Centurion Traffic Management

[saff]

A big thank you to the driver of the flatback truck reg no YG17FZK from the aforementioned company.

You managed to endanger myself and my wife by tailgating so close I could only see your grill. The constantly flashing headlights only added to the stress of the situation.

This was today at about 14:45 today on the southbound M6 between junctions 35 and 34, in wet conditions on a crowded carriageway (which may explain my inability to move out of your way) at speeds around 70mph.

We then observed you tailgating a number of other vehicles as our journey continued.

You really need to behave yourself before you kill someone.

 

[c63chris]

Drop a line to the company it will not want its drivers behaving like that with their name on the vehicle

 

[m2287]

Moment dad is crushed to death by van driver who fell asleep at the wheel

 

[MercedesDriver]

That guy is in need of trafic management.

 

[saff]

Ta for the replies.

I thought about flagging it up to the company but unless I give them my details I'm sure they wouldn't be interested. I don't want to give my details to strangers with a possible axe to grind.

 

[ernie]

Ta for the replies.

I thought about flagging it up to the company but unless I give them my details I'm sure they wouldn't be interested. I don't want to give my details to strangers with a possible axe to grind.

I have twice or three times reported dangerous driving to Transport Managers. In one case, the driver was clearly falling asleep and I was assured that he would be immediately contacted and taken off the road. In another, I offered dashcam evidence of aggressive tailgating but was told they didn't need it; my phone call was sufficient to instigate disciplinary action and besides, they had dashcams fitted so they would review footage. In both instances, multinational companies were involved and they didn't insist on my details, but offered to call me back on the outcome.

I would have no hesitation in reporting such instances; the more of them taken off the road the better!

Ernie

 

[Delayed Steve]

I work in the transport industry and I don't want to burst ernie's bubble but ringing the transport manager won't make any difference, the transport manager will tell you what you want to hear and then do nothing..
You won't get anyone taken off the road because they can't get hgv drivers. These days someone with a class one licence could sleep with the bosses wife and he'd still have job on Monday!!!
They're know who their bad drivers are. They get a lot of phone calls some justified some not, they aren't interested..
Let the nut job pass he's better in front of you than behind you.

 

[ringway]

I've often seen this sort of thing too.
Around 25 years ago, I saw a scene reminiscent from one of my favourite films - DUEL.

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A huge artic was terrorising a small blue car occupied by a frail old couple on the motorway.
I think the episode lasted so long because the old man driver and his old lady passenger were paralysed with fear and just didn't know what to do.
It was horrendous, so much so that I can still remember the reg of the lorry - G584 UTC.

 

[saff]

I have on a few occasions over the years contacted companies over poor driving from drivers of their liveried vehicles and the responses have varied from blatant 'couldn't be rsed' to obviously insincere apologies.
I've given up bothering now and again would not reveal my details to anyone who may have an axe to grind. Its good to vent sometimes but reluctant to take it any further.

 

[pmcgsmurf]

I was once many years ago was on the way from Stirling to Perth up the A9.

Overtook a Range Rover which then took exception and started tail gating me and being down right aggressive.

I slowed way down, let him go on his way and drove straight to the police station in Perth to report him as i had took his number.
turned out they had further reports and pulled the chap over a bit further up the A9, he was charged and it went to court.

i was called as a witness and had to go to Perth for the court date but at the eleventh hour he changed his plea to guilty.
The chap worked for a very famous advertising agency and had the same surname as the agency.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I was once many years ago was on the way from Stirling to Perth up the A9.

Overtook a Range Rover which then took exception and started tail gating me and being down right aggressive.

I slowed way down, let him go on his way and drove straight to the police station in Perth to report him as i had took his number.
turned out they had further reports and pulled the chap over a bit further up the A9, he was charged and it went to court.

i was called as a witness and had to go to Perth for the court date but at the eleventh hour he changed his plea to guilty.
The chap worked for a very famous advertising agency and had the same surname as the agency.

Did he have a brother by any chance?

 

[pmcgsmurf]

Did he have a brother by any chance?

Yes, you guessed.

 

[renault12ts]

Itchy and Scratchy.

 

[Petrol Pete]

Cheech & Chong

 

[philsmerc]

Reminds me of many years ago, when I managed a large team of repair technicians, who had a mixture of Transits and Escort vans (all liveried).

I received a call one day from a rather well spoken gent, who lived in a rural village location and he was complaining about one of our company transits, allegedly speeding through the village. I asked if he had managed to get any vehicle registration details, to which he then went ranting on along the lines of "no I didn't but you must know who it was, as it was exactly 3pm on xxx date".

I said that I was indeed very sorry if one of our drivers had caused concern and although I would be unlikely to identify the vehicle/driver (the company had over 30k vehicles on the UK fleet at that time), I would brief my own team and circulate details to team managers from the wider area.

Well, he wasn't having any of that and persisted bending my ear! I tried to explain that all of our managers, carried out regular quality checks on our staff, including spending a day out on the road with them several time a year. I also explained that in cases where we could identify poor driving, our company policy was to give verbal and written warnings and in extreme or persistent complaints, drivers would be required to be formerly reassessed by our internal fleet management team. He then went on to suggest that our company didn't take road safety seriously and doubted our ability to assess the driving abilities of our personnel.

You can't win them all.