Dangerous truck driving on the A20.

• Andy B

  • Location: dover
  • Registered: 10 Nov 2012
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  6 June 2016     21:41314521
  #1      
  For the last week or so i,ve been using the A20 on a regular basis.I,m amazed of the poor driving by HGVs on the coast bound carrigeway on the 40mph stretch from the Roundhill tunnel to the Capel slip road.If you are aware of this road there is a 40mph limit in place with average speed cameras that will calculate your speed between each camera so its no good speeding up and then slowing when you reach the next one.Almost every day i,ve been tailgated by HGVs whose drivers have a s**t standard of driving and those that just blast past you as if the law doesnt apply to them.Maybe to the foreign HGVs it doesnt but today i had a UK reg truck that followed me as close as 6ft away at times,i,m not exagerating this.I was more than prepared to pull over and stop this truck and show this **** what i thought of his driving but my sense luckily got the better of me,i,m aware you can lose your licence for such incidents so i ignored it,but seriously if you have to use this strech of road just beware.I believe this problem has been mentioned before in the local paper.Its a dangerous situation.
• Guest 1266

  • Registered: 8 May 2014
  • Posts: 381
  7 June 2016     09:15314530
  #2      
  It's an incredibly dangerous road now with the crazy 40mph restriction which Kent Police have admitted they cannot safely police with the resources they have. I feel very sorry for female drivers and families with children in the car. I now use Alkham Valley rather than risk it.
  Jack of Hearts
• Paul M

  • Registered: 1 Feb 2016
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  7 June 2016     09:34314531
  #3      
  I avoid this stretch of road now for the same reasons as Andy says. It's far too dangerous when frankly it doesn't need to be. Whoever thought it was/ is a good idea should be sacked.
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• PatrickS

  • Location: Marine Parade, Dover
  • Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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  7 June 2016     11:29314536
  #4      
  Couldn't agree more. Does anyone local still use the A20 into Dover?
  
  Posted the rest of the traffic problems on Howards entry at
  https://www.dover.uk.com/forums/dover-forum/street-lighting-columns
• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  7 June 2016     14:59314545
  #5      
  Possibly worth keeping an eye on this. It says when the TAP is turned on and off.
  https://twitter.com/KentHighways
  
  [U]KCC Highways ‏@KentHighways 8h8 hours ago
  Dover TAP was stood down overnig[/U]ht
  
  [U]KCC Highways ‏@KentHighways 21h21 hours ago
  Dover Tap has been put in place and will be implemented in the next 15 minutes: [/U]
  
  
  I assume that when the TAP is off, you can drive through at 70mph?
• PatrickS

  • Location: Marine Parade, Dover
  • Registered: 19 Sep 2015
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  7 June 2016     15:16314546
  #6      
  Think not Karlos - 40mph all the way into Dover from just east of the Roundhill tunnel. Been like that for ages. They talk about changing it but so far nothing has changed. TAP only holds the port bound hgv traffic at Aycliffe lights and then releases them bit by bit when traffic allows a more free flow into the docks.
• Andy B

  • Location: dover
  • Registered: 10 Nov 2012
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  7 June 2016     15:23314547
  #7      
  As much as i,m not keen on the Alkham road i shall also be using it in future before i end up blowing a fuse.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  7 June 2016     15:40314549
  #8      
  unless you drive through capel then drop down at courtwood inter change.
• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  7 June 2016     15:43314551
  #9      
   PatrickS wrote:

  Think not Karlos - 40mph all the way into Dover from just east of the Roundhill tunnel. Been like that for ages. They talk about changing it but so far nothing has changed. TAP only holds the port bound hgv traffic at Aycliffe lights and then releases them bit by bit when traffic allows a more free flow into the docks.

  
  
  Thanks for that.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  7 June 2016     15:54314552
  #10      
  don't know what the problem is,its 30 mph from the bp garage.
• Andy B

  • Location: dover
  • Registered: 10 Nov 2012
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  7 June 2016     21:48314561
  #11      
  Drive down that road in a small hatchback and you,ll see the problem.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  8 June 2016     05:41314566
  #12      
  just as bad in a bus,allmost been side swiped a number of times.