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Captain Caveman 76:
Lorry driver was 'twice the drive limit' before M1 crash | Daily Mail OnlineA bit more info.
What a lot of people don’t seem to appreciate is how disorientating it can be seeing tail lights on unlit motorways.
As an aside on that point I see now and again wagons on the hard shoulder stationary with side lights on and no hazards, tonight it was a coach but I’ve noticed it on artics too. If soneone inadvertently aligns behind them before realising they are stationary could end badly. In fog you take what you can get to locate your road position.
I thought that it was mandatory that if you were on the hard shoulder, i.e. broken down, you had to put your hazards on, or is it just one of those " it would be advisable " things to do