Riding into work yesterday I passed a car transporter carrying an old scrap car. As he went under a tree the roof rack was swept off the top of the car and landed on the back of the bike, fortunately causing no damage other than scaring the [censored] out of me.
I stopped at the garage down the road where I guessed the car had come from, and the bloke said "ah, he said he didn't reckon that would stay on."
Hmmm. Time for a trip to the cop shop?
-- Guy === I wonder if you wouldn't mind piecing out our imperfections with your thoughts; and while you're about it perhaps you could think when we talk of bicycles, that you see them printing their proud wheels i' the receiving earth; thanks awfully.
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Riding into work yesterday I passed a car transporter carrying an old scrap car. As he went under a tree the roof rack was swept off the top of the car and landed on the back of the bike, fortunately causing no damage other than scaring the [censored] out of me.
I stopped at the garage down the road where I guessed the car had come from, and the bloke said "ah, he said he didn't reckon that would stay on."
Hmmm. Time for a trip to the cop shop?
Why not first write a letter of complaint to the car transporter company? -- Michael MacClancy
I *loathe* cycling behind or driving behind skip lorries with loaded skips on them. Invariably the skip is well overloaded, with all sorts of potential missiles hangin off the top & wobbling around precariously because the load is uncovered.
Glad you weren't hurt.
Cheers, helen s
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In message <[email hidden]>, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> writes
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Riding into work yesterday I passed a car transporter carrying an old scrap car. As he went under a tree the roof rack was swept off the top of the car and landed on the back of the bike, fortunately causing no damage other than scaring the [censored] out of me.
I stopped at the garage down the road where I guessed the car had come from, and the bloke said "ah, he said he didn't reckon that would stay on."
Hmmm. Time for a trip to the cop shop?
Why not first write a letter of complaint to the car transporter company?
By the time they do anything it will be too late to report it to the police. I'd firstly leave it to the cops to deal with.
It sounds as if there was an admission concern even before the vehicle set off, so no excuses. Will the 'garage bloke' make a staement tho', or clam up. The driver and company should have the book thrown at them.
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Riding into work yesterday I passed a car transporter carrying an old
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car. As he went under a tree the roof rack was swept off the top of the
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Why not first write a letter of complaint to the car transporter company?
It looks like a one-man band - shabby old transporter.
-- Guy === I wonder if you wouldn't mind piecing out our imperfections with your thoughts; and while you're about it perhaps you could think when we talk of bicycles, that you see them printing their proud wheels i' the receiving earth; thanks awfully.
Riding into work yesterday I passed a car transporter carrying an old scrap car. As he went under a tree the roof rack was swept off the top of the car and landed on the back of the bike, fortunately causing no damage other than scaring the [censored] out of me.
I stopped at the garage down the road where I guessed the car had come from, and the bloke said "ah, he said he didn't reckon that would stay on."
Hmmm. Time for a trip to the cop shop?
Do you really need to ask ?
😉
Morons like this shouldn't be allowed to work in this manner at all. They not only endanger cyclists but also Everyone else on the road. I'd shop him as quickly as I could, no question about it .. 😉
"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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Hmmm. Time for a trip to the cop shop?
Serpently. Even if they don't act on this occasion they may keep an eye out for the transporter and in fact jump at the chance to pull it in the future. Insecure load is an offence, (sorry if I'm giving you egg sucking advice) and the thing's most probably a death trap.
PS. My daughter's just passed her driving theory test, the lead up to this had me referring to the HC <1> and it made me realise just how many seemingly trivial <2> transgressions my fellow motorists make, then they have the audacity to bleat every time a cyclist transgresses!!
<1> Yes, I know I should try to keep up to date with it as a matter of routine ;-) <2> I'm already quite aware of the less trivial transgressions :-(
PS. My daughter's just passed her driving theory test, the lead up to this had me referring to the HC <1> and it made me realise just how many seemingly trivial <2> transgressions my fellow motorists make, then they have the audacity to bleat every time a cyclist transgresses!!
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Heh! You want to try around here. You get behind a lorry transporting live animals packed like sardines, and it's raw disease that slops out.
In Norfolk, more often than not, it's HGVs transporting chickens or turkeys and worst of all, are the HGVs filled with the floor sweepings from the poultry sheds. Avian "waste", wings ripped off, heads... I kid you not. It is not a pretty sight or a one of pleasant odour :-(
Cheers, helen s
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In Norfolk, more often than not, it's HGVs transporting chickens or turkeys and worst of all, are the HGVs filled with the floor sweepings from the poultry sheds. Avian "waste", wings ripped off, heads... I kid you not. It is not a pretty sight or a one of pleasant odour :-(
I *loathe* cycling behind or driving behind skip lorries with loaded skips on them. Invariably the skip is well overloaded, with all sorts of potential missiles hangin off the top & wobbling around precariously because the load is uncovered.
Report them to the council and/or the police- all skips *must* be netted in transit, it's a legal requirement (I used to work for a waste disposal company). At the very least the company operating the skip should get its backside kicked.
-- Carol Hague "Motorized vehicles are ugly and dirty and they bring out the worst in people. " - Bill Bryson, _Notes from a Small Island_
In Norfolk, more often than not, it's HGVs transporting chickens or turkeys and worst of all, are the HGVs filled with the floor sweepings from the poultry sheds. Avian "waste", wings ripped off, heads... I kid you not. It is not a pretty sight or a one of pleasant odour :-(
What about them there escaping rheas? Either "Sorry, I have't a clue" or "The news quiz" may help you here, Helen - I cannot recall which prog is the relevant one.
