Over the past few weeks I have read in CM of bad opinions held by hgv drivers about psv drivers.
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With regard to the reader (CM, November 11) he seems to take great pride in colliding with buses, irrelevant of fault.
As to dress, I myself have fairly long hair, but it is always clean and tidy. There are very few occasions when I don't have a tie on, and these are usually in the summer when it is cooler to drive with an open neck.
I am now driving coaches, which I am pleased to see your readers are not criticising.
I am amazed at the number of lorries that pass on motorways when I am doing 60-65 mph. I often wonder what speeds they are averaging, and what they would do if they had a blow-out.
Also there are numerous delivery vehicles that park haphazardly on the side of the road, leaving swinging doors to catch the side of another vehicle.
I feel that most problems on the road are caused by a minority, such as people leaving late for work, hurrying to get home, or those who dislike driving.
The following rhyme I picked up off a matchbox: "With a little bit of patience as behind the wheel you sit, you'll never lose a fender, a child you'll never hit." I think this sums up what is needed before you ever get behind a wheel, be it in a mini, bus or lorry.
I would like to hear other readers' views on my opinion that modern heavies are becoming too fast for the roads of this country.
I also think we should have a similar system to that in Europe of fines on the spot, which I think would cut down accidents.
C. D. JUDD, Stanstead Airport, Essex.