Government and councils should ‘stop passing the buck’ on truck stops,

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One of the reasons so many HGV drivers have left the job and also recruitment is difficult is the lack of trucks stops and the not very good conditions in far too many that do exist.
(This has been mentioned on current affairs programs and new for weeks now, despite some people denying it an calling me a liar.)
Some comment on the subject, more at link:-

https://www.truckanddriver.co.uk/latest-stories/government-councils-stop-passing-buck-truck-stops-says-unite/

The government should provide funding and require local councils to provide adequate truck stops to address the problem of drivers parking in non-truck stop locations, trade union Unite has said.

A lack of adequate truck stops is resulting in lorry drivers being forced to park in industrial estates, lay-bys and even in residential roads, where they have no welfare facilities, which damages their health and results in wider environmental implications, say Unite.