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<blockquote data-quote="borderterribles" data-source="post: 7640062" data-attributes="member: 691"><p>I travel along the road in the OP, regularly. Either in a lorry or like today, in a car. It is a very fast, undulating road with remarkably few completely safe places to pass a long vehicle. There are pretty much three sections. From Stoke to Loggerheads there are no pull ins that I can recall and it is almost suicidal to attempt to pass a vehicle of any length. The next bit past Market Drayton Auction is wider ,but bends mean you can't see what is coming the other way although there are a few decent lay-bys where a long vehicle could get off the road and the last section from Hodnet to Shrewsbury is particularly bad for undulations ( or hidden dips) as they are signed, where the road ahead looks clear , only for a vehicle to rise up in front of an unwary overtaker. There are only two suitable places for a long vehicle to pull into on this bit. We had little option but to sit behind a horsebox and a loaded minibus this morning, whilst travelling along this road in the opposite direction. No doubt that it is completely unacceptable for the tractor driver in the OP to disregard the queue behind him, but as others have already said it is almost as dangerous to try and re-join the road, having pulled over to let the traffic past!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="borderterribles, post: 7640062, member: 691"] I travel along the road in the OP, regularly. Either in a lorry or like today, in a car. It is a very fast, undulating road with remarkably few completely safe places to pass a long vehicle. There are pretty much three sections. From Stoke to Loggerheads there are no pull ins that I can recall and it is almost suicidal to attempt to pass a vehicle of any length. The next bit past Market Drayton Auction is wider ,but bends mean you can't see what is coming the other way although there are a few decent lay-bys where a long vehicle could get off the road and the last section from Hodnet to Shrewsbury is particularly bad for undulations ( or hidden dips) as they are signed, where the road ahead looks clear , only for a vehicle to rise up in front of an unwary overtaker. There are only two suitable places for a long vehicle to pull into on this bit. We had little option but to sit behind a horsebox and a loaded minibus this morning, whilst travelling along this road in the opposite direction. No doubt that it is completely unacceptable for the tractor driver in the OP to disregard the queue behind him, but as others have already said it is almost as dangerous to try and re-join the road, having pulled over to let the traffic past! [/QUOTE]
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