oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Heavy goods vehicles and their drivers and conditions of work have appeared on this forum several times but I have a couple of particular rants. Why can they not stay on their own side of the road? They manage to do it easily when they meet another heavy but when I appear in my motorhome they are about a foot on my side of the white line and will not move over. In my relatively fragile machine I have to stray too far over to my left to avoid a clash of mirrors at best and risk damage from the street furniture on the inside. Next why can they not measure the height of the vehicle? Connel Bridge near Oban is frequently closed for hours because tho’ the height is clearly marked some idiot gets jammed under the girders. The police are no help and simply say they have no idea how long it will be closed for. The local school seem to be able to tell parents about times. I recently had a 90 mile high speed detour when this happened. Not terribly safe as I did go through Glencoe for example but it was just a blur. Current rant over.