HGV vs caravan smash on the M6

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Apologies if this has been posted on here already. My searches drew a blank.

Caravan driver tries barging his way into the same space a HGV is trundling along in, the HGV driver isn't having any of it

https://www.facebook.com/roger.franklin.969/videos...

EDIT: New links!!!
FB vids: https://www.facebook.com/156207517860717/videos/50...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Idiot-UK-Drivers-Ex...

YT vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETm9rqOEvA

Thank you Spangles and Raffles. And KTF, your username has much less of a ring to it though.

Edited by getawayturtle on Tuesday 21st April 22:39

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Bodo said:

Here's another https://youtu.be/rAGNDfXSRHY
Bonus points for having the caravan bursting on camera.

Brilliant

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DAVEVO9 said:

The Mad Monk said:

Why didn't you tell us that it wasn't a proper HGV before??

I posted that clip to show a proper HGV so that others can see the truck, ( just call it a truck shall we? ) that hit the car/caravan is clearly not a HGV.

It had already been mentioned before I posted that about the "truck" not being a HGV.

For me, it makes all the difference about the OP's mentioning it being a HGV in the title.

Most people referring to, when posting replies, as the "HGV" driver etc.

He is just a glorified VAN driver.

The vid clip shows a Proper HGV driver dealing with a similar situation, "professionally"

Hope that clears things up for you.

Edited by DAVEVO9 on Monday 20th April 16:07

When I put HGV, I meant it as a blanket expression. As I think most people are doing.


Wiki:
"A large goods vehicle (also heavy goods vehicle, medium goods vehicle, LGV and HGV), is the European Union term for any truck with a gross combination mass (GCM) of over 3,500 kilograms (7,716 lb)."

Nowhere did I put it was "proper" a fully laden 44 ton artic!

I'm assuming the vehicle in question is one of these:

7.5t, probably the "glorified van" you mentioned.

Or a 12t, definitely classed as a HGV!



Perhaps a friendly mod could replace "HGV" with "Lorry" in the title for those that care enough.

Edited by getawayturtle on Monday 20th April 23:49

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Spangles said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETm9rqOEvA

Raffles said:

Here:

https://www.facebook.com/156207517860717/videos/50...

KTF said:

And here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Idiot-UK-Drivers-Ex...

Other dashcam examples on that page as well.

Thanks chaps. I will put these on the original post.

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Vipers said:

At the end of the day, caravan man won't try that again. He put himself and passenger in considerable danger, no nookie for him for a while

Probably wrote his caravan and holiday off as well, even more no nookie for him

Hopefully next years premium will price him out of caravan dragging altogether.

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Issi said:

I was once driving an Army TM (a big old slab fronted truck), on the Peripherique in Paris on the way to an exercise in the Massif Central, when it suddenly ground to a halt in the middle of rush hour.

I checked the gauges automatically, but knew that i'd only filled up a couple of hours ago, and so discounted that as a reason for my sudden stop.

On releasing my seat belt and peering over the dashboard, I found a red Renault 5, that was wedged sideways across the front of my wagon.

One of these?

Surprised you didn't crush the Renault!

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I'm disappointed we never got to see what was left of his caravan.