Lorry drivers are rude and selfish

Being a lorry driver myself I find that the driver overtaking me in his lorry (knowing before doing so that it will take him half the day to get pass me) is stupid and selfish to other road users. If I'm slightly faster than the vehicle in front I will slow down, I overtake only if they are slower by 5mph. Its not hard work to set the cruise control a little lower.
Car drivers can also cause congestion driving at speeds near our limit at 56mph, on a motorway cars can do 70mph. I overtake more cars than lorries on a MOTORWAY!
So many times have I tried to overtake a slow car only for them to speed up a little as I level with them preventing me from passing, now I'm stuck in the middle lane slowing everyone down.
Also car drivers please use your indicators, more than half I see everyday don't bother, its at minimum rude and selfish, it causes congestion at roundabouts and can cause accidents because other road users don't know your intentions.

Lorries should be banned from overtaking each other on all dual carriagesways

What a great idea, perhaps if lorries weren't all limited to the same speed then they might get passed eachother quicker. Maybe if cars had the same limitations, their drivers would appreciate the problem.

Maybe those of you who criticise lorry drivers should think through the reasons why the roads are so overcrowded and why there are so many lorries. Successive governments failed in implementing a policy whereby goods where transported on the railways and canals, allowing both to decline through lack of investment.

They signed agreements with the EU allowing free access to massive lorries through small towns and villages, this ruining the tranquillity and aspect of much of Britain.

The lorry drivers are only doing a job, and in most cases drive better than the average plonker in a cheap suit and a flashy car with tinted windows. I would rather be on a busy road with professional lorry drivers around me than the average private motorist.

I was in Holyhead a few weeks ago.
From my hotel window I watched dozens of lorries heading for the ferry to Ireland. A lorry passed the hotel every few seconds.This was at night not daytime. Goes to prove that without lorry drivers the population of the uk would starve to death; unless everyone was prepared to live around the sea ports or farms. So our lives depend on lorry drivers getting food to where we are. Think about that next time you are stuck behind one, and stop moaning

Why dont you try driving the Trucks...... You wouldnt last 5 mins. Try driving in a busy city centre like Manchester or Birmingham you would soon realise how hard our job is without you moaning all the time.

How do you think this world turns around if it wasnt for us you would have no food, houses, petrol, and everyday comforts.

So next time give us some respect and think about what were doing for YOU!!!!!!

Young trucker, learn how to use "know" and "no" properly if you want anyone to take you seriously.

Just so all you ignorant people out there no not all lorry drivers are middle age men who are as you said "selfish, fat, balding scruffs, who can't get a proper job"

Well i'm 23 with a full head of hair about 12 stone and physically fit, I started my driving career when I was 21 and past my class 1 at 22. Class 1 by the way is your articulated lorry's for all you none lorry drivers out there who don't have a clue what your taking about.

You do no if it wasn't for us lorry drivers you wouldn't have oil or gas for your house, the fancy cars that you drive about in, the food you eat, houses you live in, the toiletries you shower with, the list goes on.

you hardly see lorry's crash 9 out of ten times its jumped up car drivers with there fancy cars and there posh suits who are in to much of a hurry eh company rep or should I say salesman because that's what you are just a trying to make yourself look like something your NOT. bet you cant even drive a lorry.

if you don't have an HGV license you don't have a clue what your talking about so your fighting a losing battle,

Maybe you think it would be better for 25 lorries queued up behind one another in lane one, so when they all go up a hill they all slow down to 40 mph, have fun if yours is the next junction, do you know how long it takes a fully loaded lorry to get to 56mph, dont be so selfish, use lane 3.

"All truck drivers are selfish, fat, balding scruffs, who can't get a proper job" - I don’t know how I managed to get my licence then, I'm 11.5 stone with a full head of hair and dress smartly. I was a soldier before I started my driving career, is that also not a "proper job" such as driving to customers and pressuring them into buying things they don't want using the medieval bartering system by any chance? So HGVs are to blame for "your" bad driving? You aren’t even qualified to drive a truck so what’s it got to do with you? Maybe if you had the correct licence people might listen.

to the company rep why is driving a lorry not a proper job you thick person. company rep is a posh way of saying salesman and not all lorry drivers are fat

Look, I am the same age as you to start HGV driver.
Come on, just admit it, overtaking lorries are a pain.
Why even do it?
In 100 miles if you are travelling 2 Mph quicker than the 'empty' truck you will gain a massive......2 miles.
Just don't do it.
You cause others to behave irrationally, for the sake of a couple of miles.
All truck drivers are selfish, fat, balding scruffs, who can't get a proper job.
I vote for truck on the roads between 22:00 and 05:00 only.
Bring on the foreign truckers, at least the can go 60mph!