An A320 captain reported having to stop his taxi to give way to a speeding catering truck at den.

Attributes
ACN	845312
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 189 Flight Crew Total 11750 Flight Crew Type 3290
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

We had pushed back from gate and received taxi clearance. I turned on the taxi light and started to move when I saw a catering truck speeding down the road. I turned on my turnoff lights to alert him and he accelerated toward our position and veered around outside the road lines and continued eastbound. I stopped when it was obvious he was not going to (we were not moving much to begin with). We reported the incident to the ramp. The speed the truck was going was at least as disturbing as his failure to give way.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Captain reported having to stop his taxi to give way to a speeding catering truck at DEN.

Narrative: We had pushed back from gate and received taxi clearance. I turned on the taxi light and started to move when I saw a catering truck speeding down the road. I turned on my turnoff lights to alert him and he accelerated toward our position and veered around outside the road lines and continued eastbound. I stopped when it was obvious he was not going to (we were not moving much to begin with). We reported the incident to the ramp. The speed the truck was going was at least as disturbing as his failure to give way.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.