njl:
With a heavy trailer I wouldn’t have fancied a quick swerve over to avoid, if only for the fact of getting straight in lane 2 would be quite a big shift right then left, missing the car but dumping a load out the side of the curtains, taking out the armco down the middle or toppling over a heavy decker would all be a worse outcome in my mind.
He might…
Have been empty?
I could yadder on about load security until hell freezes over but, the short answer is, your load should be secure and able to withstand anything that’s thrown at it. I drive a fridge and you can really crank them over when needed.