I write regarding Kevin Dyer’s Motor Mouth column (Oxford Mail, April 30) on the subject of lorry drivers.

Having read the piece, my initial feeling was one of total disbelief.

I have been driving articulated lorries since 1983 and have not felt this insulted in my entire career!

He talks of knights of the road helping damsels in distress – but just about everybody has a mobile phone these days and will more than likely have called for assistance.

Furthermore, lorry drivers are bound by very tight delivery schedules and get penalised if they miss their time slots. Regarding tailbacks, maybe he should try travelling on the A34 between the M4 (junction 13) and Didcot. Issues like these are being addressed.

He talks about the “favourite truckers’ game ‘white knuckles’” – cutting across roundabouts. But an articulated lorry, in order to avoid mounting kerbs and posing a threat to pedestrians, has to swing wide to negotiate roundabouts and turns. The majority of car drivers have the foresight to anticipate this manoeuvre and apply common sense.

The last white knuckle ride I experienced was at Alton Towers.

Regarding temper tantrums: a truck travelling at a speed of 50mph and with an overall weight of up to 44 tonnes, takes a considerable distance to stop, and then needs extra time to build the speed back up to 50mph. Unlike cars.

If Kevin had tried to change lane at the back of the queue like everybody else, instead of the front, he could have avoided putting the truck into this dangerous position and antagonising the driver.

Finally, for Kevin’s information, not all truck drivers are sausage eating candidates waiting for a heart attack to happen!

Kevin may have worked in motorsport for over 20 years, however, this does not give him the right to berate all law-abiding truck drivers who are very tightly regulated.

Graham Gillespie, Hound Close, Abingdon