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[Jay w]

I sympathize with this lady's illness, it's something that could affect any one of us in years to come but sadly her driving days are done & for safeties sake they should be.
  I've read your post Craig & yes truck drivers make a mess if they're not paying attention & the worst happens. I try to leave a gap between me & the car in front only to have some knobhead car driver dive into it & brake hard because he wants to get off @ the next exit then come to a halt when he can't get in to the left through leaving it too late.
   At 44t I have to "stand" on the brake while blocks a lane with his left indicator flashing. The contents of my cab where i live some nights go all over the 45 ft trailer takes on a mind of it's own & i've got the worry of another 44t behind me in the same panic. This why this lady should not even take retest. I invite anyone whose not convinced to spend a day or two riding shotgun. You'll come away with a different perspective.
    Sorry, that was nearly a rant. I'll be nice for the rest of the evening!!

i see this all the time, car drivers who have no idea of the impact of their actions and the consequence of taking all the braking distance of that huge lorry that is now baring down on them as the driver is trying desperately trying to slow the lorry down.

It would be interesting to allow these drivers a few hours behind the wheels and have the same trick done to them.

[Entwood]

I now have the greatest sympathy with Amigov, Spongebob, Sir J and all other professional HGV drivers.

I have recently taken (and passed) both HGV (rigid only) and PCV licences and never realised just how difficult bad car drivers make things for them, until I met a few !!!. Even though the truck/coach were empty it was surprising how much inertia they actually have ... when you consider what fully laden entails it is quite amazing.

I may never use these licences in "anger", they are, at the moment just an option for the future, but the act of taking them has certainly made me a more considerate, patient and hopefully, a better driver.

[albitz]

i just read in the paper that she has been banned for 7 days (although she also has to take a retest) but if i was caught doing 125 on an empty motorway at 5 a. m. on a nice clear summers morning i would get banned for years or even locked up. imho the way this lady was driving was potentially the more dangeruos scenario of the two.

[hotel21]

i just read in the paper that she has been banned for 7 days (although she also has to take a retest) but if i was caught doing 125 on an empty motorway at 5 a. m. on a nice clear summers morning i would get banned for years or even locked up. imho the way this lady was driving was potentially the more dangeruos scenario of the two.

No argument from me.

The Court on the day decided otherwise in this scenario.....    

[amigov6]

I now have the greatest sympathy with Amigov, Spongebob, Sir J and all other professional HGV drivers.

I have recently taken (and passed) both HGV (rigid only) and PCV licences and never realised just how difficult bad car drivers make things for them, until I met a few !!!. Even though the truck/coach were empty it was surprising how much inertia they actually have ... when you consider what fully laden entails it is quite amazing.

I may never use these licences in "anger", they are, at the moment just an option for the future, but the act of taking them has certainly made me a more considerate, patient and hopefully, a better driver.

Hi Entwood. Gaining these licences has given you an understanding that some(not all) car drivers lack. If they realialized how long it took to get 44t up to 56mph through 12/16 gears on a range change & split they may understand how long it takes to stop it again. However as you now know part of the driver training is to allow for other road users lack of common sense.

[cem_devecioglu]

I tried One cousins truck..Before the gears I had the problem to fit this big size in to the narrow lane..Really hard job..