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I'm trying to trace a commercial vehicle after a brief encounter tonight that scared me . Some background...it's 9:25 pm and I'm waiting at this junction heading north towards Chelsea Bridge. I'm on Queenstown Road where it crosses Battersea Park Road. There are two lanes for going straight ahead, but only room for one car or lorry on the other side of the junction.
Here is a map/Streetview link...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cp=5&gs_id=v&xhr=t&q=sw8 3ns&rlz=1W1ADFA_enGB469&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tljp1328225061062016&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
There is hardly any traffic, and the lights are red. I'm on the inside of the left lane at the front of the queue with a lorry behind me, and a car to the lorry's right. The lights go green and I head off for a few yards towards the centre of the junction. The lorry comes past me at surprising speed leaving less than a foot between its side and my right shoulder and roars off towards the roundabout ahead. I can only imagine that the lorry driver was keen to get across the junction before the car.
I stopped and wrote down his reg. GN60 FDK. I was a bit shaken and may have got it wrong. The lorry was red/maroon and signed with what looked like a purple Cadburys chocolate logo on the side. I may have got that wrong too. The lorry itself was something like this one in size, maybe a bit bigger but not an artic. I don't know the make.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=UK lorries&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=772&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=DJHAzkyzKXOonM:&imgrefurl=http://www.trucklocator.co.uk/truck-for-sale-marques.php?van=31&docid=DkoN3nfItqXD-M&imgurl=http://www.trucklocator.co.uk/trucks-for-sale/0131085001200649619l.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=MSErT-7dBtK78gPxmJzmDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=937&sig=114567561634777407283&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=88&ty=58
I'm quite used to London traffic and I couldn't honestly say that I thought that I was going get badly hurt. What really pissed me off was the sheer stupidity and thoughtlessness of his driving. For the first time ever, I'd like to report this so that someone can have a word in his ear before he hits somebody.
Sorry for rambling on, but if somebody can help me to track down the name of the lorry operator, I'd be really grateful.
Thank-you.
EDIT: Sorry, the pin on the map is not the location of the junction
Here is a map/Streetview link...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&cp=5&gs_id=v&xhr=t&q=sw8 3ns&rlz=1W1ADFA_enGB469&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tljp1328225061062016&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
There is hardly any traffic, and the lights are red. I'm on the inside of the left lane at the front of the queue with a lorry behind me, and a car to the lorry's right. The lights go green and I head off for a few yards towards the centre of the junction. The lorry comes past me at surprising speed leaving less than a foot between its side and my right shoulder and roars off towards the roundabout ahead. I can only imagine that the lorry driver was keen to get across the junction before the car.
I stopped and wrote down his reg. GN60 FDK. I was a bit shaken and may have got it wrong. The lorry was red/maroon and signed with what looked like a purple Cadburys chocolate logo on the side. I may have got that wrong too. The lorry itself was something like this one in size, maybe a bit bigger but not an artic. I don't know the make.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=UK lorries&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=772&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=DJHAzkyzKXOonM:&imgrefurl=http://www.trucklocator.co.uk/truck-for-sale-marques.php?van=31&docid=DkoN3nfItqXD-M&imgurl=http://www.trucklocator.co.uk/trucks-for-sale/0131085001200649619l.jpg&w=400&h=300&ei=MSErT-7dBtK78gPxmJzmDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=937&sig=114567561634777407283&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=88&ty=58
I'm quite used to London traffic and I couldn't honestly say that I thought that I was going get badly hurt. What really pissed me off was the sheer stupidity and thoughtlessness of his driving. For the first time ever, I'd like to report this so that someone can have a word in his ear before he hits somebody.
Sorry for rambling on, but if somebody can help me to track down the name of the lorry operator, I'd be really grateful.
Thank-you.
EDIT: Sorry, the pin on the map is not the location of the junction