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Quote: Originally posted by SHOGUN30 on 17/8/2013

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               Lorries should never overtake you unless you are going to slow.
What kind of ridiculous statement is that? I'm sorry but as a lorry driver myself that just doesn't make sense if you are going slower than the lorry of course it will overtake you!!! The problem arises when the lorry is half way past and then the vehicle being overtaken then speeds up leaving the lorry stuck in the outside lane,either go slow enough to be overtaken quickly or fast enough not to be overtaken...

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Quote: Originally posted by Reworht on 17/8/2013

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Forgive me - but if he "was about to overtake a car an caravan that was already overtaking a waggon." then presumably he was intending to use the outside/third lane of the motorway. Under the Road Traffic Act, I thought caravans were not allowed in the outside lane?

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Quote: Originally posted by Reworht on 17/8/2013

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Forgive me - but if he "was about to overtake a car an caravan that was already overtaking a waggon." then presumably he was intending to use the outside/third lane of the motorway. Under the Road Traffic Act, I thought caravans were not allowed in the outside lane?

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many things can cause a caravan to turn over. May be the driver had to react quickly becasue of a bad driver in front or maybe a blow out. On my trip back from wales with my caravan I started to overtake 2 cars. When I got up along the first I noticed they were very close together and then realised that one ewas actually pushing the other up the M5. This frightened me as I had visions of the car in front suddenly spinning into my path, so in this instance I used lane 3 to get well out of the way, even though I shouldn't. Anything can happen on the road, it isn't always the poor persons fault who takes the most damage.

Talking about 4 x 4 vehicles, they actually are not as stable as a car becasue their centre of gravity is so high. The only benefit of a 4 x 4 is power and traction.

The 4x4 haters out in force again.  

I see lots of people with badly loaded vans overtaking on the M5 - most of em seem to be in big estate cars with so much stuff in the back of the car, the tail end is almost on the floor.

IMHO the majority of accidents are caused by excessive speed, regardless of the tow car, especially on downhill stretches or where the road surface is not too good.

We also have a 4x4 due to weight issues and realise that you still have to drive it well and use common sense when towing.   Stupidity is not limited to 4x4 drivers.

Quote: Originally posted by lunarvenus on 18/8/2013

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Why let yourself get overtaken by lorries though. Its bad enough when coaches overtake.
Most lorries are limited to 56mph, you should be able to do 60mph safely enough. If you can't to 60 there is something wrong.
The outfit should be more than capable of doing more than the limit which would make it more than safe enough to do the limit.

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