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This is very sad.
I caught one of my staff doing the same inside a lorry turning left the other day, and screamed at her. I really thought the worst would happen. Luckily the driver was looking in his new mirrors and also started to stop. I had a long word with her about it!
I also feel for the drivers in this situation. I have driven many vehicles and when you put a car next to an HGV there is no comparison. They can't see a thing up there, even with the new mirrors, visability around the vehicle is next to null. I think it's also worth noting there are a lot of mirrors to check, so slow down around trucks as in a gance they may not see the faster among you.
Ride safe people, please.