To c
Being aggressive to one who is listening is not going to get you a sympathetic ear. He isn't responsible for other's bad driving, yes you won't agree totally on what the problem is but is an aggressive attitude going to convert him to your point of view.
This problem does need to be tackled from multiple sides including recognising that some cyclists don't realise the danger they can put themselves in, equally, cab design is a long way from perfect, and many cyclists end up in the wrong position in relation to a HGV because of the lorry's actions rather than theirs. The fact that some drivers aren't fit to be behind the wheel also needs looking at, but that's one for the police, licencing authorities and employers.
''equally'??? Really??
There is nothing equal about it. The odds are massively stacked against us. HGV industry from those driving to those controlling on the whole do not care. The illegality is rife. Make every cyclist obey the law or every HGV driver obey the law. Guess which one would save by far the most lives. To come on here and tell us that lorries pay into the tax system so should be given some leniency is offensive in the least. Any notion of drivers taking responsibility is just dismissed. I am not saying he is responsible, but go preach to those that are.
To quote another fellow memeber:
The lorry driver who killed cyclist Catriona Patel was drunk and chatting on a mobile.
The lorry driver who killed Eilidh Cairns had faulty eyesight (the police didn't even bother to discover this until the same driver killed another woman.)
The lorry driver who killed cyclist Brian Dorling turned across his path.
The lorry driver who killed cyclist Svetlana Tereschenko was in an unsafe lorry, failing to indicate and chatting on a mobile. The police decided to charge him with..nothing.
The lorry driver who killed cyclist Deep Lee failed to notice her and smashed into her from behind.
The lorry driver that killed cyclist Andrew McNicoll failed to notice him and side swiped him.
The lorry driver that killed cyclist Daniel Cox was in a truck which did not have the correct mirrors and whose driver had pulled into the ASL on a red light and was indicating in the opposite direction to which he turned.