Probably sleeps in his cab at night away from his family, driving on poorly designed uk roads, nowhere to stop for a break due to everything being yellow lines or privately owned companies and asked to work long hours. for what was then around 25k a year. Hats off to them.
Done my first day today in an 18 tonne ridged, and I found out today that roundabouts are tough! I underestimated the skills these drivers have, HUGE respect for all you class 1&2 drivers
99 per cent of the time it’s quickly sorted once the car drivers give the truck space and someone guides the driver. Sadly most people find it’s easier to block the truck in then sit in their cars complaining.
correct.. They sit so close to the trucks rear end the truck driver dare not move back in case he crushes a car. It's time all trucks had cameras at the back to see !!!
@@goilee9716 Some trucks do have it, but it cost money and time to look after it. Back end of the truck gets dirty very fast and sensors may not be reliable at all. Could be quite the opposite, could be the cause of incident if drivers expects sensor to beep and it fails. More practical approach to the problem is : get out and have a look.
Total sympathy for artic man. Went round a few raised tight roundabouts myself today. Yet again why, restrict the road, why expand the pavements. I ain't going down a built up street cause I want to see the area. I'm going because on some poxy little industrial estate down a lane. I'm delivering or picking up a load.
Love the armchair experts out there who seem to know where he has come from, where he's going, which roads were shut and which diversions were in place that day, the weight and width limits, local bridges and restrictions. It's truly amazing how they can spot some little known junction that looks like so many others from a minute or two of footage.
@@jordandurham8951 Yeah I'm sure people can find it and all the where he's been, where he's going info is all there too. If only half the folk commenting were as perfect as they make out. I've met a few like that over the years when I was on recovery, the ditch was slid under them when they weren't looking, that 's all it could be.
But aren’t HGV drivers supposed to carefully plan their route, so that they avoid driving down narrow roads, low bridges and mini-roundabouts? Or if they have no choice, drive two smaller lorries. Just seems like common sense. Loads of HGVs near me, thundering around lanes that are totally unsuitable for them and causing chaos. (Cue tirade of abuse from HGV drivers….)
@@andrewrobinson8305 The laws very lax about such things but if a driver is given a route by the office then he is bound by law and the insurance policy to follow it unless, a part of the route is closed or it infringes some other rule. A polish driver was sent out with a double decker trailer for delivery to Focus DIY store. Unfortunately the office gave him the route for a lower trailer and he ended up writing the trailer off under a low bridge. The police had to accept his excuse and could not prosecute the driver because he was legally bound to follow the route he was given. I believe the haulage company paid for any damage to the bridge but what got my goat was they refused to prosecute the company for they're obvious mistake. Hope this helps. The moral of the story is that since the Thatcher days, there has been no fair justice system in this country so beware.
@@andrewrobinson8305 Ever heard of closed roads and diversions due to accidents, incidents, roadworks etc? . It all looks simple till you give it a go and a single wrongly parked car will scrap your "carefully" planned route plus this one is foregner who didnt memorise all the roads for his 2 weeks long round trip
@@andrewrobinson8305 Usually they get given a Lorry and a destination with little thought from transport ops about whether the route or vehicle is really suitable. Diversions are also a thing and can lead drivers to be forced into using roads they don't want to. Low bridges are obviously a must avoid thing for them but you can get unlucky and encounter one that is poorly sign posted or under the immense pressure they fail to see the sign. Drive two smaller lorries? Tell that to operations who want to save money and just get the delivery done ASAP
How many people have noticed while jeering him that he is in a left hooker? See how many people who have an opinion on this kind of stuff actually understand how that compounds the problem for the gentleman.
Whats it to do with UK roads? Thats a left hand drive (forieg) truck and he hasn't fixed the trailor properly and it has become detatched. Low driver standard is the cause
@@andrrwprice7281 No,you are wrong.I am a truck driver.This trl can move....left,right ...plus they can stuck,if there is a serious level difference on one side.He could play with a suspension,but to reverse was quicker...or he should go wider turn...But,some of east europians have low standard driving skill,that is true.
@@zoltanbiropal6321 I'm a forklift driver in a abattoir, working in dry-stores. And can concur eastern European drivers are not the brightest sparks...
Totally agree, he got it back on the floor in one piece and cleared the road but he's damned either way. Tracey in her 12 year old Pug 206 needs both lanes at most roundabouts but she is suddenly an expert sitting 3 cars down in the queue.
I used to laugh at vids like this, but the recent shortage of HGV drivers has made me realised and appreciate the hard work they do + the BS they put up with. People think they're an inconvenience on the road? Maybe.. But I bet its a bigger inconvenience when the supermarket doesn't have your favourite Brand of clothing or food for days straight because there's not enough of these fellas doing the tough job of delivering to that store. To this driver, hope he wasn't down about it and continues to drive deliver. We thank you.
People don't understand how hard it is to drive these on some roads in the UK, the roads just are not designed for vehicles of this size, add that to the fact car drivers are squeezing up the inside, constantly trying to get around and overtake, people run across the road rather than wait for the truck to go past and all the other stuff happening that you just have to constantly watch out for as well as often having a time schedule to stick too. it is by far one of the harder jobs out there.
Exactly me dad drove from a kid on the pop wagons all the way till now, 40 footers with rear steer and police escort tippers up what are essentially farm tracks with inches clearance People don't realise what a pain in the arse and how much actual skill/attention is required, especially when you are dog tired because most places used to basically expect you to run bent
European (including UK) articulated vehicles have to meet inner and outer turning circle requirements - and that vehicle will be compliant. So if the Bognor highways department saw to it that the approach roads and roundabout were compliant this wouldn't happen. They just can't be arsed - and don't care how the food gets to the shelves (it's a refrigerated trailer).
@@cirrus393 Turn the conventional roundabout into a mini-roundabout - basically a circular white blob that serves the function of establishing priorities - like at thousands of other tight intersections.
@@andyalder7910 7.5T except for access doesnt necessarily mean access to houses, it means access to a property. I drive an 18 and i have to go through 7.5T zones to reach the shops i have to get to. And no, there isnt any other way to get to the shops, Derby city centre being a prime example
Nobody was born with experience, it sometimes takes a tight ballsy manoeuvre like this to realize how much space you need for the trailer to cut in . No such thing as failing, just learning.
He could of probably made it if he went a little but wider and took one shunt. Its when you try to take the turn in one go that gets you into trouble. Its easier to correct it if you go wider then when you've gone tighter, and that is through years of experience and as you say, these situations are all parts of your learning process and experience gaining.
can't blame the driver, this country got the tightest and narrowest roads on the planet, i work for amazon with a van in UK, i know what im talking about ... i need to move to USA asap ...
Looks like a hard turn. One of those roundabouts where a driver says to himself, it could be possible, give it a go, if all fails reverse & turn around else where. No damage done, just inconvence to other motorists.
Yes exactly. Things like this come with experience. He just needs to remember to watch his inside too - it's a good thing he stopped when he did! I wonder if he was loaded whether it would've tipped him over....
C'est un travail pénible pour eux les chauffeurs, beaucoup de contraintes ( temps de conduite , circulation , impératif de livraison et j'en passe.... ) et peux de personnes les respectent mais demain si il n'y as plus de chauffeur routier , vous ne mangerez pas et simplement vous ne ferez plus rien , nous avons tous a porté de main grâce à eux , ,, merci les routiers !!!!
Another case of the councils not bothering to install a flat roundabout which helps trucks, cuz a raised roundabout cause all sorts of problems for trucks. Not really the truckers fault, when the council designed such a stupid roundabout.
Driver was setting an example for the local council, " this is a double island on a single island... so how many islands can you have at an intersection" = ?? FARK ME !!
I think that's unfair, UK car drivers range enormously from near-kamikaze to very aware and in-tune. You take a risk every time you get behind the wheel though with who you'll come into contact with... hopefully not literally
@Burger Van Dreamz It's just people notice it more when it's one of the brands they love to hate. 'Cars of the people' are considered one offs when they drive badly, though now we have 'Shitting Peugeot' to say when a Peugeot drives badly. When you're cut off by a Ford or a Fiat you curse the driver but as soon as it's a German car you blame the car brand and group them all together. Pretty sure some people even got up on their heels when they see a German car and expect/encourage some kind of conflict.
@Burger Van Dreamz I (not being sarcastic) genuinely enjoyed and found your... response entertaining! I like to think I'm bucking the BMW trend, I bought mine outright with cash and have never had a bump and like to think I'm a courteous and aware driver
They gotta remove those white pillars in the middle. They are bothersome and have no use. Otherwise the trailer would have had plenty of room to get around.
You just know if he'd gone hard left and borrowed a bit of both junctions to get the widest swing possible the car behind would have tried jumping between the trailer and island as they would have banked on him turning left. He might easily have set up to go straight on initially then realised he had to turn right. Could be a hundred reasons and all the car drivers think the mirrors give a 360% view whatever way the trailer and unit sit to each other and obviously they know every inch of every UK road.
That's why there's no one lining up for HGV jobs in UK. Those roundabouts are everywhere and GB already has narrow streets and all sorts of structures built near the edges of the roads, so that they are impossible to pass with an articulated lorry. Some drivers make mistakes by taking a wrong route but often with delivering construction materials there's no other way. This isn't just this instance, ask any driver that has been to UK and continental Europe, which of the countries have it worse. Some might say Norway or Denmark because of extreme weather and strict transport police, but that applies mostly about inexperienced drivers. UK has it worst just by ignorant road and traffic planning alone.
I really do not understand why the roads in the UK are so narrow. On some places, where there are such roundabouts, there are small islands build next to the road just to make it narrower. I just do not get it. Most HGVs just go on millimeters from hitting stuff. It's absurdly bad. It's designed to be flawed and inconvenient. Not to mention dangerous and it can cause a lot of financial damage. Also, I still do not understand why the UK use higher HGVs than the rest of Europe. The tyres are bigger, artics are taller.. pointless!
That paramedic walked in front of the truck while standing in the blind spot at the very end of the video...very nearly gets run over if you watch closely.
Iam an hgv driver class 1 licence for 33 years , by my sight on approaching that roundabout I would no it won't go round . So carry on to next one and so on
You reckon? I thought it would be possible. Can't see the full picture from the video but that roundabout doesn't look particularly tight to me. I reckon he just messed up his approach. Or clocked his destination after entering the roundabout and decided to make a right turn at the last minute and he wasn't set up properly for it. But I'm only guessing.
@@jamesarmstrong8260 I only made a comment. I come from a haulage family I was nocking bushes into bedford and Leyland springs at the age eight. Got my apprenticeship as fitter. Started driving cattle floats at the age of 21 roping and sheeting car transporter for about 25 years. If you fuck up depending on what you carry your talking big money . Just one example fully loaded transporter you would have damaged your load if you pull a stint like
Understand cost money... but thats what insurance is for. Even little bumps here and there happends to the best of us. Nobody goes out to say right im gonna have accident today.. you can even get sacked just because you might need recovery, and if you are British. This is why no one wants to drive anymore... long hours and agency pay more then companies. And if you run a family business which most firms are, you know ya you make a loss on the accident but you make it all back in a day or two. I'm not inexperienced but the ones that are need a chance to learn from mistakes.. if it happens again then yes let them go.
@@spacerockerlightyears None of the guys pass have any idea how to reverse. Its an S manouvere on the test, the easiest manouvere youll ever do, but even now your trainer has to "sign you off" on the reversing manouveres before you can go to the test. Just like the car driving lessons/test, you learn to really drive once you have a license.
@@eclectic1982 not in my case. I learned to drive when I got a car. Then I sat my test a year later 🤣 That was 30 years ago. You couldn’t get away with that now
@@richjones42 Right , you made that deduction just from this clip did you? You have no idea if this road is weight, width or height limited , and if its none of the above, it is perfectly 'suitable' for HGV's. Unfortunately we have one of the shittest road systems in Europe, expecting 44T artics to get to industrial estates that have been built down heavily urban areas . Any HGV driver will tell you that this type and size of roundabout is not unusual on UK roads . So enough of your self entitled opinions please .
@@nathanjack9359 after 42years of driving artics it’s called being able to judge a road and yes some of the places we go we truly shouldn’t be there but we live in a country with historical roads and and ancient towns and city’s in cases like that you have to come specific routes sometimes, usaually if an artic has to make a turn on a roundabout that’s size they would not put an island in the middle, as an hgv driver one of the most essential tools is judgement it, he’s made bad judgment call and I am entitled to an opinion when it concerns the industry that I work in thank you
@@richjones42 42 years experience and you've never had to experience this! Wow well that is a stroke of luck . I've significantly less 'experience' than 42 years , though I've done many years of continental work . Started as an 18 year old , driving through to Turkey as a fresh faced kid . I've experienced what its like being a foreign driver in a country that doesn't speak your language, surrounded by self entitled people who always seem to believe they are always one better . Driver here may have been driving all day , in a place that he doesn't know , in a truck where he loses sight of the rear end on tight roundabouts. So yes , I have much sympathy for the driver, and maybe if the industry in this country wasn't so "dog eat dog" it may not be in such a state that it is .
@@nathanjack9359 In 42 years I had many experiences like this, We all make mistakes and he’s made one, I’ve made a few in my time if we are honest, and usually I say something like the fuck did do that I knew it wouldn’t get round that it’s not a it’s all his fault but with tools like google maps you can physically look where you need to go now so if your going to somewhere you’ve not been before then try as best you can to plan your route and if it looks dodgy ask usually someone you know in you company has been there probably made the same mistakes and can help. Our work place is anywhere and everywhere people need stuff cos that’s what we do so shit like this dose come up all the time. Many a time I’ve looked thought fuck that doesn’t look good gone and parked up and got on the phone to find out if I’m coming at it the right way, a luxury we didn’t have before mobile phones. But it’s saved me a lot of grief over the years
Many places in the US there simply isn't a large enough radius for a truck to get around...Many stores where I have delivered to...had truck in and out every day and the parking lot had obstructions that were too close together for the truck to clear...
You know... This round-a-bout is actually perfectly doable for this length of truck. But he forgot his turning point in the back. Or so we can call it. His belly. I've done many roun-a-bouts smaller than this. He might need all the space. But using all the space is just a thing you'd have to do. Even if you'd be irritating other drivers. I'd rather show my skills and make it out in one turn.
Easier said than done. Could be thr first time driving in the UK , the first time experiencing our fucked up tiny roundabouts, in a left hand drive truck. He'd of lost sight of the trailer as he went around . Hell I've been driving artics since I was 18 and I'll still cut a small roundabout too tight sometimes .
That's what I was thinking. I've encountered tighter turns than that. I reckon the guy's just had a lapse of concentration. Or realised he had to turn right at the last minute and hadn't set himself up properly for it. Still, shit happens. We've all made mistakes.
Shut up u twat! Probably one of those I've been driving 30 yrs I could do it. What if he new driver dick... I've been driving them 13 yrs still learning. Every day you don't know what u come to.
Loads of roads that lorries are allowed to drive on UK have been build for horses and carriages hence should not be used for massive vehicles yet they are. It is more of wild west as every one just trying to get through a to b through any road that it can be done. Same time roads are being fixed but never for long time as it would be counter productive from financial side. Finally there are way to many cars in the world with make driving hard.
Can't blame the guy, that is a really shit roundabout. I'm from the US so I don't have to navigate my truck through *too* many roundabouts but I hate them, they're shitty and annoying especially for a big truck. I can't imagine having to take that through roundabouts like that every 30 seconds I am in a city.
Unless someone is shifting supermarket trucks daily and issued with maps/instructions for a particular store it's up to the driver to navigate to the destination avoiding the bridges and weight limits. I'm old school and used street maps so learned the junction I wanted was just after say the post office or school marked on the map but nowadays sat nav is the usual solution though many are totally lost without it as they follow the instructions and barely notice what landmarks they are passing or remember the name of an industrial estate they visited the previous week.
They do. In this case, it's the roads that need to change as the vehicles don't. The radius of the roundabout should be compliant for that vehicle, it's large but not the largest. Personally I see the bollards as the problem, no idea why they are so close to the outer radius. Anyways, driver lives another day
It isn't just UK roads, I've had similar situations in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. I was an international driver for 26 years and a truck driver for 44 years.
any driver with experience would know you could not get around there because of the width of the roundabout and the cut in of the trailer,and yes I am experienced,28 yrs HGV class 1
Problem is a foreign driver not knowing UK roads. By looks he's driven around a housing residential area. By the look of the roundabout not designed for artic's. Should have gone straight on and missed trying an impossible turn.
very common in the UK, even from the best of the best with decades of driving. our roads are dog shit, I am surprised we can even fit 2 cars in two lanes, I hate the UK. it's just old, small garbage roads with battered up roads/full of pot holes lol
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Probably sleeps in his cab at night away from his family, driving on poorly designed uk roads, nowhere to stop for a break due to everything being yellow lines or privately owned companies and asked to work long hours. for what was then around 25k a year. Hats off to them.
Blindside reversing while stuck on a mini roundabout in a lhd artic is next level skill and sphincter exercise, the boy done good.
Done my first day today in an 18 tonne ridged, and I found out today that roundabouts are tough! I underestimated the skills these drivers have, HUGE respect for all you class 1&2 drivers
99 per cent of the time it’s quickly sorted once the car drivers give the truck space and someone guides the driver.
Sadly most people find it’s easier to block the truck in then sit in their cars complaining.
Spot on. They'll see an article reversing towards them and just sit there.
correct.. They sit so close to the trucks rear end the truck driver dare not move back in case he crushes a car. It's time all trucks had cameras at the back to see !!!
@@patrickdoyle9369 its a mystery to me why none of the trucks have camera and sensors.... i am learning it now and already worried lol
@@goilee9716 Some trucks do have it, but it cost money and time to look after it. Back end of the truck gets dirty very fast and sensors may not be reliable at all. Could be quite the opposite, could be the cause of incident if drivers expects sensor to beep and it fails. More practical approach to the problem is : get out and have a look.
Not in this case.
Total sympathy for artic man.
Went round a few raised tight roundabouts myself today.
Yet again why, restrict the road, why expand the pavements.
I ain't going down a built up street cause I want to see the area.
I'm going because on some poxy little industrial estate down a lane.
I'm delivering or picking up a load.
Love the armchair experts out there who seem to know where he has come from, where he's going, which roads were shut and which diversions were in place that day, the weight and width limits, local bridges and restrictions. It's truly amazing how they can spot some little known junction that looks like so many others from a minute or two of footage.
@@glenjones6980 It's easy to find using the information in the video. It's the junction of Linden Road and Victoria Drive.
@@jordandurham8951 Yeah I'm sure people can find it and all the where he's been, where he's going info is all there too.
If only half the folk commenting were as perfect as they make out. I've met a few like that over the years when I was on recovery, the ditch was slid under them when they weren't looking, that 's all it could be.
Any dumb arse can can drive a white van. But Class1 HGV is a Profession. Treat them with the respect they deserve.
Totally agree with you on this.
The roundabout is designed to stop artics from going around it. The council planner's are the deadheads that are incompetent and need the sack.
But aren’t HGV drivers supposed to carefully plan their route, so that they avoid driving down narrow roads, low bridges and mini-roundabouts?
Or if they have no choice, drive two smaller lorries.
Just seems like common sense.
Loads of HGVs near me, thundering around lanes that are totally unsuitable for them and causing chaos.
(Cue tirade of abuse from HGV drivers….)
@@andrewrobinson8305
The laws very lax about such things but if a driver is given a route by the office then he is bound by law and the insurance policy to follow it unless, a part of the route is closed or it infringes some other rule. A polish driver was sent out with a double decker trailer for delivery to Focus DIY store. Unfortunately the office gave him the route for a lower trailer and he ended up writing the trailer off under a low bridge. The police had to accept his excuse and could not prosecute the driver because he was legally bound to follow the route he was given.
I believe the haulage company paid for any damage to the bridge but what got my goat was they refused to prosecute the company for they're obvious mistake.
Hope this helps. The moral of the story is that since the Thatcher days, there has been no fair justice system in this country so beware.
@@andrewrobinson8305 Ever heard of closed roads and diversions due to accidents, incidents, roadworks etc? . It all looks simple till you give it a go and a single wrongly parked car will scrap your "carefully" planned route plus this one is foregner who didnt memorise all the roads for his 2 weeks long round trip
@@andrewrobinson8305 Usually they get given a Lorry and a destination with little thought from transport ops about whether the route or vehicle is really suitable. Diversions are also a thing and can lead drivers to be forced into using roads they don't want to. Low bridges are obviously a must avoid thing for them but you can get unlucky and encounter one that is poorly sign posted or under the immense pressure they fail to see the sign. Drive two smaller lorries? Tell that to operations who want to save money and just get the delivery done ASAP
Guaranteed 99.9% of the people commenting & laughing CANNOT do this themselves
100%
I laugh at people in SUVs....
How many people have noticed while jeering him that he is in a left hooker? See how many people who have an opinion on this kind of stuff actually understand how that compounds the problem for the gentleman.
As an international HGV driver I totally sympathise ..... I’ve been in sticky situations in Europe and very glad of help
U.K. roads,are fine.If you have a horse and cart.
Even then they have to be a tiny hirse and a mini cart
Whats it to do with UK roads? Thats a left hand drive (forieg) truck and he hasn't fixed the trailor properly and it has become detatched. Low driver standard is the cause
@@andrrwprice7281 No,you are wrong.I am a truck driver.This trl can move....left,right ...plus they can stuck,if there is a serious level difference on one side.He could play with a suspension,but to reverse was quicker...or he should go wider turn...But,some of east europians have low standard driving skill,that is true.
@@zoltanbiropal6321 I'm a forklift driver in a abattoir, working in dry-stores. And can concur eastern European drivers are not the brightest sparks...
@@stonedbatman2067 thats why you forklift driver
Left hand drive, right hand raised round about. Blindsided completely, wouldn't of had a clue where his trailer was. Poor bloke.
Poor chap, he’s only trying to do a days work and that happens to him. It’s true that class 1 drivers really do earn their money.
Totally agree, he got it back on the floor in one piece and cleared the road but he's damned either way. Tracey in her 12 year old Pug 206 needs both lanes at most roundabouts but she is suddenly an expert sitting 3 cars down in the queue.
Thank F'2k i drive a ford KA had 32 years driving Hgv 1 2 3 Good Luck
@@matty6848 poor chap wants to learn to drive.
@@theworldsbonkers he made a mistake, your probably fkn perfect and never do anything wrong of course🖕
I used to laugh at vids like this, but the recent shortage of HGV drivers has made me realised and appreciate the hard work they do + the BS they put up with.
People think they're an inconvenience on the road? Maybe.. But I bet its a bigger inconvenience when the supermarket doesn't have your favourite Brand of clothing or food for days straight because there's not enough of these fellas doing the tough job of delivering to that store.
To this driver, hope he wasn't down about it and continues to drive deliver. We thank you.
Exactly
Stil do lol about this.
Work 23+ years with this type people and insane how thy get driver license in some EU country.
People don't understand how hard it is to drive these on some roads in the UK, the roads just are not designed for vehicles of this size, add that to the fact car drivers are squeezing up the inside, constantly trying to get around and overtake, people run across the road rather than wait for the truck to go past and all the other stuff happening that you just have to constantly watch out for as well as often having a time schedule to stick too. it is by far one of the harder jobs out there.
Exactly me dad drove from a kid on the pop wagons all the way till now, 40 footers with rear steer and police escort tippers up what are essentially farm tracks with inches clearance
People don't realise what a pain in the arse and how much actual skill/attention is required, especially when you are dog tired because most places used to basically expect you to run bent
Exactly
European (including UK) articulated vehicles have to meet inner and outer turning circle requirements - and that vehicle will be compliant. So if the Bognor highways department saw to it that the approach roads and roundabout were compliant this wouldn't happen. They just can't be arsed - and don't care how the food gets to the shelves (it's a refrigerated trailer).
How could the fix this roundabout with either removing the footpaths altogether or by eating into people's properties?
@@cirrus393 Turn the conventional roundabout into a mini-roundabout - basically a circular white blob that serves the function of establishing priorities - like at thousands of other tight intersections.
@@sideshowbob5237 Ah yeah of course. Why wouldn't they do this? Surely the upkeep is probably cheaper in the long run
@@andyalder7910 7.5T except for access doesnt necessarily mean access to houses, it means access to a property. I drive an 18 and i have to go through 7.5T zones to reach the shops i have to get to. And no, there isnt any other way to get to the shops, Derby city centre being a prime example
@@Benni711 Surely they're illuminated at night - wired into the mains!
Nobody was born with experience, it sometimes takes a tight ballsy manoeuvre like this to realize how much space you need for the trailer to cut in
. No such thing as failing, just learning.
He could of probably made it if he went a little but wider and took one shunt. Its when you try to take the turn in one go that gets you into trouble. Its easier to correct it if you go wider then when you've gone tighter, and that is through years of experience and as you say, these situations are all parts of your learning process and experience gaining.
@@spiderman01980 true true.
If the cars and vans fucked off out of the way, I'm sure the HGV could sort this out.
looks like some kid has designed those road signs and obstacles.
can't blame the driver, this country got the tightest and narrowest roads on the planet, i work for amazon with a van in UK, i know what im talking about ... i need to move to USA asap ...
I’m a Hgv driver. We don’t go to these places for a jolly up
We get friggin sent there
Exactly. Lots of complainers here, but they all want their cheap Chinese stuff!
Fuss about nothing. Another day at the office. No panic, crack on.
Being an experienced HGV driver the way to go around the roundabouts is to close your eyes and ears and go around as fast as you can.
Close your eyes and use the force
Works for me ;)
So it ISNT just me then 😂
well played
Looks like a hard turn.
One of those roundabouts where a driver says to himself, it could be possible, give it a go, if all fails reverse & turn around else where.
No damage done, just inconvence to other motorists.
Yes exactly. Things like this come with experience. He just needs to remember to watch his inside too - it's a good thing he stopped when he did! I wonder if he was loaded whether it would've tipped him over....
Maybe an inconvenience but no one got hurt and nothing got damaged
@@trainzandtrombones If it was hanging meat he'd have been rubber up
Gareth Ifan not at that speed. Hanging meat at slow speeds won’t tip that over.
C'est un travail pénible pour eux les chauffeurs, beaucoup de contraintes ( temps de conduite , circulation , impératif de livraison et j'en passe.... ) et peux de personnes les respectent mais demain si il n'y as plus de chauffeur routier , vous ne mangerez pas et simplement vous ne ferez plus rien , nous avons tous a porté de main grâce à eux , ,, merci les routiers !!!!
Instant professional driver... cos he’s got a dash cam 🛎 🔚
Its bloody ambulance driver.. dopey Both of you.
Those artics can turn on a penny ! The driver did well.
Another case of the councils not bothering to install a flat roundabout which helps trucks, cuz a raised roundabout cause all sorts of problems for trucks.
Not really the truckers fault, when the council designed such a stupid roundabout.
People would just cut corners.
Driver was setting an example for the local council, " this is a double island on a single island... so how many islands can you have at an intersection" = ?? FARK ME !!
These drivers do not stand a chance on these roads, you have to admit they do have a lot of driving skill, unlike normal British car drivers
I think that's unfair, UK car drivers range enormously from near-kamikaze to very aware and in-tune. You take a risk every time you get behind the wheel though with who you'll come into contact with... hopefully not literally
@Burger Van Dreamz It's just people notice it more when it's one of the brands they love to hate. 'Cars of the people' are considered one offs when they drive badly, though now we have 'Shitting Peugeot' to say when a Peugeot drives badly. When you're cut off by a Ford or a Fiat you curse the driver but as soon as it's a German car you blame the car brand and group them all together. Pretty sure some people even got up on their heels when they see a German car and expect/encourage some kind of conflict.
@Burger Van Dreamz I (not being sarcastic) genuinely enjoyed and found your... response entertaining! I like to think I'm bucking the BMW trend, I bought mine outright with cash and have never had a bump and like to think I'm a courteous and aware driver
Ttony the nonc
@@cpengwin bmw drivers are the worst
that's what happens when you have a perfectly good junction and then fill it with a lump of concrete which covers a third of it
The Wheels On The Truck
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They gotta remove those white pillars in the middle.
They are bothersome and have no use.
Otherwise the trailer would have had plenty of room to get around.
It must be a bugger when that happens! It's moments like that, that make me feel about as tall as a mouse turd!
You just know if he'd gone hard left and borrowed a bit of both junctions to get the widest swing possible the car behind would have tried jumping between the trailer and island as they would have banked on him turning left. He might easily have set up to go straight on initially then realised he had to turn right. Could be a hundred reasons and all the car drivers think the mirrors give a 360% view whatever way the trailer and unit sit to each other and obviously they know every inch of every UK road.
courage camarade conducteur. :) c'est pas facile tous les jours.
Love the music with the video
That's why there's no one lining up for HGV jobs in UK. Those roundabouts are everywhere and GB already has narrow streets and all sorts of structures built near the edges of the roads, so that they are impossible to pass with an articulated lorry. Some drivers make mistakes by taking a wrong route but often with delivering construction materials there's no other way. This isn't just this instance, ask any driver that has been to UK and continental Europe, which of the countries have it worse. Some might say Norway or Denmark because of extreme weather and strict transport police, but that applies mostly about inexperienced drivers. UK has it worst just by ignorant road and traffic planning alone.
I really do not understand why the roads in the UK are so narrow. On some places, where there are such roundabouts, there are small islands build next to the road just to make it narrower. I just do not get it. Most HGVs just go on millimeters from hitting stuff. It's absurdly bad. It's designed to be flawed and inconvenient. Not to mention dangerous and it can cause a lot of financial damage.
Also, I still do not understand why the UK use higher HGVs than the rest of Europe. The tyres are bigger, artics are taller.. pointless!
And you wonder why there is a shortage.
That paramedic walked in front of the truck while standing in the blind spot at the very end of the video...very nearly gets run over if you watch closely.
But did she answer NO
Poor bugger. It was quickly sorted once he got his bearings and people stopped coming up to him to remind him that he needed to reverse!
Iam an hgv driver class 1 licence for 33 years , by my sight on approaching that roundabout I would no it won't go round . So carry on to next one and so on
You reckon? I thought it would be possible. Can't see the full picture from the video but that roundabout doesn't look particularly tight to me. I reckon he just messed up his approach. Or clocked his destination after entering the roundabout and decided to make a right turn at the last minute and he wasn't set up properly for it. But I'm only guessing.
@@grahamlive dear naz but he messed up
Give it a rest pal... you started off as new driver.. I've done it 13 yrs. Drivers like u think ya best in world don't help
@@jamesarmstrong8260 I only made a comment. I come from a haulage family I was nocking bushes into bedford and Leyland springs at the age eight. Got my apprenticeship as fitter. Started driving cattle floats at the age of 21 roping and sheeting car transporter for about 25 years. If you fuck up depending on what you carry your talking big money . Just one example fully loaded transporter you would have damaged your load if you pull a stint like
Understand cost money... but thats what insurance is for. Even little bumps here and there happends to the best of us. Nobody goes out to say right im gonna have accident today.. you can even get sacked just because you might need recovery, and if you are British. This is why no one wants to drive anymore... long hours and agency pay more then companies. And if you run a family business which most firms are, you know ya you make a loss on the accident but you make it all back in a day or two. I'm not inexperienced but the ones that are need a chance to learn from mistakes.. if it happens again then yes let them go.
Ambulance woman..... "... I have a high viz jacket that will sort everything out..."
Poor HGV driver I sympathise with him 100 %....
Here’s an idea.
Let’s make the test easier
Coming soon to a road nr you. Just think, the new drivers will have no idea how to reverse a trailer!
@@spacerockerlightyears None of the guys pass have any idea how to reverse. Its an S manouvere on the test, the easiest manouvere youll ever do, but even now your trainer has to "sign you off" on the reversing manouveres before you can go to the test. Just like the car driving lessons/test, you learn to really drive once you have a license.
@@eclectic1982 not in my case. I learned to drive when I got a car. Then I sat my test a year later 🤣
That was 30 years ago. You couldn’t get away with that now
@@spacerockerlightyears they still have to learn reverse while training and instructors still teach reverse 🙂
@@DDocScotland So you've just admitted you don't really know what your talking about do you?
poor guy i bet he's stressed to the eyeballs
Happens fairly regularly, not a big deal.
Mostly foreign trucks, usually soon sort it out, without any problems like shown here.
It was his fault in first place just looking at that you can see it wouldn’t get around so I suspect he shouldn’t have gone that way
@@richjones42 Right , you made that deduction just from this clip did you? You have no idea if this road is weight, width or height limited , and if its none of the above, it is perfectly 'suitable' for HGV's. Unfortunately we have one of the shittest road systems in Europe, expecting 44T artics to get to industrial estates that have been built down heavily urban areas . Any HGV driver will tell you that this type and size of roundabout is not unusual on UK roads . So enough of your self entitled opinions please .
@@nathanjack9359 after 42years of driving artics it’s called being able to judge a road and yes some of the places we go we truly shouldn’t be there but we live in a country with historical roads and and ancient towns and city’s in cases like that you have to come specific routes sometimes, usaually if an artic has to make a turn on a roundabout that’s size they would not put an island in the middle, as an hgv driver one of the most essential tools is judgement it, he’s made bad judgment call and I am entitled to an opinion when it concerns the industry that I work in thank you
@@richjones42 42 years experience and you've never had to experience this! Wow well that is a stroke of luck . I've significantly less 'experience' than 42 years , though I've done many years of continental work . Started as an 18 year old , driving through to Turkey as a fresh faced kid . I've experienced what its like being a foreign driver in a country that doesn't speak your language, surrounded by self entitled people who always seem to believe they are always one better . Driver here may have been driving all day , in a place that he doesn't know , in a truck where he loses sight of the rear end on tight roundabouts. So yes , I have much sympathy for the driver, and maybe if the industry in this country wasn't so "dog eat dog" it may not be in such a state that it is .
@@nathanjack9359 In 42 years I had many experiences like this, We all make mistakes and he’s made one, I’ve made a few in my time if we are honest, and usually I say something like the fuck did do that I knew it wouldn’t get round that it’s not a it’s all his fault but with tools like google maps you can physically look where you need to go now so if your going to somewhere you’ve not been before then try as best you can to plan your route and if it looks dodgy ask usually someone you know in you company has been there probably made the same mistakes and can help. Our work place is anywhere and everywhere people need stuff cos that’s what we do so shit like this dose come up all the time. Many a time I’ve looked thought fuck that doesn’t look good gone and parked up and got on the phone to find out if I’m coming at it the right way, a luxury we didn’t have before mobile phones. But it’s saved me a lot of grief over the years
What a lovely lady to sort out that mess
She needs to be more careful walking around trucks ...Good to help ...
BUSTED, next is the vid cam and start writing up a few tickets, made her quota for the day
Ambulance crew, they’re intelligent people who have a time critical job to do. Helps everyone if they get involved rather than sit there watching.
Nothing fills me with confidence quit like seeing the steering wheel on the wrong side for the country. Must be stressful as fuck for the driver
Victoria Drive/Linden Rd roundabout, have an idea where the HGV was going, trying to fathom why he chose that route though.
Many places in the US there simply isn't a large enough radius for a truck to get around...Many stores where I have delivered to...had truck in and out every day and the parking lot had obstructions that were too close together for the truck to clear...
There is no reason for that roundabout to be so badly designed
You know... This round-a-bout is actually perfectly doable for this length of truck. But he forgot his turning point in the back. Or so we can call it. His belly. I've done many roun-a-bouts smaller than this. He might need all the space. But using all the space is just a thing you'd have to do. Even if you'd be irritating other drivers. I'd rather show my skills and make it out in one turn.
Easier said than done. Could be thr first time driving in the UK , the first time experiencing our fucked up tiny roundabouts, in a left hand drive truck. He'd of lost sight of the trailer as he went around .
Hell I've been driving artics since I was 18 and I'll still cut a small roundabout too tight sometimes .
You da man bro.
That's what I was thinking. I've encountered tighter turns than that. I reckon the guy's just had a lapse of concentration. Or realised he had to turn right at the last minute and hadn't set himself up properly for it. Still, shit happens. We've all made mistakes.
Shut up u twat! Probably one of those I've been driving 30 yrs I could do it. What if he new driver dick... I've been driving them 13 yrs still learning. Every day you don't know what u come to.
Loads of roads that lorries are allowed to drive on UK have been build for horses and carriages hence should not be used for massive vehicles yet they are. It is more of wild west as every one just trying to get through a to b through any road that it can be done. Same time roads are being fixed but never for long time as it would be counter productive from financial side. Finally there are way to many cars in the world with make driving hard.
Can't blame the guy, that is a really shit roundabout. I'm from the US so I don't have to navigate my truck through *too* many roundabouts but I hate them, they're shitty and annoying especially for a big truck. I can't imagine having to take that through roundabouts like that every 30 seconds I am in a city.
I want to become an HGV driver. But this put me off. Do they normally follow specific route?
Unless someone is shifting supermarket trucks daily and issued with maps/instructions for a particular store it's up to the driver to navigate to the destination avoiding the bridges and weight limits. I'm old school and used street maps so learned the junction I wanted was just after say the post office or school marked on the map but nowadays sat nav is the usual solution though many are totally lost without it as they follow the instructions and barely notice what landmarks they are passing or remember the name of an industrial estate they visited the previous week.
No kiddo.. even sat navs can take u wrong way and that a truck one too.
I would Title this as a struggle instead of a Fail.
Now we know whay are all the obstacles there in the roundabouts, just to piss hard working man.
On the railways, they've always had clear limits to make sure stock isn't too big for various routes. Can't they do that for roads as well?
They do.
In this case, it's the roads that need to change as the vehicles don't.
The radius of the roundabout should be compliant for that vehicle, it's large but not the largest.
Personally I see the bollards as the problem, no idea why they are so close to the outer radius.
Anyways, driver lives another day
Left hand drive, probably his first time in UK Probably don't have roundabouts in his so he's puzzled.
You carry on driving your van
If this is what can happen with fully trained hgv drivers, god help us when grant shapps 'forward only' trainees hit our roads.
It's not that easy to pass a hvg test you have to be able to drive one properly
A prime example of why U.K. roads aren’t fit for purpose
It isn't just UK roads, I've had similar situations in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. I was an international driver for 26 years and a truck driver for 44 years.
@@fredgrove4220 but mostly its always the fucking UK ...
Hi there, could i feature this clip in my next episode? With full credit ofc!
Be my guest
The best help to give to truck driver is to film him in trouble.
I know its not practical but you can drive over those bollards. He could off swung round and gone over them. They collapse and pop up good as new.
Aye, but would the truck be? A lot of shitty, easily broken plastic on trucks these days.
2:04 if the driver of the silver car just waited a few more seconds they would have got through xD
Vince what did you do to help this driver out other than being an utter mong yourself?
You’d think Ray Nunn would have helped out
ah the brittish public u gotta luv em:) oh look a big lorry stuck lets drive behind or around it like it is not there :)
Oh dear poor fella 😅
What is the truck doing in a residential area ?
Making deliveries? Doesn't YOUR residential area have shops, DIY stores? How do you think they're restocked!???
What a plonker!!!!! Car driver question 🤣
boiiiiiiiiiiing said Zebedee
Just need to swing it way to wide first then back and forth adjust..
Looks nightmare
No way that go round far too tight
I wonder if that new hgv fast tracked driver due to shortage
2 weeks ago Was non car driver
Hello Vince! Is it okay to use it please ? Thanks in advance.
Be my guest
@@vincefu0077 Thanks!
Flip Flop Brigade
get eddie hall to pull the back round sorted
Cant park there mate 🧐🧐
Left Hand Drive, Foreign driver. Still should have realised his truck would not go around that roundabout.
Doh!
that will be me soon :)
Can he deliver fuel?
any driver with experience would know you could not get around there because of the width of the roundabout and the cut in of the trailer,and yes I am experienced,28 yrs HGV class 1
Problem is a foreign driver not knowing UK roads. By looks he's driven around a housing residential area. By the look of the roundabout not designed for artic's. Should have gone straight on and missed trying an impossible turn.
@@colmaniac my point exactly,if he's experienced he would know this
No body was born with experience
Oooo you are the expert aa I know you put the wheel drive on first truck maybe you are expert in Uk but rest of Europe 😂😂😂😂😂
To true mate, I'm a retired HGV driver and I would of gone strate across my self after screaming this truck should not be on this rd.
zulke nooit 3kwart maar een kwart nemen..
Sat nav eh?
Tomtom cloud maps
very common in the UK, even from the best of the best with decades of driving. our roads are dog shit, I am surprised we can even fit 2 cars in two lanes, I hate the UK. it's just old, small garbage roads with battered up roads/full of pot holes lol
Missed exit?
Driver was well overdressed which led to bad judgement.
Horrible situation 🙈🙈
Just give the lorry driver a bit of space and time. Sorted.
I cant see any reason why he cant make that ??? Unless im not seeing the video correctly that shouldnt be an issue
YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT DIRECTLY, IT'S MUCH EASIER.
Gripping stuff
Give the road planners around of applause 👏 typical poor lay out no consideration to large vehicles
I would have put the trailer legs down and repositioned the unit.....then i would ask the boss for a 6 legger lol.
Your a very clever man 🤡
Sat Navs eh..
El continente de la rotondas jjeje
But still you need to be very confused to try turn the truck 360 on that roundabout
Or 180*
@@jritchiejritchie2687 Exactly maths not his strong point
@@danbreen6946 🤔🤣
He was turning right.
Iook at the road and if you can't turn right go turn around some where else and come back on yourself,easy I've done it load's of time's.
Well done Peter your a very clever man 🤡
2:22 Number Truck PN 65657, Poland, Konin
No i twoj wpis ma co na celu spoleczniaku ?
@@broskis80 gypsies..
@@absly5 gypsies what?
a w kabinie ukrainiec !!!
What’s that music heheh 😏 playing 😝😝😝😝