Im not exonerating lorry drivers from any blame at all, but I think people sitting in the inside lanes and not driving correctly on motorways plays a huge part in accidents, and this will inevitably involve slow, un-maneuverable lorries. Im not insinuating what you have said is wrong, just saying that lorries can often get caught up in others accidents, which usually adds greatly to the seriousness of an accident.

I think the general state of driving on motorways is shocking, you rarely see people leaving any sort of reasonable gap, let alone 2 seconds. I do genuinely try to keep a sensible gap between me and the car in front, maybe not always 2 seconds plus, but I do keep a close eye on my distance. I've been driving now for 8 years and havent had a single shunt caused by my own error (had a guy pull out in front of me once) but I never, ever let myself beleive I am invincible, or that motorway driving is safe. Its very easy, as you have less things to concentrate on (traffic lights, pedestrians, lots of gearchanging, parked cars, blind bends, junctions etc etc) but people relax far too much on motorways imo.

I once had a huge moment in my saff on a wet motorway, dropped a gear and planted it, the wheels spun up and I had a right wobble, went from lane 3 to the hard shoulder and was very close to crashing. Luckily the motorway was very empty or I would have had a very nasty crash I expect. It doesnt take masses of concentration to drive well on a motorway, yet people seem to drive so much worse on them.

Steve