scanny77 wrote:
how many mini supermarkets are open 24 hours? have you ever heard of night time bans? restricted hours of delivery. one shop i delivered to today has a 12 hour window
That gives 10 hours that aren't morning rush hour.
scanny77 wrote:
and thats it because of its proximity to houses.
This is a 24/7 main road that never sleeps, I doubt anyone would notice an unloading lorry.
scanny77 wrote:
the 9 - 5 brigade need their sleep. never mind us night workers who have screamed brats, roadworks and all the other noises that you get during daylight hours. after a 14 hours shift what i really want is someone making lots of noise outside
locally speaking and regulatory there are all sorts of restrictions. loading times, maximum hours worked. maximum hours driven. night time curfews. day time restricted times. etc etc etc etc etc. these all have to be worked around with x amount of trucks and x amount of drivers. if this bothers you that much get on to the local authorities about park and ride schemes. get the cars out of the streets so we can get in and out again. we dont want to be there but the shops need supplies and there are only so many hours in a day. the last thing we are worried about is inconveniencing a car driver who could be somewhere else
I'm not "having a pop" at lorry drivers for the hell of it scanny, I'm pointing out a stupid and unecessary situation, that probably has more to do with the supermarkets in question than the lorry drivers. Fact is, there's two miles of shops and businesses on kentish town road, all sorts of flavours, large and small, but the only ones that feel the need to blockade the road during AM rush hour on a daily basis are the supermarkets in question. the woolworths doesn't. the hardware shops don't. the asian mini-marts don't. the newsagents don't. the pubs and bars don't. the chippies and kebab shops don't. the bakers don't. the florists don't. the bed shop doesn't. the estate agents, bless 'em, don't. No, everyone except tesco and iceland finds a way of handling deliveries without creating a bottleneck on one of the arterial roads into london during morning rush hour, increasing danger for peds and two wheelers and fustration for motorists. I'm aware that lorry drivers have difficulties to overcome, but believe it or not everyone has their problems, most of which we balence with an eye on the disruption we cause to others. My point is, these two supermarkets (and probably others) do what suits them and simply can't give a sh!t. If it's "not possible" for them to operate any other way, then they shouldn't be opening stores in such locations.