A close shave on the A9
Discussion
TooMany2cvs said:
The truck is first visible from the car at 18sec. The road sign is also visible at that point, so it's clear that there's a junction the truck's heading to, with great visibility of what's approaching it. Why wouldn't you be looking there, and seeing a wagon moving at a fair lick, considering.
At 24sec, when the the junction is obscured by another logging wagon, he's still showing no sign of slowing. Once that's cleared, by 27sec, it's VERY clear that the wagon is not going to be stopping at the junction, even if he wanted to. By 29sec, surely every fibre of the driver's body is screaming "f
kADOODLEDOO"?
Yet he shows no signs of reacting until about 31sec, when the wagon is actually crossing the line. That's when the nose dips and the snow comes off the roof totally obscuring vision - without that, he could probably have kept it on the tarmac. So the "near miss" was fourteen seconds after the truck was first visible, and at least four or five since it was first clear there might be a problem.
As for "Maybe the truck driver didn't see the car", there's a rigid wagon comes past within a few seconds of the car coming to a stop. It wasn't behind the logging wagon, so must've been behind the car.
I don't think the truck driver even saw the junction, and and was bloody lucky to get round rather than go straight on
As he probably works for a local company he bloody well should have!At 24sec, when the the junction is obscured by another logging wagon, he's still showing no sign of slowing. Once that's cleared, by 27sec, it's VERY clear that the wagon is not going to be stopping at the junction, even if he wanted to. By 29sec, surely every fibre of the driver's body is screaming "f
kADOODLEDOO"?Yet he shows no signs of reacting until about 31sec, when the wagon is actually crossing the line. That's when the nose dips and the snow comes off the roof totally obscuring vision - without that, he could probably have kept it on the tarmac. So the "near miss" was fourteen seconds after the truck was first visible, and at least four or five since it was first clear there might be a problem.
As for "Maybe the truck driver didn't see the car", there's a rigid wagon comes past within a few seconds of the car coming to a stop. It wasn't behind the logging wagon, so must've been behind the car.
I don't think the truck driver even saw the junction, and and was bloody lucky to get round rather than go straight on
I see the average speed cameras are working well...
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinro...
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinro...
Paper said:
Two men have died following a horrific accident south of Dunkeld on Thursday.
The two-car crash happened shortly after 4pm near Bankfoot, and the road remained closed in both directions until shortly before 10.30pm.
A police spokesman said: "Police Scotland along with other emergency services attended at the A9 near to Dunkeld today at 16:05 hours after reports of a road traffic collision involving two cars.
"Two men understood to be 47 and 48 suffered fatal injuries. No further details will be released until next of kin have been informed."
A silver Vauxhall Vectra and a green Toyota appeared to have been involved in a head-on collision and both vehicles were badly damaged.
The two-car crash happened shortly after 4pm near Bankfoot, and the road remained closed in both directions until shortly before 10.30pm.
A police spokesman said: "Police Scotland along with other emergency services attended at the A9 near to Dunkeld today at 16:05 hours after reports of a road traffic collision involving two cars.
"Two men understood to be 47 and 48 suffered fatal injuries. No further details will be released until next of kin have been informed."
A silver Vauxhall Vectra and a green Toyota appeared to have been involved in a head-on collision and both vehicles were badly damaged.
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