White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time!

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Sat 29 Sep 2007 18:24
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - Sofa Spud
On the A36 a white transit was stopped in a right-turn lane in the middle of the carriageway with its hazrads on. Broken down? No, the driver was on his mobile! When a right-turning car came up behind, the van signalled left, pulled left from the right-turn lane and continued along the main road. This was on a busy 50-60 mph road.
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 21:14
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - Civic8
>>the driver was on his mobile

some van drivers seem to be on the phone a lot,i have had several near misses due to drivers not looking where they are going, and making sudden turns without even signalling with phone to ear,i noticed a couple of drivers with map resting open over steering wheel
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 22:52
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - GregSwain
Obviously bluetooth and GPS haven't quite made it to Planet white-van-man?
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 23:33
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - Hugo {P}
I does make my blood boil when I see drivers of vehicles with major compays' logos over them gassing on mobile phones.

The worst are courier drivers etc. I have been known to take Reg numbers and report them.
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 23:38
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - bell boy
does it do any good though hugo? as its probably HO telling them to nip to brighton from london seeing as its only 2 inches on their map in the office.
i fancy building a jamming device and watch these people squirm
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:00
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - Vansboy
The worst are courier drivers etc.


Saw one this week, operating his electronic delivery sheet, rather large & bulky thing to hold while driving a couple of tonnes of vehicle & load, along a busy Luton road!

VB
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 06:22
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - component part
People talking on phones and driving is endemic anyway. If you're going to do it, at least do it as safely as possible. What got me was a couple of months ago, going down the A14 Westbound around J23-24 I had some woman in a big red Ford Galaxy gassing on her mobile very obviously, and she was driving with well under one seconds following distance. And it was raining and the road was wet. And traffic was about as heavy as it gets on the A14 before it becomes a crawl, so we were doing 50-70mph variable. We all make mistakes, we all occasionally drive outside of the 100% optimal safety margins, but this was genuinely fearful driving. If you drive like that all the time, surely it's not a matter of if you're going to crash, but when.
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 15:57
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - milkyjoe
white van man and delivery man, they got mobile phones and sat nav but you still have to wait in all day for your delivery cause they cant give you a " window" within a couple of hours as to when they can get to your address, why they cant work out a load sheet and route is beyond me
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Mon 1 Oct 2007 22:18
White Van Man takes the Biscuit this time! - tack
worst I have seen is a guy on a Honda 50, turning left from Bishopsgate into Wormwood Street. He pulled out his phone from a waxed jacket pocket, flipped up his helmet visor, held the phone 5" from his face and proceeded to shout into it. He appeared to be a courier.

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