HGV pushes car along motorway unaware its stuck to bumper!

Darren

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!
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MaFt · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject:

wow - how can you NOT notice that??! surely there must have been an impact at some point?

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alix776 · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:46 pm Post subject:

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
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Darren · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject:

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.
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alix776 · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:08 pm Post subject:

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
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Darren · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:22 pm Post subject:

No-one is suggesting it was the HGV driver who caused it but that clip did not look like a truck under heavy braking?
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Skippy · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:39 am Post subject:

That is unreal. I bet the driver of the car was bricking it.
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Andy_P · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:45 am Post subject:

I'm amazed at how smoothly the car seems to be moving. I would have thought the tyres would be poring out smoke.

alix776 · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:30 am Post subject:

Happens every couple of hre on the m25 t bone any one
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spook51 · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:53 am Post subject:

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.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:53 am Post subject:

In an update to the story

BigPerk · Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject:

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! Cool

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!! Rolling Eyes

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