Seems to be getting more prevalent everywhere. The M62 was always bad, but it's closed nearly every morning now because of crashes (Usually lorries).
Given my occupation i see pile ups on an almost day to day basis & yes smaller cars by their nature don't fare well on impact. Sadly sh*t sticks as in the "dog in Liverpool" post. Yes some scousers are naughty at times & so is everyone else from any town/city. Yes some lorry drivers are idiots at times & cause accidents but we get a bad press. Take the M62 then. Travelling westbound on any weekday morning the M1 split & M606 Bradford split are always busy to the point of the inside lane becoming a queuing lane & at a standstill for maybe half a mile. Many RTA'S involving HGV's are caused by ignorant car & van drivers suddenly realising they don't want to exit said junction & pulling out into the middle lane suddenly, causing panic braking. This can cause a collision futher back that you'll probably be unaware of....2 or 3 cars may have to brake hard resulting in the truck hitting one of them..all because you did'nt know where you wanted to be. It works the other way as well. Inside lane is blocked up with folk waiting to exit but there'e always a few pillocks who feel they shouldn't wait like everyone else, their journey is more important so they fly past the queue, try to dive in just before the exit therefore blocking the centre lane as well again causing panic braking because you can't quite get in because you would'nt wait like everyone else you w*nker.
Both situations result in a traffic report on the radio saying said incident involved an HGV. Cheers then.
For any of you near to me who are not convinced i challenge/invite you to turn up in Immingham first thing in the morning & ride shotgun for the day...see things from a real perspective. You'll have a fun day out & see things from the other side. I can't say fairer than that. If not then stop bkeating because sat in your car you don't know. You might think you do but you don't.
C'mon Steve, it'd be nice to meet you. Put your money where your mouth is pal.!!!! 8-)