Is it time to restrict HGV's to inside lane?

[keslake]

Following yesterdays tragic accident and the arrest of an HGV driver maybe the above option
should at least be trialled, especially in any roadwork zones.

Sorry to rant about this again but i am bloody sick of some of the drivers who think just because they have
indicated they have a god given right to pull into lane 2, regardless of any vehicle which may be almost alongside.

Getting on the subject of the 50mph average zones, just how there are not more accidents beggars belief and
surely it would be a much safer option if they were restricted to lane 1 on those stretches?

Apologies to all the sensible truckers on here but there are a hell of a lot of bad apples spoiling the cart for you.

[keslake]

Willy Nilly said:

Go and pass your Class 1 and do some lorry driving, then report back.

Your point being?

[keslake]

Gavin0478 said:

How do you know this information is correct.
Did you witness the lead up to the accident or have you been shown hard evidence to support your claim.

No i didn't witness it but i see hard evidence every time i use motorways.

I am not tarring all truckers with the same brush, there are plenty of competent HGV drivers on our roads
but those who just pull out, sometimes before they have even indicated are a menace to our roads.

[keslake]

P1H said:

I actually agree with the OP in some respects. So many times I've been overtaking a lorry, to have them pull out with little or no notice and with no where to go due to the outside lane blocked by a car overtaking me. I'm not suggesting cars haven't done this, but the majority of the really dangerous occasions have been HGVs.

You speak about courtesy, but a lot of the time drivers are not given the courtesy of time to allow the HGV out or move slowly to the outside lane.

I'd be amazed if there aren't a lot of similar experiences here. I don't know if limiting HGVs is the answer, but I at least agree with the OP this is a real problem.

Thanks for the voice of reason.

You would of thought i had suggested removing HGV's from the road entirely after reading some of the responses on
here.
Fact of the matter is the minority of truckers do the majority no favours, same with car drivers and motorcyclists.
At the end of the day it is the dangerous, ignorant, arrogant ones who are a liability, be that on 2, 4 or 16 wheels.