MORE ON TRUCKERS • With reference to the recent broadcasts
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of the BBC programme "Truckers" I feel I am qualified to comment on at least part of its content, having once driven an HGV with Omagh, County Tyrone emblazoned on its doors.
The antics of Picard and O'Brady are wild exaggerations of half-truths in a style more familiar to "Spitting Image". I propose that programmes of this nature do little to harm the industry but enable its members to laugh at themselves and more importantly creates an awareness of the importance of road transport in society today.
"Truckers" is not an every day scene in today's high-tech distribution environment just the same as "East Enders" is not London nor "Neighbours" an accurate reflection of everyday Australian life.
One aspect of the series which disturbs me most is the frequency, warmth, and "intensity" of female companionship found on Britain's highways; in my case no one ever "brought on the girls", but then maybe I was too busy burning my tachograph charts to notice.
Stephen J Kee Omagh County Tyrone