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Originally Posted by Wagsie
And if you had any skill as one yourself you would already know why most HGV drivers do it
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Meaoooow!
I'm not an HGV driver, please enlighten me as to why they do it?
Also, on the subject of silly overtakes, if you can enlighten me as to why they bother to take 3 minutes overtaking another truck after they've pulled out? Instead of just sitting behind it? I'd love to understand that one too.
Lets say they have to gain 40 metres to overtake a 16.5 metre truck, and they take 3 minutes to do it. They are gaining on the other truck by 0.22 metres per second, or about 1/2 of a mph. So if they both drive for 2 hours the truck will be 1 mile further ahead than the other truck, or at a steady 56mph, a smidgen over 1 minute ahead (after 2 hours of driving remember!). If the overtaking truck gets caught at traffic lights, or spends one minute longer on his tea break, the other truck catches up and the overtake was a complete waste of time, achieving nothing other than 3 minutes of congestion.
Why?