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I've recently had to go through driver CPC training in order to be able to drive (rarely!) <7.5T vehicles for work. It was very interesting to see how cyclists are being portrayed as a problem to truck drivers. The instructor was very keen to point out how bad cyclists are - the usual "all cyclists rlj, ride pavements etc". I did have a rather robust discussion with him - with the support of a number of my colleagues - also cyclists. The instructor was clearly used to being agreed with by professional truck drivers, rather than being argued with by people who aren't just drivers, but may have to drive to do their job.
I'm hoping that he'll take some on the points on board and I have also written to the company that provided the training.