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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...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...
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!http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...
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.
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?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.
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
Edited by Swanny87 on Wednesday 22 October 13:42
Edited by Swanny87 on Wednesday 22 October 13:43
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.
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...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.
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
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 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-ra...
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.
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 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.
This video should be used to in an advert to show people what the lines mean at the bottom of a slip road ,
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