Revelation of truck drivers’ conditions make me see them in a completely different light
I live in Fermoy, on the Dublin side of town, and have to exit from a side road on to the main road every time I need to go out.
This is dangerous enough at the best of times but if I go out early in the morning or late at night I am taking my life in my hands because of the trucks parked at the side of the road. I have to edge further out on the road to get a clear view, which makes the exit a lot more dangerous.
I don’t know how many times I have cursed the drivers for parking there but now I realise they don’t have any choice but to park where they do.
It’s a disgrace drivers don’t have proper places to park.
Why doesn’t the Government tell the councils to take down the barriers and let the trucks park safely in the lay-bys. If the drivers cannot get proper rest or sleep and the trucks are getting damaged because of the state of the roads in some of the places they have to park, are they not helping to put us all in more danger?
The authorities should be doing everything they can to remove any danger from our roads.
Mary Lee
Pike Road
Fermoy
Co Cork.
