peanuts Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Any money-making enterprise that expects its employees to break the law in the performance of their job is little short of a racket IMO. pretty much amazon hermes etc modus operandi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2017 pretty much amazon hermes etc modus operandi I once had a manger who questioned my every movement when on the road for a financial services operation, and who worked out her timings for my movements based on driving the entire distance at the legal maximum speed, or even above it (I had a Golf GTI which was capable of just this, but I was not happy to accede to her "suggestion", and tried to base my movements on a more reasonable scenario (ie allowing for traffic delays and on not exceeding the speed limits to make up time) - her worst ever was when I suggested using the train to get to Manchester and being told that it should only take about 4 hours from home in Surrey, if I used the M25. M1/M6 - that did not allow for any comfort stops, or possible traffic problems (on these roads ??????). I left the job soon after as I had a wish to live to draw my pension, and to keep my licence. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I once had a manager who questioned my every movement when on the road for a financial services operation, and who worked out her timings for my movements based on driving the entire distance at the legal maximum speed, or even above it .... Ah, the slime ball school of micro-management. She'll doubtless go far, and will see nothing amiss in accepting an award in a future role for promoting better work-life balance, or something similarly undeserved. But we will know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2017 Ah, the slime ball school of micro-management. She'll doubtless go far, and will see nothing amiss in accepting an award in a future role for promoting better work-life balance, or something similarly undeserved. But we will know. Those dreaded words: "I don't want to micro-manage but...." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I once had a manger who questioned my every movement when on the road for a financial services operation, and who worked The sort who should be prosecuted by the thought police ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2017 Meanwhile over here they drop their helmets and the police don't pursue at all in case the criminals fall off their scooters and hurt themselves. Thus there's an explosion of acid flinging maniacs on scooters. If you're going to do crime on a scooter I don't much care what happens to you. Amended. Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 The sort who should be prosecuted by the thought police ? The sort who would be part of the thought police, surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 The sort who would be part of the thought police, surely. agreed bur dont call me shirley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimble Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 when the lorry three vehicles ahead decides to jump the red temporary traffic light as the quarry he's driving to is halfway through the roadworks... but hasn't spotted that the car two vehicles ahead was a police car... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 when the lorry three vehicles ahead decides to jump the red temporary traffic light as the quarry he's driving to is halfway through the roadworks... but hasn't spotted that the car two vehicles ahead was a police car... Tipper lorry ? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimble Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Tipper lorry ? aye (and a quick check shows it's a sandpit and not a quarry) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 aye (and a quick check shows it's a sandpit and not a quarry) nuff said then well known in the trucking community to give them a very wide berth law unto themselves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2017 Try being in Norfolk when it's sugar beet harvest time nothing gets in the way of these fully loaded artics and survives... And harvest time is now.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2017 Fancy a road trip to Russia? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 This might be fake, but the bloke would have had a head ache, that's for sure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_zn335loiA 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Fancy a road trip to Russia? They should have stuck to Lada's and Trabant's. I think they've adapted to modern high powered cars yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2017 They should have stuck to Lada's and Trabant's. I think they've adapted to modern high powered cars yet. They never will be any good as drivers, until they figure out that flying past a line of stopped vehicles, almost never has a good outcome. Nor does excessive speeds in appalling weather conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Fancy a road trip to Russia? Remind me never to drive in Russia. Does nobody ever stop at the scene? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2017 Remind me never to drive in Russia. Does nobody ever stop at the scene? You'd never get anywhere if you stopped at every accident scene! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted November 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2017 nuff said then well known in the trucking community to give them a very wide berth law unto themselves Not a new phenomenon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051713 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 (edited) I suspect the guys in this movie would have been a little less cavalier in their approach: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046268/ (Parodied magnificently by the Goons shortly after its release: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fear_of_Wages) Edited November 25, 2017 by ejstubbs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2017 Does nobody ever stop at the scene? I was thinking exactly that. There are one or two that top, but on the whole "Oh look car getting totalled/truck toppled over - carry on!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted November 26, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2017 I was thinking exactly that. There are one or two that top, but on the whole "Oh look car getting totalled/truck toppled over - carry on!" From watching probably to many of these videos , mainly because it's just hard to understand the the thought processes of the drivers , more people seem to stop when the 'event' takes place on the more remote roads , it seem that in towns people have seen so many they just shrug and keep walking . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) This one looks expensive! Driving a Maserati through flood waters? Not the best decision! More and its on topic, since under a railway bridge! https://twitter.com/NebulousMusings/status/936850391597170688/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fvictoria%2Fmelbourne-weather-saturday-december-2-2017-20171201-gzxaim.html%3Fp%3D2 Edited December 2, 2017 by kevinlms 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2017 This one looks expensive! Driving a Maserati through flood waters? Not the best decision! More and its on topic, since under a railway bridge! https://twitter.com/NebulousMusings/status/936850391597170688/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fvictoria%2Fmelbourne-weather-saturday-december-2-2017-20171201-gzxaim.html%3Fp%3D2 You can't buy stupid , it's a gift . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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