What Happened to the Lorry Drivers?

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Many a traders stayed away, so they stock piled before the january first deadlines. So ther were many less lorries on the road. The french had quite a bit to do with the smooth roll out as well. And i think the second thing is there was some fear, among british officials that the french might be very pedantic with their customs checues s. But as it turned out, the french were very pragmatic. They didn't want the port of calais, on the other side of the channel from dover, to be clogged with lorries more than we did.

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