
> --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched
> off--

Agreed. I called one of the courier companies to comment on how there
driver had taken the trouble to stop and not drive through a large puddle
and cover me with water when I was cycling. The driver was well pleased
as besides the pat on the back from the manager he was also entitled to a
share of a bonus pool kept for drivers who receive complements.

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Regards

Tony Hogarty
(Take out the garbage to reply)

Simon Brooke

in message <cK_td.33675$up1.30708@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, soup
('1@2.invalid.com') wrote:

> dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers popped their head over the parapet
> saw what was going on and said
>> > Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
>> > between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
>> > (Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
>> > well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
>> > but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
>> > ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
>> > to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
>> > working give that much consideration is very unusual.
>> > A round of applause for him I think.
>>
>> What would probably be really appreciated by the driver is that if
>> you rang Weissman dairies and told them of this - they could probably
>> identify the driver and he could well get a metaphoric pat on the
>> back. It also looks good for the company if their drivers are seen to
>> be courteous and it gets reported back.
>
> E-Mail is off to them (I don't talk very well on the 'phone).
> [Bum stear by me too it's Wiseman not Weissman.]

Indeed. One of their tanker drivers overtook Juliette much too close on
a blind bend about four months ago, with the result that she wrote a
stinker of a letter to Mr Wiseman personally; and received a droid
letter back saying that the driver had been reprimanded. So when they
do good to cyclists they ought to get their backs patted.

--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; An enamorata is for life, not just for weekends.

Mike Gayler

"soup" <1@2.invalid.com> writed in news:zyYtd.33590$up1.15737
@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

> Was cycling today along the A70 (Lanark road) 10.15
> between Balerno and the Kirknewton turn off, lorry
> (Weissman dairies) came up behind me I thought "ah
> well here goes all that buffeting and crap getting sprayed"
> but he drove onto the other lane, passed me and pulled in
> ahead of me indicating all the time (OK he is supposed
> to) but all the same to have someone who was actually
> working give that much consideration is very unusual.
> A round of applause for him I think.

Curious co-incident (maybe) in that I had a good experience with a lorry
on the way home, on my least favorite stretch of Leicester suburban road,
a heavy lorry was hanging back (and without loud revving) rather than
doing the usual along there - after it eventually passed me I realised
that it was ..... French.
Just goes to reinforce my predjudices in favour of French drivers (based
on experience in cycling heaven aka Brittany).

Jon Senior

Mike Gayler wrote:
> Just goes to reinforce my predjudices in favour of French drivers (based
> on experience in cycling heaven aka Brittany).

Whereabouts in Brittany? I go there every Easter with family and am
thinking of attempting one or more of the permanent (AUK) audaxes there
this year.

Jon

Russell Fulker

Simon Mason wrote:
>
> To be fair to lorry drivers, they are the best. The HGV test is very tough
> to pass and they can have their whole livelihood to lose of they injure or
> kill someone. I have very many to deal with on our docks road every day,
> they nearly always move lanes and I get no abuse even though there is a
> parallel cycle path. I just wish they weren't so scary.
>
> --

Shame the Firow skip lorry that overtakes me regularly isn't as
considerate. I regularly get a blast from his horn when he's right
behind me, presumably because I'm not on the cycle path :-(

Each time I vow to do something about it, but I'm generally a bit more
relaxed by the time I get to work. One day, though...