Lorries in lay-bys

sir – I would like to make a plea for facilities to be made for lorries that currently park overnight in lay-bys.

We recently made two late-evening journeys – one along the A34 north and the other along the A6. Had we needed a break it would have been impossible as every lay-by was solidly occupied by lorries.

Surely it is time better facilities were made for these long-distance lorries, leaving room for the weary traveller to stop. I am also very concerned that these lorry drivers have no lavatories, so the areas must be most insanitary.

This might be an opportunity for farmers to utilise patches of unproductive land to make a cash crop of overnight lorries. Obviously, for this to work it will have to be made illegal for lorries to occupy lay-bys overnight. Patricia Graham

Broughton, Huntingdonshire