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On 21 Aug 2014 at 10:34pm IMEYOU wrote:

Palmer and Harvey PH Wholesaler Lorry Grounded at the bottom of St Martins Lane Lewes

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On 22 Aug 2014 at 7:14am Nsew wrote:

Sat navs will send you via st martins lane if you select shortest route , I spoke to the driver , well sort of as he had very little English , I think he was French as all he said was "speed " but in French ,

On 22 Aug 2014 at 7:43am HGV wrote:

He went up the wrong allez

On 22 Aug 2014 at 8:39am Driver wrote:

I broke down in Hailsham; and was recovered to Barcombe by the AA. The front wheels of my car were put on a "dolly", which is a small trailer that is wider than the AA Transit towing it.
On reaching Golden Cross on the A22, the satnav sent the driver to Ringmer via the Halland roundabout (presumably to keep to the major roads?)
Worse was to come. On reaching Ringmer, the driver suddenly turned into Bishops Lane. When he reached those with restriction poles he nearly had a breakdown himself! We had to turn round,with great difficulty.
Back home, I thought of offering him last year's AA road atlas- but I did want to embarrass him further.

On 22 Aug 2014 at 10:24am Warren Mitchell wrote:

I don't read maps the old woman sits in the back baking the orders , yes , she's a sat nag ,

On 22 Aug 2014 at 3:05pm Meupmedownmegone wrote:

That's vitesse then nsew you numpty. Don't you know any French?

On 22 Aug 2014 at 3:25pm Aerial wiggling wrote:

Les cargo not going anywhere almost a snails pace

On 22 Aug 2014 at 4:55pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

It always makes me laugh when lorry drivers come up the C7 to get from Newhaven to Brighton, then block the road for 15 minutes as they struggle to do the left by the Swan.
I've seen them struggling to a right at the prison lights when they come back, as well. Dutch flower lorries seem to be quite regular offenders at this.
The C7 would benefit from a ban on the really big lorries, imo.

On 22 Aug 2014 at 5:03pm PC Nowheretobefound wrote:

The C7 has had a ban on really big lorries for years. It has a 7.5T weight limit, just gets ignored and not policed.

On 22 Aug 2014 at 7:24pm PC shinytrousers wrote:

I`m in my squad car right nah , nee nah , nee nah

On 23 Aug 2014 at 10:50am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

I never knew that! I've never noticed any signs prohibiting lorries, either, but then I'm not very observant.
Given the number of big lorries using it, I'm surprised they don't have a blitz on nicking them every now and then, they'd generate a fair bit of income.