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^^^^ I've often thought that as part of any vehicle test (car/van/bike/hgv) you should be taken for a spin on at least one other mode of transport to help appreciate the differences.
I've been lucky enough to drive just about everything and anything, so I have a lot of respect for other road users, and can understand the issues when two kinds of vehicles interact on a road (i.e. blind spots of HGV's vs. car/bike/ped, motorbikes vs. car speeds, visibilities, stopping distances etc).
But I know many people who drive cars, who have absolutely NO idea that a 42t artic truck takes longer to stop than a passenger car/van etc.
Others that get irate when a motorbike is behind them and 'they keep fucking flashing me', erm no love, thats because its a motorbike, it's bouncing around on the road hence its hard wired on dipped beam is obviously going to bounce around in your mirror a bit.