Originally Posted by Thrush

That's not got anything to do with standard of driving though. That's because the majority of car/van drivers don't and haven't driven HGV's or large vehicles that have tail swing, so don't think about it or even know it exists. I have to watch my tail swing everyday in a bus because the wheels are so far in towards the middle, I have about a metre of overhang that swings out when I'm turning into roads, and I know that people won't be looking for it - not because they're bad drivers, but because the vehicles they drive don't have tail swing, so they won't be even considering it. I know I didn't before I started driving buses...