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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:14 am Post subject: HGV pushes car along motorway unaware its stuck to bumper! |
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See here.
If there wasn't a video to prove it I'd suspect the Sun was sensationalising it but nope.
How can a HGV driver NOT notice that? I've got a HGV licence and I can't believe you wouldn't notice/feel that! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15156 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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wow - how can you NOT notice that??! surely there must have been an impact at some point?
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Dafs do have bad visibilty the should if known it was there can't play the video for some reason.
Due care and attention springs to mind looks the car may have caught the
near side of the truck with the ofside rear of the car
Simple really don't prat about there are trucks about _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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More from the BBC here.
Accident happened in Jan and at the time Police dealt with as a damage only TA as both vehicles were on hard shoulder when they arrived.
The company who own the truck are investigating as are Police.
One question is why Police dealt so lightly with this, surely the car driver must have mentioned being pushed down the Motorway at speed?
If they didn't then why not, if they did the the police need to ask why they never dealt with this by process. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Could be the clip is out of context 44ton does take a good while to stop the would have been doing 52-54 mph not 60. As claimed must be slow news day it may not be the truck driver that caused it in the first place _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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No-one is suggesting it was the HGV driver who caused it but that clip did not look like a truck under heavy braking? _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:39 am Post subject: |
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That is unreal. I bet the driver of the car was bricking it. _________________ Gone fishing! |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:45 am Post subject: |
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I'm amazed at how smoothly the car seems to be moving. I would have thought the tyres would be poring out smoke. |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Happens every couple of hre on the m25 t bone any one _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
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spook51 Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 26, 2004 Posts: 548 Location: East Midlands
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:53 am Post subject: |
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The video is deceptive. As the camera car drives onto the slip road it is tracking the lorry/car at similar speed, then slows so the lorry/car appear to continue at unabated speed even though the lorry's brake lights are on.
It's also raining so stopping distance is greater. |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:53 am Post subject: |
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In an update to the story
Quote: | In a bid to release her vehicle, she said she pulled on the handbrake and flashed her hazard lights to try to catch the driver's attention, as well as that of other road users, but she said it took the lorry driver nearly a minute to notice her. |
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BigPerk Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 06, 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: East Hertfordshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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If it was April 1, I'd be a bit suspicious - strangely, there seem to be no other vehicles on this carriageway in the photos/video (apart from the photographer, of course). But then with so many worthy witnesses such as the police, not to mention the B B C, it MUST be genuine!
HOW LUCKY was she to be pushed so gently and carefully, when most people take an early exit pass in these motorway lorry/car encounters!! _________________ David
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