I'm cruising down the A1 thismorning in an artic St Neots bypass 50mph on cruise, road's quiet at 10am ish.
I spot Transit van in the mirror bearing down behind me at high speed i estimate as 90 plus, he's in the inside lane until the very last second and swerves out barely missing the truck by a fag paper and cuts it close as he pulls in in front again.
Ah well he's gone, layby a little further ahead roughly 400 yards in length with one truck parked in it at the far end...Transit fully enters the layby at the same speed travels along it creating a minor sandstorm and swerves out just before he piled into the parked truck.
I really thought he was going to hit the parked vehicle and had started to brake in anticipation.
What the heck was going on.
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Probably "on" something and thought the layby was lane one. Layby's and hard shoulders are dangerous places, I saw someone rear end a truck at speed in a layby a few years ago.
Last edited by: Old Navy on Wed 22 Sep 10 at 20:12
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Normal behaviour for white van man.
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Was the transit a dull darkish red colour? At the layby just before the Wyboston 60 mph limit?
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I know that area very well. Lots of Transits driven in that manner around there... ;-)
Talking of which, I saw a 60 plate Transit, fitted with tow hitch and orange roof beacon, being "inspected" by a gathering of half a dozen blokes next to the A511 at Bardon yesterday morning - they've been camped there for the last four weeks but it looked as though the new van had only just arrived.
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I too thought of under the influence of something.
You get used to quickly driven white vans but this stood out by a mile.
It was silver and i'm not sure which of the two layby's it was, the layby was long with no separation strip and the road was straight at that point, i think it was the first one after the long left hander as you round St Neots but can't be sure, maybe half a mile or so from Wyboston turn for A428.
I couldn't even tell you the year of it, went past like a dose of salts, no beacon but that doesn't mean it never tows a caravan..;)
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Did he actually hit the truck?
If he did I feel sorry for the truck driver......the driver of the Van good riddance, to bad rubbish.
If he didnt hit the truck i feel sorry for the person who might inadvertantly be in his way the next time.............the driver of the Van good riddance, to bad rubbish.
Last edited by: Redviper on Thu 23 Sep 10 at 12:33
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