Left Turning Vehicles and Highway Code

Post 52 Chameleon says "* lcc should be campaigning on the position 'blind spots are not an excuse for killing people. look twice..', not accepting the status quo"*
That has always been my position. While a lot can be done to make lorries safer that does not excuse the driver who doesn't pay attention to the road all around them.
There has been a great deal of misleading publicity around the myth of blind spots. Not least the appalling, misleading video and poster put out by TfL which falsely suggests that drivers cannot see cyclists along the left side of a lorry.
Many people mis-interpret the marked area around the front and side of lorries used in police hgv 'changing places' events. That area isn that which the driver must be able to see through class V and VI overhead mirrors. He should be checking this area when stationary and before moving off. Once the lorry is moving these areas are much harder to see.
I suspect there have been fewer prosecutions of careless drivers in recent years as the police investigations have been led by detectives who do not understand driving and traffic law instead of the uniformed police who were experts.