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@TheBrick(Tommy)
Speaking as someone with a HGV C license, I would say trailer swing does not add that much in terms of driving a lorry. The main part of driving a lorry is coping with looking everywhere and planning well in advanced where you need to go as you are not maneuverable and people don't let you change change lanes / position very easily. I would liken driving a lorry in traffic to walking though a primary school corridor carrying a big heavy box. Children running everywhere, pushing to get by and though doors e.t.c. You have to contently be on the lookout for children trying to cut by at the last second, looking in every direction. The difference is on the road is adults in cars acting like children pushing past all th time in every direction.