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Old 04-07-2016, 15:07   #31
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Very true, my van is max weight of 1400kg maybe less, and my tezzy can pull 2800kg, so only working at half capacity too

Unlike the auto versions, blocky
I too could have a tiny caravan but I love my 2tn palace
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Old 04-07-2016, 15:13   #32
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I too could have a tiny caravan but I love my 2tn palace
It's not the size that matters
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Old 04-07-2016, 15:31   #33
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It's not the size that matters
Effin is when your mother n law is holidaying with you
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Old 04-07-2016, 15:37   #34
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Effin is when your mother n law is holidaying with you
JESUS!!!!!!!!!!! What are you up to on holiday with the mother in law
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Old 04-07-2016, 15:50   #35
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JESUS!!!!!!!!!!! What are you up to on holiday with the mother in law
Not my choice pal that's for sure.
I usually resort to other measures too numb the pain
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You must have the patience of a saint Ian, I don't what to say, I would be serving time by now
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Old 04-07-2016, 21:37   #37
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You must have the patience of a saint Ian, I don't what to say, I would be serving time by now
Mine in laws live with us...that's enough to test anyone's patience!!
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Mine in laws live with us...that's enough to test anyone's patience!!
I like my time alone bud, i bet you struggle for that, i would go batty
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Mine in laws live with us...that's enough to test anyone's patience!!
I feel better now
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Old 05-07-2016, 03:48   #40
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Re road rage, we have onboard cameras, and I must admit it has curbed my reaction to it.
What ever you do and say is recorded, so if I see something happen...

Like "Look at this silly old chap, undertakes the traffic in lane 3 and pulls across and causes cars in lane 3 to brake hard, A bit of an idiot I would say, what what !"
"Car was a *** and reg No. ******* "

It makes you feel better, as you have the recorded footage, we don't do anything with it though, but I'm sure I would surrender it to the police, if said vehicle was involved in an incident.
Current trend we see is cars pulling open top trailers in lane 3 of 3 lane motorway at speeds in excess of 80 mph
Also, lane 3 is often congested nose to tail with commercial vans and flat bed transit type vehicles doing in excess of 80 mph hardly a van length between them.
Also heading south on M40 in the early morning. eg 5:00 am are loads of sheds on the rear of transit flat beds lol.
We just trundle along in lane 1 with the safety of the hard shoulder should we need it, to get out of the way.
No fun travelling anywhere, too many people in a rush.
Quite funny to watch these idiots, they join the motorway and seem to do a pitstop start, ie floor it, get to the outside lane, brake hard, stay a few metres off the car in front, constantly braking, you observe this for many minutes as you trundle along in lane 1 they are making very little progress, over the same journey, they might save 10 minutes over you, if they make it at all.
They have probably used 50% more fuel than you, and get through sets of brake pads and tyres every 20k miles or less.

When will they ever learn? When will they ev---ver learn?

I feel a song coming on, I bet you were humming this too lol.
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Old 05-07-2016, 07:23   #41
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I take one of the most congested highways in Belgium to work everyday, 4 lanes.
Very quickly realised the left lane is not the place to be when the jam starts
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Do those crazy Belgians still race up to you in the outside lane of the motorway and then sit inches off your tail in order to encourage you to move over?
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Some of them surely do. But as I've noticed, not when you are driving a muddy T2 with a towbar .

Also legislation changed, police crack down on traffic misbehaviour a lot more.
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Some of them surely do. But as I've noticed, not when you are driving a muddy T2 with a towbar .

Also legislation changed, police crack down on traffic misbehaviour a lot more.
That's good, they were by far the worst drivers I came across. I lived and traveled daily on the A1 Spain, followed by the French who were almost as bad. The Brits were amusing in a not getting that flashing the headlamps mean I'm coming through and not "after you!" kind of way...
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Even though I'm Belgian myself, I have to admit you are correct. There's talk now of improving the driving courses one has to take before the drivers license exam, let's hope that slowly solves the issue.

Two things stand out in this country: the enormous amount of people playing with their cellphone while driving, and the amount of accidents caused by aged drivers (who never had to do an exam... and there is no system to check someone is still capable of driving...).

An example, in French, but the video at the bottom is clear enough: 75y old driver not realising he is driving against traffic on the highway. 3 people killed.
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