collease Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Ok people this is a proper warning for you all. If you are out and about in the future driving please be very very aware of what lorries are around you. I have been informed that there have been 9 accidents in the last 2 weeks involving Nightfreight lorries. I really xcant stress this enough the people they hire dont give a about you or your cars or bikes they are only interested in getting to there drop off point. If you see a nightfreight lorry make sure your extra careful as they have a tendency to do things you would never expect. We have been informed that one has taken out a stationary vehicle while turing a corner, 2 have been involved in accidents on roandabouts 4 have been involved in head on collisions where they have either tried to overtake something or have just pulled across the oncoming cars path and the final 2 have driven into buildings. I would highly recomend that you stay well clear of them and dont under any sercomstance try and overtake them. You many never be heard from again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallachie Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 You post some weird things fella...... Thanks for the advice, but I'm pretty aware of how dangerous lorries can be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collease Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 No the lorries are fine its the people in them that worry me. Most delivery drivers can be a bit odd but are usually ok. These guys are just plain dangerous and to be polite i would not want them near my car in anyway. But yes i do post odd things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insurance Jon Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I know what you mean, when I hang out at Hill Hire you get the strangest drivers in to pick lorries up. a lot can't even speak a word of english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_d Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 We've used Nightfreight in the past as a haulage firm and they're dreadful, pallets were fairly often smashed on delivery or dropped off the lorry. We no longer use them and having seen the state of their drivers I can see where you're coming from!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collease Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Put it this way. One of their depots is on our site and they hire a part of the carpark off us to allow them to load their vehicles. I could tell you some stories about what happens but i would not want to frighten you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Can I stress that a lot of Nightfrieght is independently owned by franchisees, and the whole company isn't going to be to blame. It's a very silly thing to suggest that every driver within any organisation is a twit. A driver is an individual, and as such they are not governed by a brand and I wouldn't expect the fact that they are employed by the same national franchise would make them all ridiculously stupid drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_d Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Can I stress that a lot of Nightfrieght is independently owned by franchisees, and the whole company isn't going to be to blame. It's a very silly thing to suggest that every driver within any organisation is a twit. A driver is an individual, and as such they are not governed by a brand and I wouldn't expect the fact that they are employed by the same national franchise would make them all ridiculously stupid drivers. [/ QUOTE ] This much is true, however, from my experience the vast majority of them are poor drivers. I'm not sure if they have more drops/pick ups than other firms, but they nearly always drive very fast in our area. We were getting around 10% damage rate on what we sent, most of which was damaged in transit! We didn;t use them for long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 [ QUOTE ] It's a very silly thing to suggest that every driver within any organisation is a twit. [/ QUOTE ] I don't know, I can't think I've ever seen a DHL van being driven sensibly and with consideration for other road users. I've nearly been wiped out by several though. Perhaps it's part of their interview process: "Can you drive like a total maniac?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Don't get me wrong, I agree that most delivery drivers pull some unbelieveable stunts and get away with them most of the time. If I was a copper I'd do nothing but pull the feckers up all day.. but to single out Nightfrieght in a post like this is wrong IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayerbloke Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Driving home yesterday we nearly got taken out by a tanker of some sort that joined a roundabout off the dual carriageway without looking and then, whilst indicating left, from the left lane, decided he'd rather go right so cut across the whole thing, bringing traffic in both directions to a total standstill. How the guy behind us avoided getting T-Boned I'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I see it every day. One guy today indicated right at a two lane roundabout entrance, so I went straight on in the left lane, only to find that he was actually going straight on, and he cut straight into me. Bearing in mind I've only just picked my car back up, I was furious. But there's no point in getting mad, either the twunt didn't know he'd done anything wrong, or he didn't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayerbloke Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I mean, you can accept that lorries sometimes need to use both lanes of the road at times, but some of the things they do are simply unbelievable. Or rather; they should be unbelievable, but, as you say, they happen all too regularly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collease Posted September 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Sorry i should have been specific and stated that the Nightfreight GB depots in Norwich and Ipswich are using very inept drivers. Yes lots of other companies probably do to but i dont see the same drivers coming back every day with fresh damage on their vehicles like i do with Nightfreight. If i did i would have been more general. Yes delivery drivers on the whole are a bit mad with some manovers but i bet DHL parcelforce and other such delivery companies dont have as much damage per driver on goods in transit and vehicles as Nightfreight. All this has come from working beside them and with them for 4 years. You can take it with a pinch of salt or you can believe what i say its entierly up to you. I posted this to give people a heads up about the dodgy behaviour of a company and try and be helpful so people that do have nice cars can keep them that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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