A417, in the dark, losing what little night vision I ever posess due to a quarry wagon coming opposite direction on a side road (trees have grown now, can't happen) stuffed the hire car into the back of a JCB. Now you know why I won't drive the Mog in the dark...
When I went back to work after two months on light duties (for first month) I was asked to go back to the commute to another site. Answer was not particularly polite. Don't mind the occasional delivery trip or odd job on another site, but no more distance commuting. Local site 11 miles from home. Remote was 70+.
Lorries, most do check mirrors, the trouble is there are large blind spot areas, not so bad now, but still there to some extent (yes I have an HGV licence - well, I need to take a medical and now a CPC to go back to driving them). Would not go back to it though - too many reps / school run Mums etc. in tin boxes who don't / can't / won't allow for the fact that these road going behemoths NEED more space, to turn / stop / accelerate to cruising speed etc.
So, nice one Jeremy, I have done a little bit of driving, but Class 14, 24, 37 and 47 don't really count!
Cheers,
