Glen Arthur (55) said he was recently given a $150 ticket by a Mosgiel police officer for failing to keep left in Dukes Rd South, near Mosgiel.
He was travelling north and, on his approach to the intersection of State Highway 87, he crossed the centre line so he could get square-on to the stop lines at the intersection.
''If you don't get square-on, there's no line of sight of both directions of traffic going down SH87.
''So trucks go across the white line on Dukes Rd [South] to get into a position where they can see.
''I've been a truck driver for 32 years, and this is something that truck drivers have been doing for as long as I can remember.''
Mr Arthur said it was a popular route for truck drivers because it was quicker to get ''from A to B'', and travelling extra kilometres to do a different/safer route would cost more time and money.
Dukes Rd South was too narrow at the intersection and truck drivers had no option but to cross the white centre line to get into a position at the stop sign where they could see, he said.
''If they can't get into that position, it's an accident waiting to happen. You can't see what's coming from Outram, and the last thing we want is for a car to slam into the side of us.''
He said he had been followed through the intersection several times by a police car, but had never been ticketed for the driving manoeuvre before.
He contacted the Dunedin City Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency to see if the road could be widened, allowing trucks to get a better angle at the intersection.
''They've said no, no money.''
A council spokesman said the Dukes Rd intersection was an NZTA intersection, so the council had no involvement.
New Zealand Transport Agency Otago Southland highway manager Ian Duncan said there were no plans to alter the intersection, and NZTA had not received any complaints about it.
Mr Arthur said the $150 fine had angered many truck drivers throughout the region.
As a result, large trucks would travel on Gordon Rd, through the Mosgiel town centre, instead of using heavy traffic bypass routes.
The action was a protest at what they perceived to be the unfair treatment of Mr Arthur.
''We're absolutely peeved.
''Here I am, doing what I think is the safest thing, and the police fine you for it.
''They say 'exit at your own peril'.''
