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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / General Car Topics (UK group) / June 200810 hour motorway truck curfew
This one is for real folks . A think tank has come to the conclusion that motorway traffic needs to be spread out over the full 24 hour day to ease congestion . As trucks take up large amounts of motorway space - removing them from daytime traffic could only speed up and improve motorway traffic flow . Therefore , Trucks will be banned from motorways during the daytime and will only be allowed to use a motorway between the hours of 9pm - 7am . New state run storage and distribution centers will be built next to motorway slip roads in every major town and city - so trucks dont need to pass though any towns . Each state run storage and distribution center will have a fleet of electric powered transit box van sized vehicles to take and deliver the goods to the local shops . Yeah sure yesterday i was just joking ..... but i swear everything i've said above today is for real . > This one is for real folks . > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Yeah sure yesterday i was just joking ..... but i swear everything i've > said above today is for real . If it is real then provide some sort of evidence. >> This one is for real folks . >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > If it is real then provide some sort of evidence. a) provide some evidence b) It's bollocks again c) If it weren't bollocks, how will the stuff get from distribution centres out of town to the shops IN town? Walk? now go away and stop posting tripe... ;-) Mike P > This one is for real folks . > > An internet troll has invented the conclusion that motorway traffic needs > to > be spread out over the full 24 hour day to ease congestion . How many people will fail to spot it this time....  SignatureAlex "I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away" www.drzoidberg.co.uk <uk.rec.cars.misc> <Dr Zoidberg> <Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:09:07 +0100> <g3gh6j$jh5$2@registered.motzarella.org> > > An internet troll has invented the conclusion that motorway traffic needs > > to be spread out over the full 24 hour day to ease congestion . > > How many people will fail to spot it this time.... I bet you also tell kids the truth about santa dont you - ya bastard :-) But seriously , Would it be possible for you to remove that lump of coal thats seems to firmly lodged up your poop chute - for despite what you have been told - its highly unlikely to turn into a diamond . Signaturewww.krustov.co.uk > As trucks take up large amounts of motorway space - removing them from > daytime traffic could only speed up and improve motorway traffic flow . How do they do that? They only take up the same space as two cars and there's only 450,000 in the entire UK. > Therefore , Trucks will be banned from motorways during the daytime and > will only be allowed to use a motorway between the hours of 9pm - 7am . Nowt will be getting delivered then? There ain't that many drives who'll work nights in the first place and who is going to unload them? SignatureConor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams > This one is for real folks . > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Yeah sure yesterday i was just joking ..... but i swear everything i've > said above today is for real . Whatever that MI5 person has got, I think you have caught it. > This one is for real folks . > > A think tank has come to the conclusion that motorway traffic needs to > be spread out over the full 24 hour day to ease congestion . Congestion is deliberately caused by traffic calming measures, too few roads and badly sequenced traffic lights. How thick were the people who come to the conclusion of 24hours! All they have done is said in 12 hours 300 vehicles use a section of road, so let's have 300 in 24hours. None of them must be drivers. Increase the speed limits so that traffic can travel faster and you will have a higher thoughput. > As trucks take up large amounts of motorway space - removing them from > daytime traffic could only speed up and improve motorway traffic flow . Unfortunately it wouldn't. You would need to remove people who drive too slow, people who get a car given to them but can't control it due to some impairment, older people who don't know what day it is and stupid people who see a car broken down and slow to 30mph to have a good look. > Therefore , Trucks will be banned from motorways during the daytime and > will only be allowed to use a motorway between the hours of 9pm - 7am . That means they will all want paying more and it will push the transport costs up even further, which will cause prices in shops to rise. I know they do anyway to keep shareholders happy, but this will cause a lot of harm. > New state run storage and distribution centers will be built next to > motorway slip roads in every major town and city - so trucks dont need > to pass though any towns . And who will be paying for them? Existing companies will not pay unless they can pass on the costs. Why not go back to using trains? Far cheaper than a truck driver and you can get more in! > Each state run storage and distribution center will have a fleet of > electric powered transit box van sized vehicles to take and deliver the > goods to the local shops . Again who will pay for all this? Have you ever seen an electric powered vehicle transporting huge weights for hours on end? What about costs of recharging? > Yeah sure yesterday i was just joking ..... but i swear everything i've > said above today is for real . I suggest laying off the drink. >Again who will pay for all this? Have you ever seen an electric powered >vehicle transporting huge weights for hours on end? What about costs of >recharging? Umm, think you'll find one of the UK's larger courier companies has just bought a fleet of electric trucks. Think it's TNT... Mind you, my milk was delivered for *years* on an electric vehicle. SignatureClint Sharp > >Again who will pay for all this? Have you ever seen an electric powered > >vehicle transporting huge weights for hours on end? What about costs of > >recharging? > Umm, think you'll find one of the UK's larger courier companies has just > bought a fleet of electric trucks. I think you'll find it'll be on local letter delivery, not county wide deliveries. SignatureConor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams >I think you'll find it'll be on local letter delivery, not county wide >deliveries. Of course you're right, it's not for the trunk deliveries but they reckon it's ideal for the collections and drops to clients in a metropolitan area so it's not just for the local letter delivery either. They reckon they'll be using them for in city deliveries up to 8 hours at a time and recharging overnight. ISTR it was DHL but I can't find the link or info on the radio 4 website so I can't say for definite. Was only in the last fortnight though. SignatureClint Sharp > Umm, think you'll find one of the UK's larger courier companies has just > bought a fleet of electric trucks. Think it's TNT... Mind you, my milk was > delivered for *years* on an electric vehicle. Our local milk delivery company abandoned theirs in favour of diesel as recently as four or five years ago, I wouldn't be surprised that in the light of recent events they may now be beginning to wonder if it was a such a wise decision. > As trucks take up large amounts of motorway space - removing them from > daytime traffic could only speed up and improve motorway traffic flow . > > Therefore , Trucks will be banned from motorways during the daytime and > will only be allowed to use a motorway between the hours of 9pm - 7am . If you were ever actually out of your w.nking Chariot at 3 a.m. then you would see that there as many trucks on the roads then as there are at 3 p.m. Many trucks couldn't operate at night since the people who load and unload them don't work at night. SignatureRegards, Vince. Long Distance Diary 30th May 2008- Switzerland http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32454 >Many trucks couldn't operate at night since the people who load and unload >them don't work at night. Well the supermarkets are open 24 hours. Shelves are filled overnight so that's when the goods are needed. Maybe schools should run 2 shifts to prepare the kids for life on the night shift. Then they really could close down half the schools and sell the land. SignaturePeter Hill Spamtrap reply domain as per NNTP-Posting-Host in header Can of worms - what every fisherman wants. Can of worms - what every PC owner gets! > >Many trucks couldn't operate at night since the people who load and unload > >them don't work at night. > > Well the supermarkets are open 24 hours. Shelves are filled overnight > so that's when the goods are needed. And they're also getting stuff delivered to them throughout the daytime as well. But what about all the other companies who aren't on 24hr warehouse operations? SignatureConor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams > But what about all the other companies who aren't on 24hr warehouse > operations? Yes, I'd like to see the manager of the Travis Perkins branch at Abergavenny (*) say "get back here at 3. a.m., Dai, we've got a lorry coming in" (*) Malmesbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Bridport etc. SignatureRegards, Vince. Long Distance Diary 30th May 2008- Switzerland http://trucknetuk.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32454 |
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