Why do people hover next to HGVs on the motorway?
For a long time I have suspected that some drivers are using cruise control or are saving fuel when I see them slowly passing a foreign lorry. Surely one should accelerate and clear the danger zone quickly. When a foreign juggernaut driver needs to overtake, he only has seconds to alternate his gaze between the vehicle in front and his offside mirrors, whilst he changes gears and manoeuvres into the next lane. Hovering alongside a lorry cab on a motorway is like playing Russian Roulette.
Asked on 26 May 2012 by DW, Aylesford, Kent.
Answered by
Honest John
Of course. Most drivers are completely stupid about making allowances for the needs of other drivers, particularly of HGV drivers. The most common motorway crash is when a driver cuts back in from lane three to lane two, not having anticipated the need for a driver driving correctly in lane one to pull out to lane two to overtake something in lane one.
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