Zero, I take my hat off to any truck that does as you suggest. It works wonders to stop the pushy idiots clogging the road up for everyone by forcing in at the front. It's a shame it's necessary, if everyone zipped properly it would all work much better, but it's better than nothing.
Pat, as for your question, I think the answer is that everyone tends to forget their hours of positive interactions, and just remembers the idiot that tries to force them off the road in a SPECS limit, or spends 10 minutes overtaking on the A14 for a couple of seconds gain. It's human nature to dwell on the bad experience.
What can be done? Well, possibly some sort of automated machine gun station for any truck 10 cm off the car in front's bumper in a SPECS zone? Although that might be a bit lenient?
Failing that, we could actually have more traffic police to enforce things other than just speeding? A radical idea obviously, but it could work.. Would help drive the general standard of driving up, and not just in any one group of drivers.
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