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More than 250,000 hauliers crisscross the nation's roads keeping the UK economy running.
Despite the pandemic laying bare the vital importance of haulage to life in the UK , lorry drivers continue to face a shortage of safe places to stop, difficulties accessing medical care and other services while away from home.
"Our roads are so backwards," says Graham Barnes , who wants a ban on hard shoulders being used as carriageways.
Steve Pole has travelled from Great Dunmow in Essex to Peterborough in Cambridgeshire .
The haulier says he has "had enough" of life as a haulier.
He would like to encourage more people to work from home to lower congestion on the roads.
Former Army medic Dave Hall says he would like politicians to address the issue of GP access for those who work away.
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