angus nairn

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Or maybe they know there’s a 99.99999% chance the driver is going to be running bent?

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ajt:
Looks like Angus Nairn fevers rubbing off on tugging Montgomery’s finest.

Just spotted a plod patrol Sandwiched between Manfreight to the rear and Monty to the front on route to Ireland give the Monty a pull.

Maybe there is something with this victimisation claim after all ? :question: :blush:

It might be a fake policeman just after a few spare snout :laughing:

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Wheel Nut:

colin.f.whitetrans:
I was running right but why should my life be put at risk with the trucks inches from me when it was perfectly unavoidable if he only took me to the weighbridge to do the control■■? So you numpties think it is ok for him to put road safety (mine) at risk for the sake of getting a tacho check!!! How many accidents happen every year with people being struck on the hard shoulder? :unamused: :unamused:

At worst they are gonna knock your drivers mirror off, that is if you are in a RHD truck, to get to you they probably need to climb right over your trailer. If you hadn’t spent 5 minutes arguing you could have been out of the way of the nasty truckers 5 minutes earlier :stuck_out_tongue:

Has your mate Bob seen this thread?

And what happens when one runs into the back? They came out the weighbridge malc and all i asked at first was to be took there to do the control rather than do it on a busy motorway! I dont think that is to much to ask is it■■? I have no problems with anyone from vosa or the police doing a control at any time and think its a great idea that vosa now have there own vans and the power to stop i just dont like it to be done on the hard shoulder as in my opinion its stupid and dangereous for the driver and for the police. Anyway rant over and i wish mr nairn all the best :laughing:

ps havnt spoke to bob

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Just heard its for a new BBC1 cop realitly TV program called ‘‘Nairn on tour’’ :laughing:

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colin.f.whitetrans:

Wheel Nut:

colin.f.whitetrans:
I was running right but why should my life be put at risk with the trucks inches from me when it was perfectly unavoidable if he only took me to the weighbridge to do the control■■? So you numpties think it is ok for him to put road safety (mine) at risk for the sake of getting a tacho check!!! How many accidents happen every year with people being struck on the hard shoulder? :unamused: :unamused:

At worst they are gonna knock your drivers mirror off, that is if you are in a RHD truck, to get to you they probably need to climb right over your trailer. If you hadn’t spent 5 minutes arguing you could have been out of the way of the nasty truckers 5 minutes earlier :stuck_out_tongue:

Has your mate Bob seen this thread?

And what happens when one runs into the back? They came out the weighbridge malc and all i asked at first was to be took there to do the control rather than do it on a busy motorway! I dont think that is to much to ask is it■■? I have no problems with anyone from vosa or the police doing a control at any time and think its a great idea that vosa now have there own vans and the power to stop i just dont like it to be done on the hard shoulder as in my opinion its stupid and dangereous for the driver and for the police. Anyway rant over and i wish mr nairn all the best :laughing:

ps havnt spoke to bob

Personally I think you might of over reacted a bit, but I wasn’t there and I don’t know what sort of a day you were having.
However I think you’ve raised a fair point about being pulled over on the hard shoulder, and if Rikki does get an interview with PC Nairn maybe he could raise the issue of trucks being pulled onto the hard shoulder for checks when it would be safer for all concerned if they were taken to the next services or one of them motorway compounds.

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I think Colin has got a point though about being pulled over on the hard shoulder …it is a dangerous place to be on the Motorway and they do advise people not to sit in thier vehicles if they have stopped on it etc…surely any Police check can be carried out at the next available slip road to get you away from the main flow of the traffic…i always thought that the hard shoulder is for emergencies and breakdowns only , a tacho check by the Police isnt either of these…regarding PC Nairn I would have thought that if he does need to stop someone on the hard shoulder surely its more visable for other road users for him to be behind a truck with his blue lights on than in front of them like he was with both trucks on the TV programme…apart from that I think the guys only doing his job and if you aint got nothing to hide then I would imagine he would get you on your way ASAP , hope so cause I use the M5 around Worcester about 3 nights a week :slight_smile:

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i think the reason he pulled them from the front would have so the rearward facing camera could see what the driver was doing ie pulling wire out or tacho out

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he is only like a traffic cop just sit there waiting for a easy target insread of going out doing some real work .

if taxs was not so high companys wouldnt feel need to bend the rules so much to even keep there heads above water but where does taxs go oh yes putting more patrols out there to rip motorists of yet again .

tax on getting licence rip off
tax on insurance rip off
road tax rip off
fines rip off
tax on fuel

then want you to [pay tax on what you earn this country dont work for those that work for it

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andytrew:

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then why should i do as little sheep do and bend over for some one in uniform?

Didn,t know you were into that sort of thing :question: :grimacing: :grimacing: :grimacing:

I am in uniform, Bend over now, I order you!!!

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scotstrucker:
i think the reason he pulled them from the front would have so the rearward facing camera could see what the driver was doing ie pulling wire out or tacho out

Or probably a trucks bigger/more visible and better at taking the impact than a car :blush: .

I suppose it depend how they stop them or pull up with them ?

Any old freight truck i suppose your better in front, hazchem or dodgy better behind if your out of car to offer a bit of a visible warning if it all goes t**s up :open_mouth:

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Blissy:
I think Colin has got a point though about being pulled over on the hard shoulder …it is a dangerous place to be on the Motorway and they do advise people not to sit in thier vehicles if they have stopped on it etc…surely any Police check can be carried out at the next available slip road to get you away from the main flow of the traffic…i always thought that the hard shoulder is for emergencies and breakdowns only , a tacho check by the Police isnt either of these…regarding PC Nairn I would have thought that if he does need to stop someone on the hard shoulder surely its more visable for other road users for him to be behind a truck with his blue lights on than in front of them like he was with both trucks on the TV programme…apart from that I think the guys only doing his job and if you aint got nothing to hide then I would imagine he would get you on your way ASAP , hope so cause I use the M5 around Worcester about 3 nights a week :slight_smile:

do you honestly think a slip road is safer than the hard shoulder ,a sitting target for the last minute dash from lane 3 to slip off brigade

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d4c24a:

Blissy:
I think Colin has got a point though about being pulled over on the hard shoulder …it is a dangerous place to be on the Motorway and they do advise people not to sit in thier vehicles if they have stopped on it etc…surely any Police check can be carried out at the next available slip road to get you away from the main flow of the traffic…i always thought that the hard shoulder is for emergencies and breakdowns only , a tacho check by the Police isnt either of these…regarding PC Nairn I would have thought that if he does need to stop someone on the hard shoulder surely its more visable for other road users for him to be behind a truck with his blue lights on than in front of them like he was with both trucks on the TV programme…apart from that I think the guys only doing his job and if you aint got nothing to hide then I would imagine he would get you on your way ASAP , hope so cause I use the M5 around Worcester about 3 nights a week :slight_smile:

do you honestly think a slip road is safer than the hard shoulder ,a sitting target for the last minute dash from lane 3 to slip off brigade

I dont think the slip road is ideal but I’d say its the better of the two just from volume of traffic going directly past you.

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ROG:
The other thing I noticed was that he did not jump into the truck and say to the driver - you’re nicked for X or Y
He gave the trucker a chance to come clean and tell the truth before any caution or arrest was done.

Although we did not see one come clean straight away, I suspect that if one did, then all the driver would have got is reported and a fine issued…
How much fairer can he be?

on what do you base your suspicion? with tv cameras present do you really think he would have taken the lighter option?

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angus enjoyed drivin that scania, i think thats the best part of the job for him,must be like a kid in a sweet shop :open_mouth:

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angus nairn for home secretary!!!

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Steve-o:
Or maybe they know there’s a 99.99999% chance the driver is going to be running bent?

would there be any chance you are exaggerating. :unamused:

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I always thought it said something about the hard shoulder being for emergencies only and that they have done folk for stopping for a pee etc. Now that is more of an emergency than a routine check.

There does seem to be a lot of different opinions with the police though.
Years ago I was coming back from the bottom of the M5 and when I got towards Bristol, the truck just lost all power. I was not loaded and I dropped onto the hard shoulder expecting it to stop altogether, but it managed to keep going at about 10-15 mph. I spotted an Exit sign in the distance and thought the sensible thing to do was trundle up the hard shoulder at this speed, get off the motorway and investigate/fix the problem. A couple of minutes later, a patrol car swung onto the hard shoulder and stopped in front of me. An Avon and Somerset copper jumped out wanting to know what the hell I thought I was doing. I explained that the vehicle had lost all it’s power and would just keep going in second gear and I was trying to get off the motorway. He told me, quite correctly according to the rule-book, that the hard shoulder was for stopping on, the motorway was for driving on. OK, that’s the letter of the law, but do any of you think it is safe to drive on a motorway at 10 mph? When I asked him that, his opinion was that if it’s not safe to drive on the motorway, them park it up and get a recovery truck. I was well within sight of the exit now. So I jumped back in the truck and drove it, on the motorway, to the exit. (the rest had done it good and it managed about 35mph then)
I thought I had solved the problem and carried on home and about a mile from Tamworth services on the M42 it did it again. So I did the same thing, jumped on the Hard-shoulder and limped along at 10 mph to the slip road, the difference was that this time a cop car came behind me and put his lights on to ■■■■■■ me into the services. He asked what the problem was and when I explained, he told me I had done the right thing in trying to get off the motorway and slow speed along the hard shoulder was fine. I told him about Avon and Somersets approach and he thought they were insane as well.
So for every dippy copper that stops you and talks crap, don’t forget the 10 who just went straight past you and isn’t on the promo ladder looking to make a name for himself.

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A lot of people seem to have a massive problem with the police on here, they have a job to do, by being polite and pleasent i have got away with a bollocking rather than points, although i do agree with pulling you up on the hard shoulder for a check where they did it is not the widest H/S, and they park behind a car to protect the car and in front of a lorry to protect themselves.

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Correct. That job also includes making it safe for my old mother to walk up to the shop and not have her door kicked in by local scumbags. Not have some drug dealing ■■■■ using her drive as a sales pitch for supplying the local junkies and when you try to ring up no-one is available 'cos they are all too busy stopping decent truck drivers and trying to find a way to relieve your wallet for any petty infringement.
Yes, I do have a problem with public servants who don’t serve, but instead seem to have been transferred to the tax collection services.

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for everything thats being said about Mr Nairn, on the last show he stopped one guy who had pulled a fuse and was’nt recording and another who did not even have a tacho in the head.

Trouble is we will all get painted with the same brush if folks keep doing it.

The other thing for me is at least he patrols the service areas looking for curtain slashers, when even the services, who we pay for parking do not !!