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andygo

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6,786 posts

254 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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I actually think the trucker did well here. If he had jumped on the brakes the dope in the Honda could have gone anywhere.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...

P I Staker

3,308 posts

155 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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That's quite an old video.

The article says the car was flipped on it's side, when does this happen in the video? rolleyes

andrewparker

7,905 posts

186 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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What that article fails to mention is that this incident happened in 2012 and has only come to light recently because the driver of the Honda made a whiplash claim! Bet he feels like a right idiot now.

But yes, the lorry driver did a good job of getting the car safely to the side.

Snollygoster

1,538 posts

138 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Video time stamp is 22/11/12. Telegraph article 22/10/14. Only 23 months late Telegraph

That car was so lucky not to get hit when stopped with it's bonnet sticking out the front. All it takes is one drive to have just seen a lorry on that hard shoulder not paying too much attention.

xRIEx

8,180 posts

147 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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andygo said:
I actually think the trucker did well here. If he had jumped on the brakes the dope in the Honda could have gone anywhere.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...
Bloody hell the Telegraph are slow! The video timestamp even states the video is from November 2012. "News"paper, my arse!

eybic

9,212 posts

173 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Telegraph said said:
But the Honda driver badly misjudges his filtering and his car is flipped on its side by the truck.
Flipped on it's side? Not quite rolleyes

andrewparker

7,905 posts

186 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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I think by saying side they mean perpendicular to the flow of the traffic, not literally on it's side.

andrewparker

7,905 posts

186 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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I wonder if the driver was ever investigated for making a false claim...

ArsE92

21,007 posts

186 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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andrewparker said:
I think by saying side they mean perpendicular to the flow of the traffic, not literally on it's side.
And by 'flipped', they mean 'rotated'?

Details schmetails!

Sheepshanks

32,538 posts

118 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Snollygoster said:
That car was so lucky not to get hit when stopped with it's bonnet sticking out the front.
It was also fortunate that the truck in front didn't stop more quickly.

Lorry driver could have avoided that though - the car didn't have a lot of room to play with and it's stupid, especially when there's no quick escape if it goes wrong,to assume that everyone will be confident enough to go for it.

Swanny87

1,265 posts

118 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Sheepshanks said:
It was also fortunate that the truck in front didn't stop more quickly.

Lorry driver could have avoided that though - the car didn't have a lot of room to play with and it's stupid, especially when there's no quick escape if it goes wrong,to assume that everyone will be confident enough to go for it.
Do you know if the civic driver had no room behind the lorry? Trying to pull into a gap in between two lorries is stupid for obvious reasons so why is it surprising that the lorry driver didn't make room?

If the civic driver had been planning then he wouldn't have been in that situation. And I say total lack of planning as was made obvious by his attempt to correct going sideways as if he had lost control of the car without the lorry pushing it.

The type of driving displayed by the civic driver has been done to death on here but it's alarming when there's people like this driving among us. Of course, it's always the other party's fault when it catches up with them rolleyes

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Edited by Swanny87 on Wednesday 22 October 13:43

Sheepshanks

32,538 posts

118 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Swanny87 said:
Do you know if the civic driver had no room behind the lorry? Trying to pull into a gap in between two lorries is stupid for obvious reasons so why is it surprising that the lorry driver didn't make room?
I relooked at it and the end of the slip road isn't actually that short - if the Civic driver had been a tiny bit more positive it would have been fine.

We don't know what's behind the truck - maybe there was a long line of trucks?

That said, with the Civic alongside the truck, the truck driver would know perfectly well what was going to happen next, yet he ploughed on regardless.

vikingaero

10,256 posts

168 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Seems like the Civic driver is one of those "the world revolves around me" types and thinks all traffic should part instantly. Could the Civic driver have not gone left over the chevrons/lane divider into the other lane?

KillerHERTZ

937 posts

197 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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The truck driver had right of way, its amazing just how many people think they can join a road & have right of way.

Swanny87

1,265 posts

118 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Sheepshanks said:
I relooked at it and the end of the slip road isn't actually that short - if the Civic driver had been a tiny bit more positive it would have been fine.

We don't know what's behind the truck - maybe there was a long line of trucks?

That said, with the Civic alongside the truck, the truck driver would know perfectly well what was going to happen next, yet he ploughed on regardless.
The only cause of this accident is the fact that the civic driver is really st. He made no attempt to plan his manoeuvre onto the motorway as evidenced by his 'blast up the sliproad and hope someone moves out of the way' technique. Whilst you could say the camera vehicle could have braked if it was a car, the fact is that it was an HGV and slamming the brakes on in an HGV is never really a good idea is it. Lets also mention the fact that the civic driver was in L2 of the slip road for no apparent reason and if he had remained in that lane it would have continued with enough space for him to go past both trucks. Trying to put any portion of blame onto the HGV driver is a losing battle...

A sliproad on a motorway is ultimately a give way and should be treated as such, regardless of the fact that the person in L1 can move out of the way or not.


Edited by Swanny87 on Wednesday 22 October 14:08


Edited by Swanny87 on Wednesday 22 October 14:10

Lost soul

8,712 posts

181 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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andygo said:
I actually think the trucker did well here. If he had jumped on the brakes the dope in the Honda could have gone anywhere.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...
that's true but if he had lifted off the gas just a little the mong would have gotten away with it

robinessex

11,046 posts

180 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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As I watched that unfold, I wondered why the lorry driver didn't come off the gas a bit. Not that the Honda driver was using his brain though. He should've done the opposite, and floored the throttle. And used his mirrors. And not driven into the situation in the first place.

Sheepshanks

32,538 posts

118 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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One happened right next to me joining the M6 North from the M42. Only it was Transit van ahead of me on the slip road and a coach on the M6. My car got sprayed with bits of rubber.

Swanny87

1,265 posts

118 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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A few people on here are not realising that if the civic had gone into that gap and the lorry ahead had slammed on then the civic would have been flattened. It was in the camera HGV drivers best interests not to let him in. If the HGV were to let him in with a safe braking distance behind he would have had to slam on the brakes.

powerstroke

10,283 posts

159 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Swanny87 said:
The only cause of this accident is the fact that the civic driver is really st. He made no attempt to plan his manoeuvre onto the motorway as evidenced by his 'blast up the sliproad and hope someone moves out of the way' technique. Whilst you could say the camera vehicle could have braked if it was a car, the fact is that it was an HGV and slamming the brakes on in an HGV is never really a good idea is it. Lets also mention the fact that the civic driver was in L2 of the slip road for no apparent reason. Trying to put any portion of blame onto the HGV driver is a losing battle...

A sliproad on a motorway is ultimately a give way and should be treated as such, regardless of the fact that the person in L1 can move out of the way or not.
Ditto!! Good there was a camera to prove what happened otherwise there would be another idiot claiming against a innocent 3rd parties insurance
This video should be used to in an advert to show people what the lines mean at the bottom of a slip road ,