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They don't like braking because it cost money, mostly in fuel to accelerate back up to speed. I don't see any evidence of better planning by better forward vision, but every day I see a lot of wilful intimidation of other road users by throwing that heavy weight around in order to force costs onto others which should rightly be borne by HGV users.
It's something everybody should know, particularly cyclists; if you are going round a roundabout and have right of way over an HGV bearing down on the entry at 30mph, assume at all times that he is a massive cunt who is not going to brake and will quite happily run you down rather than spend and extra 50p on diesel that week.
Also, you can't see the road ahead and plan better if you're texting your mate about the norks on today's page 3 girl in the copy of the currant bun that's spread out on your steering wheel.