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Other people have responded well to this comment, but I'll add this: I've never understood this type of argument. What exactly are you trying to say? We all know what HGVs do i.e., what they're used for, but saying "everything **you **do today will involve using material delivered by a heavy goods vehicle" does not in any way lead to the conclusion that **I **should be happy with the current situation and just shut up, or that there is no better, safer solution to getting goods into the city.
As other people have pointed out, it should be possible to transport a lot of stuff in smaller vehicles or simply design HGVs that are not so dangerous (LCC have had a stab). Alternatively, perhaps we should just reconsider our priorities for a liveable city and judge road safety to be more important than the rock-bottom price of some of the shit that populates our shops.