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Keep an eye on your mirrors!
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phillipsheila
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Nuts
What!!!!????
It would have helped if the m/home had been on it's own side of the road.
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Tricky that, as I find my when large vehicles are overtaking me their turbulence first pushes my m/h away from them and then 'sucks' it towards them.
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Shouldn't buy them if you cannot drive them.
Bus is overtaking just before a bend, too!
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Moral, get a move on don't keep buses and trucks dawdling behind you........or pull over and let them pass.
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Why would anyone drive that slowly that they are hindering a bus?
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I think they are not necessarily driving slowly, it's a coach not a bus and some of them don't hang about, especially if they are empty... or full of school kids
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On the camper or the coach ?That's why you need a good set of airhorns
glenn2926
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There are regular signs on single track roads telling slow drivers to pull over to allow overtaking. Most of those roads are national speed limit but quite a few tourists muck about around 25 mph. No wonder others get frustrated.I think they are not necessarily driving slowly, it's a coach not a bus and some of them don't hang about, especially if they are empty... or full of school kids
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Original story linked here .
looks like it happened way back in 2014 .
The Daily mail lives up to its inaccurate reporting , calling it a camper van and a caravan
then a caravan again 
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looks like it happened way back in 2014 .
The Daily mail lives up to its inaccurate reporting , calling it a camper van and a caravan
then a caravan again .
Moment tourist coach squeezes past a camper van
Shocking dashcam footage has captured the moment a tourist coach squeezes past an HGV and caravan (pictured) on one of Scotland's most dangerous roads.
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NO that is in the UK that's a UK reg on the coach for 2005 apparently in Scotland and the video is from an HGV so a totally scary Coach driverIt would have helped if the m/home had been on it's own side of the road.
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Swifter
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I think TheTwoOfUs is referring to the moho drifting over the centre line
The wheels might be within the lane but the body is over the line . Still a silly move from the coach driver .
glenn2926
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Coach or bus, there’s absolutely no need for the motorhome to be driving that slowly that the coach, bus needs to pass it.I think they are not necessarily driving slowly, it's a coach not a bus and some of them don't hang about, especially if they are empty... or full of school kids
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That bus coach/driver wouldn’t like Dorset much with all those queues and traffic jams
It looks to me like they re both wrong. Retesting is the answer IMHO
glenn2926
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I’ve just rewatched it and cannot see where the coach driver is in the wrong. It’s a perfectly legal overtake. The motorhome is a bit wide in their lane but lots of motorhome owners,drivers haven’t really driven larger vehicles so tend to stay wide. The coach driver waited for the shoulder on the other lane to get a little wider to give themselves room.
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Just like boats as you must know, and I learned with barges in the French canals
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Hi.
The coach had caught up with the m/ho,so going faster........ Overtaking...... We don't know how long it had been trailing the mo/ho. NZ. On a tour down there,in a coach and we caught up with a " Dragon-Fly " lorry ( Drags uphill and Flies down the other side ) As soon as the road got wide enough,the lorry pulled over and let us pass. mentioned this to the driver of the coach and he said it was un unwritten rule,the lorries would pull over at the first chance to enable faster traffic to proceed.
When you have a vehicle behind you,you are then/now, driving/thinking for two....... Caught up..Chap/chapess behind was going faster....let them by,halve the strain,next bend they will be out of sight.
Air turbulence Be ready to struggle if overtaking a juggernaught,as once you get level you are out of its clean air..Also be careful overtaking car transporters,as the wind can " Gust " between the cars on the trailer and you will get buffeting.
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So many drivers on the road with NO road craft. A lot are totally oblivious of other users. They are in their own little world.
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That's us on the left, rather tiny in comparison!
It is legal but it looks a bit risky, the corner is approaching fast and he's overtaking more than one vehicle, although the camera vehicle could have helped him out by backing off and opening the gap up to give him options. Having said that we could not see what the coach driver could see and don't know what his knowledge of that section of road was and don't know how long the mh had been holding him up for.
btw I've driven lots of lorries but still stay wider in the motorhome because its more precious.
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Unusual crew, I must say, despite the nautical dress.
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Might need to change the name of that boat to WasWas
Really? Overtaking an HGV and a motorhome on a narrow road approaching a bend?
Sorry but (in my opinon) that was very risky.
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These coach drivers in the north of Scotland need hung to be honest ...wallace Arnold was one of the worst ...drive them like they stole them ...ive had them up my ass on narrow bendy roads and other times theyve been heading towards me and they use their size to bully and intimidate. I started refusing to pull in to the ditch for them and just stopped till they slowed or stopped and then negotiated around them . Sister on the other hand has ended up down drains or on verges because of them. In that video he was willing to squeeze past there even though it was obvious the motorhome was weaving...not a good driver , the motorhome wasnt doing great either but its a completely stupid move to still try and pass him there and risk either hitting the motorhome or causing it to swerve off the road.
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That’s Glencoe.
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