Most of the time if you meet locals along these country lanes they have already experienced meeting bigger vehicles and are very aware of where they can pas. It`s just when you meet the nervous and idiots when the problems start!
Another quality video Luke, watched on my return from my renewal Medical with D4Drivers 👍for HGV/PSV all passed for another year now I’ve reached 65! Nice to see you in Crowborough my late Dads hometown and where I visited a couple of days before you! Do miss the Vehicle Turning Left!😂 Keep up the good work and keep safe! 😀🚛
Good to see you were not tempted to get food from the burger van in that layby. Well done Luke. Some of these drivers just drive to the end of their bonnet. No vision of their surrounding space. Great vid. Stay safe and take care.
I wov your vlogs luck c in a truck it helps distract me with my medical conditions that I have and watching the beautifull countryside and seeing u talking is nice
Hi Luke, 10:47 saw the flowers this was a tragic incident where an ambulance collided with a stationery cement lorry parked in the lay by during the night of January 5 2022. One female ambulance person was fatal kill one male was taken in a life threatening condition long recovery and one male trainee paramedic suffered head injuries. Very sad they came off the wrong exit they wanted the one after but mistook this one for Sevenoaks Weald.
There was a young women and friends I believe did the same on the A47 near Norwich, mistaken the layby for a slip road and ran up the back of a truck at night.
Must be so satisfying reversing where you want to in a oner when I'm parking my caravan I love parking reversed first time and then sit watching all these other drivers talk 15 to 20 to reverse park it
I’d say most Class 2 vehicles have reversing cameras because its one solid unit. But class 1 is very different because you’d have to run an electrical system through a trailer, which isn’t always the companies that you’re working for as you probably know
Little hard for artics unless in a merc. Because they often end up swapping trailers sometimes they will be towed by older units which probly won't have the software/equipment for that
As a US driver it still amazes me that the UK has maintained roads that are not a standard two lanes wide for two-way traffic with large vehicle access. And no lines or road edge markers either. I'd need a heart monitor to drive there at night, but it's just another day for you locals.
This is the main problem I see with driverless cars in the UK. On a lot of smaller country roads, you have to have drive on the grass when you meet an oncomoing vehicle. Not sure how lane keeping AI is going to cope with this atleast in the near term.
Honestly I hadn't even considered them to be a weird thing. Basically every road in my village is narrow enough that you can only just squeeze two cars past. The bus comes through and usually has to mount the curb to get through. And unless you take the main road out the village it's all narrow back roads with a 60mph limit
Great video again Luke. Thank you and Enjoyed it again and all always Interesting to watch. You can not bet a night in your in your own bed. Thanks again. Take care and Stay safe and safe Trucking.
@@paulthomas3841 Perhaps that is not passed on anymore but parking on the snack van is because the other reason is so you can stretch your legs to the snack van or service area to get your blood flowing after sitting for 4+hrs
Yes thats ok if the lay-by is empty ? and vehicles come and go at differenet times ? so you have no choice you have to park where you can , whats the point driving to end to find you cannot park?
@@brianwebb191 You use common sense if you can't see a spot there then obviously you park where you can or you could go round again but then you might be out of hours, these days you see trucks parked side by side at the beginning of a layby , where's the sense in that, any later arriving trucks have to bounce the kerbs to get a space
Used to make me chuckle when driving to Batts Combe quarry in Cheddar It’s a narrow lane that goes up to the quarry through the top of the village past a number of houses You would get disapproving looks from pedestrians and car drivers from the passing tippers and bulk tipper artics etc, it was a fairly busy old site with a lot of traffic using not a lot of road The quarry has been there since the ‘early 20th century’ so it predates all the people living there, and they chose to live there - after all! Like people who move near to Castle Combe racetrack and then complain about the noise on Sunday afternoons! Only response is Foxtrot Oscar!
What’s the little square black thing that often hangs off your hoodie? Some sort of tracker? I drove single axle trucks for Jewson building back in the early 80’s, then tandem crane delivery trucks for years out here in Canada. Love seeing the small roads you have to navigate down, spoiled for space here!
Only started watching you very recently and I have my final test next week for my class one and fp you have got me really exited and cannot wait to start work
Ohhh is that what happened. It sort of makes sense. Its a fairly easy mistake to make on that road, you see quite a few people doing it, and driving out the other end. Theres a similar issue at the next junction too with a layby just before the junction. Feel so sorry for all involved.
Unfortunately that’s how content creators like myself get paid for the hours we spend editing and uploading 🤙🏻 May I suggest you purchase RU-vid premium if you no longer wish to see ads?
At least you can skip the ads on YT tho :) plus as Luke said, for the amount of effort that goes into his vids especially, adverts are the only way to make it worthwhile. You would realise that if you had a channel too :)
There’s a little ‘i' next to the ad and I can always skip them just have to press 'repetitive' or something when it asks for a reason, takes a few seconds but can skip the unskippable ones
@@richardmartin3509 I love how they lend out demos. I ended up buying the one I got from Scania last year. It's now done 110k. I'll keep it till it hits 350k then give it to my subbie and I'll get the new one.
People are idiots. HGVs need space so make allowances. Things like hanging back at a junction if u can see one wanting to turn in. Its not rocket science, just slow down and think
I'm a fairly new viewer and this is an older video so you probably won't see it. What people need to realise about Yfood is that it's not a £4 drink, it's a £4 nutritionally complete, 500 calorie meal. I've tried many different ones and Yfood is my favourite though Huel isn't bad either.
Doesn’t matter how old the video, as creators, we use the “studio” app to view analytics being able to view all sorts of information regarding our videos, comments included. The comments section shows the newest first regardless to what video they are on and I also make a. Habit of reading all comments. So just thought I’d let you know :) I see you. Thanks for watching mate and yes you’re right, it’s more than just a drink. It’s an entire meal basically.
Keep up with the weight loss .... I was simerler size to you and lost 8 stone since end of June... throw watching you and yfood I have just start using yfood powder .... love your vlogs
Regarding the slimming drinks, in the berry drink, buy fresh strawberries, and blend them in. Bet that will liven it up a little :) :) Bayou is actually, in the southern US. a marshy outlet of a lake or river and probably full of either alligators or crocs :) :) :)
I enjoyed your video very much. I am a long-retired Police Officer who held a Grade 1 Police Driving Qualification for many years. It seems incredible to me that here in the U.K. we still only teach people just enough to pass a test - even if it takes multiple attempts! I thought I could drive until I took the Police Driving Course. I learned so much! It’s a pity that new drivers are not required to complete a much more comprehensive course before they are allowed on the road. Perhaps the ‘Advanced’ course should become the norm. Safe travels.
As always amazing vids i enjoy them very much thank you :) for your hand washing situation could always get some cheap baby wipes to keep in the cab for situations like that :)
01:45 The recovery guys probably c hanged over because they work off-Tacho, however this limits the range they can travel from their base (to 100km I believe.)
Another great video mate, I have started to use yfood thanks to you mate, could you please put my other half name with mine please mate her name is Gloria
15:30ish, was that an old Bentley, or even a Rolls Royce, going the other way? Bayeux is a region in France, as in the Bayeux Tapestry. Excellent vlog as per usual. 👍👌
Should this video have gone out before the one that shows 24 hours as a truck driver ..... As that shows you setting your truck up.... I'm a tad confused, lol
Enjoy watching your vids, but I have one bit of constructive criticism. Don't keep plugging your merch on screen as many times as you do. You don't need to do that if the link is in the description.
Need to remember that if you're watching it through s smart TV, dongle etc. You don't see the descriptions or any comments made either. So that visual cue works well.
Hi Luke . My go to breakfast was oatmeal ( porridge ) keeps you going from 5am to 11am and helps cut down cholesterol . And a lot of history behind it . The Scottish kept in their sporran . It’s where they keep their wild oats , ( joke ) but it’s always connected to Scotland for thousands of years . Very healthy food 👍🏴
The Bayou is in Louisiana New Orleans district Luke. It was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. I live in the States now but I am still a Brummie at heart Love your videos plus your mates they remind me of the best country in the World.
Shame I didn’t know you were in my neck of the woods (Tunbridge Wells ) . The flowers in the lay-by on the A21were unfortunately for a young lady paramedic who was killed in her ambulance recently. Keep safe. Mick.
Does anybody have any advice about Container jobs? I have a job lined up that are willing to take me on as a new pass class 1 driver but I don’t know anything about container work. Most of the videos I’ve seen and other class 1 RU-vidrs rarely work with containers so I can’t get an insight into what the work is like
I did a lot of container work about 2-3 years ago mate. Here are some videos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tsGsvqKKagI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tQQw2ctDeZU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hjRmN1KqhE4.html
