The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called upon the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) to ensure that all drivers are better educated about sharing the roads with lorries and other commercial vehicles.

The FTA claim that motorists are unaware of things like how much clearance to give a HGV on the road when overtaking and how much distance they need to be behind  a lorry for the driver to know they are there.

Drivers are also unaware of just how much space a lorry needs to make a manoeuvre and the fact that when they are turning left the first movement is often to pull out to the right.