hmmmmmm - a rather misguided opinion there if you don't mind me saying.    Performing a u-turn on a traffic-lighted junction and of Horwich End's dimensions  AND in an articulated wagon is a dangerous perception of  an 'ok thing to do..' ... it's not .... it's potentially very dangerous apart from restrictive should a huge vehicle become stuck, break down, collide with a building,  and cause untold grid  lock !

Already an HGV driver has taken out the lights control box and in the same time frame another one has been spotted red-handed. 

IMO, HGV drivers are some of the most lax drivers on our roads. They presume that as  they are 'knights of the road'  that it excuses them adhering to basic common sense and road law - as demonstrated.

As an aside, I've noticed a growing pattern outside the White Horse/junction box ... a pattern of unsightly, discarded chewing gum ( I take it it is gum )  which has suddenly begun to grow from the edge of the pavement out. Maybe the landlord could supply a spittoon or something outside the pub for the collection of such offending material.

 - many a true word spoken in jest. Many a 'king' drinks in the Horse too ...