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Avoid three-in-the-bed situations

12th October 2006
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I AM REGISTERED with the Driving Standards Agency on fleet and LGVs.

In our canteen at the LGV driving school, there are a range of road transport magazines for drivers to look through.An article in CM dated 25 November 2004 caught my eye (they don't throw them away, you know).

There was a photograph of traffic on the M62. Nothing unusual you might say, but hidden in that picture is what 1 consider to he a fleet training gem.

The majority of LGVs travelling downhill Manchester-hound arc keeping a safe distance (a good advert for the industry), while most of the fleet drivers in the third lane are travelling much too close to each other an accident just waiting to happen.

We remind all our drivers that the chevrons are there fora reason and also that they must not get themselves stuck in the blind spot of wagon drivers in what we term a 'three-in-the-bed' situation.

With vehicles travelling too close together in lane three, anything happening to the drivers in lanes one or two puts a whole group of drivers at risk. If one of them fell asleep at the wheel or had a blow-out, they could wipe out two or three vehicles at once.

Of course as soon as there is a fatality or serious accident, the motorway is immediately shut downcausing chaos for miles around.

If we can persuade drivers not to get themselves involved in that situation in the first place by keeping space open, it has to be worth it.

Kevin Barker Eccles, Manchester

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Organisations: Driving Standards Agency
Locations: Manchester

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