[QUOTE 5254278, member: 9609"]there is often a reason, tailgating or holding someone up are the usual reasons, it happens on a regular basis to HGVs, I guess they are trying to get your load to shift and kill you?
thankfully the courts seem to be taking it more seriously, this driver apparently lost his licience for 12 moths + a suspended prison sentence.
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That's almost exactly what happened to someone I knew a few years ago. He was driving a similarly sized HGV on a similar road, but was in the nearside lane and approaching a small roundabout at which he wanted to go straight ahead.
As he entered the roundabout, a small car tried to overtake and turn right, but had to brake when the driver realized that big HGVs don't bend and fit neatly into one lane. Enraged by this, he carried on ahead, overtook the HGV, pulled in ahead, and slammed on the brakes.
Then he learned lesson number 2 about HGVs - they can't stop as quickly as a small hatchback. The result was an even smaller hatchback.
Oh, and I think the HGV's bumper was scratched.