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As a CDL driver for over 30 years, I certainly concur that a citation is not needed. IMHO, we are going overboard in requiring citations in many Wikipedia articles, effectively changing the rules for articles already factually written and thereby undermining or questioning their quality without reasonable doubt. Vaoverland 14:27, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please read Verifibility nearly everything that is written at Wikipedia is supposed to have a source. You may have worked as a CDL driver for a long time, but not everybody has, and we can't depend on what people say. --w^L^{<speak·check>} 01:06, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Really? I thought wikipedia was about what people know and not just a commented complation of other internet sources.

Anyhow: I was unfamiliar with the concept of truck ramps (as we in Europe tend to built brakes into trucks... sorry, could not resist). Now I know. Thats what I want from Wikipedia. I do not ask for sources. 192.166.198.53 (talk) 22:01, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

United Kingdom

This page says that runaway truck beds are obsolete in the UK, but I have seen some myself on the M20 approaching Dover port. I don't know if they are still used, and I can't find any sources to back my sightings up. Does anybody have a reliable source? Jamesctplant (talk) 19:41, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree I am sure that escape lanes haven't all been removed in the UK, I will keep a look out. I found this photo taken after the news article was published, could we use this as proof? Octuple (talk) 14:04, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The statement in the Shropshire Star article that "It is the last emergency escape lane left in Britain" is complete and utter rubbish. There are plenty more still in situ and I'm not aware of any others having been removed in recent years. The ones in Dover (five in total) are on the A2 Jubilee Way, they can be seen on Google Street View images dated June 2014, which I would take to be a more reliable source than a dubious claim in a local newspaper website. Trucker Glen (talk) 18:51, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

An escape lane is signposted on the long downhill (12%) gradient on the A259 coming into Eastbourne from the west, which is a main bus route used by double-decker buses as well as by lorries, although as can be seen here it is a pretty feeble version compared to some in the article. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 10:40, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]