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  I saw the carnage left by these trucks when I went into the docks late last night. Certainly one of them completely misjudged what he was trying to do and appears to not only have hung himself up on the central barrier but also got the cab wedged on the far side. I'm afraid I have no sympathy for the idiots that get caught out
  
  I knew that new dock exit would cause problems but I'm not entirely sure where the problem lies. I know the docks very well as a twice-daily freight visitor and, though I may wear wool, I am not a sheep to blindly follow the blind idiot in front; and I've seen a few caught out like that.
  
  When you have two or more ships discharging at the same time the exit lanes can get quite crowded, which makes it difficult to change lanes if you're tailgating the truck in front and you've got into the wrong lane to start with.
  
  Inside the docks, for those that are unfamiliar with the new layout, there is a lane designated for the A20/M20 to the left and the A2/M2 to the right which diverge around the customs shed. If you want to take the A20/M20 route then either lane will suffice as the righthand lane does have a feeder after the customs shed to take you back onto the A20/M20 route. If you've taken the A20/M20 route on the left by mistake you cannot get back to the A2/M2 side after the customs shed without exiting the dock completely and turning around at the York Street roundabout.
  
  I would guess that the majority of freight traffic exiting the dock will be taking the A20/M20 route so the right-hand lane might appear underused and attract those that are always in a hurry. If they do not see the feeder lane after the customs sheds then they are obliged to take the A2 up Jubilee Way - and this is where the u-turn farse comes about. One suggestion might be to extend the central reservation barrier a lot further up Jubillee Way which might stop that particular problem.

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