green456:
Contrary to your belief verges do not ■■■■ you in, verges do not ■■■■ at all.
its the kerb to the inside lane thats the problem mate
commonrail:
err higher c of g
And an intreating concept bering in mind the canvor of the road
commonrail:
anyway…im off to the pub..i cant hang around here all night waiting for dri.divvy.driver to have his posts checked
HAR HAR HAR 
I love you mc thackeray
These roadworks are all over the front page of the local paper, highlighting the unusually high crash rate, and calling for something to be done.
They’re not the most comfortable to drive through, and those potholes are quite dangerous.
Just put Tina Turner’s “We Don’t Need Another Hero” on your ipod, and play it as you go through. If you’re lucky, one of Freshline’s best drivers will come past about an inch from your mirror when the chorus kicks in, and you’ll just laugh your way to the end of the roadworks.
Mcthickeray has been on the babycham
If the lorry is being dragged heavily the way of the camber, or when one wheel is on the white line (less grip) and the vehicle starts to pull one way, or if it’s very susceptible to the tram lines in the road, then it possibly needs an alignment check…another possibility, is the 5th wheel too far back which on some vehicles causes the mid lift (if fitted) to have too much weight imposed, that does tend to make some wander, oh and have a look see if the 5th wheel needs some grease, dry 5th wheel plate’s don’t help.
The trailer can make a difference obviously, but a higher CoG trailer shouldn’t in itself be wagging the dog to such an extent that you can’t steer the thing, i’d be putting a defect in stating steering wanders…they’ll more than likely ignore it, but if it does cause a mishap at some point and you have the defect number, there’s your defence.
Might be interesting to shove the outfit thats causing the problem over an axle weigher, or if not split weigh the outfit over a flat weighbridge, bad loading can lead to tail wagging the dog syndrome.
I agree that section is horrible to drive, not had such narrow lanes that i can remember, Johnny Foreigner on a mission brushed my mirror set couple of weeks ago with his trailer (doing the typical ‘well the tractor’s past and the trailer is your look out’) and i’m nearly on the grass beside hard shoulder running at the time, i understand where the OP is coming from.
The M1 is a disgrace at the moment - and it’s not going to get better in the short term.
We have a regular run down to MK. When I do it I go down the A1 and across the A421 to the M1 and back up a junction. Even with the roadworks at the Black Cat junction it’s a much better run.
don’t worry.after 5-10 years will be better.but not now.because i think they want change all barriers to beton.one gap (about 15 miles)they can do for about6- 9 month .but you can see a lot old barrier at motorways.so they finish this gap ,when start another one.so fo drivers same s----t nex 5-10 years.
Life would be so uninteresting if everything was easy. Keeps your attention levels up. I hope.
mc thackeray:
weeto:
Yes it is a bit narrow, but nothing to worry about for a competent driver.And that is the kind of cokkie arogent attitude that im on about that would cause a situation like this!
I only needed 2" clearance to pass him coz im a good driver
I was reffering to running in lane 1 not overtaking.
A fact about that stretch of motorway, they started building that stretch in 1958 and took 19 months, 55 miles of motorway between Luton and Rugby, so why does it take so long to do a bit of widening? Yes they did have 4000 workers building it, but??
I think they are taking the ■■■■ keeping less people employed longer on what could be done in half the time or less, and cheaper.
its the same between j28 and j32.youll maybe see a couple of dozen men on the whole stretch.
whereas,when they were doing the bottom of the m1,there were armies of men…night and day.
happysack:
Mcthickeray has been on the babycham
excusemwar I am a man not a laddy and I drink a mans drink!
Now I will have no more talk of drunk teeny boppers on bucks fizz
Unless you want to do one round the back of the bike sheds that is
comonrail and others you know were i am coming from .taking a fully loaded double decker and heavy is bloody hard ,if i say its bad its bad ,i have been driving artics for 30 years .the road is a discrace and soon there will be even more acidents as another poster wrote the white lines are all over the place
weeto you need to have ago ,i posted on here as i thourt i would share my concerns with fellow drivers ,not to be told i need to be competent how dare you 
mc thackeray:
happysack:
Mcthickeray has been on the babychamexcusemwar I am a man not a laddy and I drink a mans drink!
Now I will have no more talk of drunk teeny boppers on bucks fizz
Unless you want to do one round the back of the bike sheds that is
Are you wanting to bum me or something?
Double decker trailers can handle differently from one to another, some of the older heavier type ones seem to handle steadier over different terrain & road surfaces, some of the newer ones seem to not. Characteristics of the different vehicle & trailer combinations towing, it can all make a difference & how its loaded & where the weight is on & on which decks.
If the road is that bad slow down along that section .
I commute up the A5 from Towcester to Hinckley and there is about a crash a week on the M1 on average, which causes chaos at Weedon. I went home down the M1 for a change the other day and the potholes on edge of hard shoulder are quite bad. From what I saw (including a car broke down that nearly resulted in a pile up) a lot of cars and vans are ignoring the 50 speed limit and driving aggressively. The lanes are very narrow for trucks, but in theory if everybody stuck to 50 mph there should not be any problems.
What people are missing here is that if you are in the inside lane of these roadworks every now and again the lane narrows and slightly moves to the right around bridges and Armco barriers. If 2 trucks are side by side in lanes 1 & 2 at these squeeze points then it can be a bit hairy for the truck on the inside.
One thing I would like to see as regards all roadworks is some enforcement on certain vans using the outside lanes when they are clearly indicated at 6’ 6". A lot of people need educating as to how wide the vehicles they are driving actually are.
I went through there recently in the inside lane and there was a truck trying to overtake me and he blasted his horn and flashed his lights at me several times. I never once went over the white line and couldn’t really have got much closer to the verge.
I’d prefer a single full size lane on the inside and let the cars have 2 narrow lanes to squabble over. Yes, there’d be the inevitable ■■■■■■■■ doing 40mph in the inside lane but that’s not the end of the world, as frustrating as it can be.