View Full Version : Lorries don't have very good visibility.
Sid Squid
17-03-10, 01:23 PM
It seems, as the driver was oblivious to this:
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Now I'm not completely convinced that it's genuine, but if it is, well... WTF!
My Mrs didn't tell me she was taking the lorry out today:eek:
Well there's someone driving the car - you can see the brake lights go on & off.
Bit strange the lorry has no traffic around it, but a solid wall of traffic behind it - bit like the Police are keeping traffic back from the incident.
Other than that I wouldn't be surprised if the driver couldn't see the width of a car right in front (below) of his cab, and seeing big trucks like that just bulldoze other vehicles out of the way in police chases I'm not surprised if he didn't feel it slowing him down :roll: either
For those of us at work who can not see the video, any chance of a good old fashioned linky?
For those of us at work who can not see the video, any chance of a good old fashioned linky?
don't know what linky could be provided if you can't see you tube. But it looks like a fuel* lorry driving along a motorway while pushing a car along broadside in front of it.
*probably not fuel, but some other liquid
Mr Speirs
17-03-10, 01:57 PM
I just been on the Arclid (company of truck) website to see if they mentioned anything about it. They didn't but that company is either run by a funny or naive man.
Here's how they just described their new chemical delivery truck:
Equipped with the latest blowing equipment, you can rely on a quiet and speedy discharge
Oh I do like a quiet and speedy discharge.
Mr Speirs
17-03-10, 02:04 PM
Give them a call then...I dunno why she has to turn up in a purple truck but hey who am I do argue?
don't know what linky could be provided if you can't see you tube. But it looks like a fuel* lorry driving along a motorway while pushing a car along broadside in front of it.
*probably not fuel, but some other liquid
Active content removed by BT. If I were given the link I could go direct to You Tube to watch it.
Warthog
17-03-10, 02:40 PM
Must be fake, wouldn't the car tyres grip more, make more smoke, roll the car?? Couldn't the car accelerate out to the sid eof the lorry? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
dizzyblonde
17-03-10, 02:43 PM
Now thats what I call hitching a lift!
Saves on fuel
demonicus
17-03-10, 02:46 PM
as waggons are restricted to 56 he probably thought sod this, not losing the momentum it has taken me an hour to get up, or he only has ten minutes on his tacho to get to next services!
Must be fake, wouldn't the car tyres grip more, make more smoke, roll the car?? Couldn't the car accelerate out to the sid eof the lorry? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Perhaps that wasn't the intention.
"I'm almost out of fuel - how are we gonna get to Aberdeen now?"
"I have a cunning plan..."
demonicus
17-03-10, 02:52 PM
bet it smelt a bit inside the car
dizzyblonde
17-03-10, 03:09 PM
bet it smelt a bit inside the car
I think his seat would have a funny squidgy feeling:silent:
Active content removed by BT. If I were given the link I could go direct to You Tube to watch it.
Oh right, now I understand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caPmw3OVQMo&feature=player_embedded
demonicus
17-03-10, 03:31 PM
I think his seat would have a funny squidgy feeling:silent:
like a gel seat? lol
Oh right, now I understand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caPmw3OVQMo&feature=player_embedded
Thanks. :)
If it is fake. It's a very good fake.
gruntygiggles
17-03-10, 03:51 PM
Well, if I was driving the car that videoed that and it was real, I'd have sped up, beeped like mad going past, got to a safe distance in front if the lane was clear enough and I would stick the hazards on and wave him down...NOT video it when there is someone sat in that car being pushed.
Well, if I was driving the car that videoed that and it was real, I'd have sped up, beeped like mad going past, got to a safe distance in front if the lane was clear enough and I would stick the hazards on and wave him down...NOT video it when there is someone sat in that car being pushed.
Exactly, or use the phone to call the police not blooming film it!! :shock:
gruntygiggles
17-03-10, 04:06 PM
Exactly, or use the phone to call the police not blooming film it!! :shock:
Or both....lol. Some peeps are just crazy innit!
dizzyblonde
17-03-10, 04:06 PM
like a gel seat? lol
yeah but instantly heated...audi drivers pay a lot for that extra;)
phi-dan
17-03-10, 04:45 PM
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43022000/jpg/_43022369_wheelchair_ap203i.jpg
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm
Quiff Wichard
17-03-10, 05:03 PM
Arclid is up the road from me.. well it is nearer mr Uki ..
I have e mailed them to see if its real.
cos if it aint it needs removing makes their driver look a numpty
Alpinestarhero
17-03-10, 07:33 PM
Must be fake, wouldn't the car tyres grip more, make more smoke, roll the car?? Couldn't the car accelerate out to the sid eof the lorry? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
this is what I think. Even though the road is damp, the friction caused would still enable the tyres to smoke.
i think its a hoax
sunshine
17-03-10, 07:48 PM
time to e-mail mythbusters to get it tested now
time to e-mail mythbusters to get it tested now
Well, the way those chaps* create "fair tests" it could go either way really! :p
*read "nonces"
the_lone_wolf
17-03-10, 08:22 PM
Sorry to be the only on topic post...;)
But I've watched an artic in traffic pull from lane three into lane two on the approach to a roundabout on the M275, what the driver couldn't see was the Ford Ka that had stopped directly in his blind spot while he was checking his mirror. The truck pushed the car slowly but effortlessly sideways from lane two almost completely into lane one, phenomenally powerful machines
The vid however has to be a fake, no way could a rig keep up that kind of speed with a car on the front like that, even if he wanted to
dizzyblonde
17-03-10, 08:24 PM
time to e-mail mythbusters to get it tested now
Well they have tried the 'drive two artics at each other' test.
Spiderman
17-03-10, 08:30 PM
time to e-mail mythbusters to get it tested now
oh only if Kari :love: gets to drive the truck. Mmmmmm Kari in a lid.
Sorry to be the only on topic post...;)
But I've watched an artic in traffic pull from lane three into lane two on the approach to a roundabout on the M275, what the driver couldn't see was the Ford Ka that had stopped directly in his blind spot while he was checking his mirror. The truck pushed the car slowly but effortlessly sideways from lane two almost completely into lane one, phenomenally powerful machines
The vid however has to be a fake, no way could a rig keep up that kind of speed with a car on the front like that, even if he wanted to
you wanna bet?
you wanna bet?
+1
the four little tyres of a Clio side on? :smt081
The truck wouldn't even notice it.
The truck has to be able to pull a full load up a hill,
Well thats pretty impressive! lol.
Wonder if he got to keep his license, ha!
DarrenSV650S
17-03-10, 10:42 PM
Oh what a good excuse to post this
SNLQwV0pMKE
the_lone_wolf
17-03-10, 11:19 PM
Same video posted a month ago by another one hit wonder youtube user...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6Gri_BCsQ
Except now it's the M1 not the A1...
Looks legit...
:rolleyes:
wyrdness
18-03-10, 12:28 PM
Apparently it's genuine and happened on the A1(M) near Wetherby. According to our news website, the car driver apparently walked away unscathed (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Lorry-Shunting-Car-Video-Arclid-Launch-Probe-Into-Truck-Pushing-Renault-Clio-Along-A1M-Wetherby/Article/201003315576181?).
Amazing! Still lots of questions of how it got there and how they stopped it etc
Amazing! Still lots of questions of how it got there and how they stopped it etc
Thats easy, it was a woman driving whilst on the phone ;) *Ducks the slap*
Don't make me hurt you........ I don't like doing it.
Warthog
18-03-10, 12:56 PM
Apparently it's genuine and happened on the A1(M) near Wetherby. According to our news website, the car driver apparently walked away unscathed (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Lorry-Shunting-Car-Video-Arclid-Launch-Probe-Into-Truck-Pushing-Renault-Clio-Along-A1M-Wetherby/Article/201003315576181?).
Then why on earth aren't there other cars beeping their horns and flashing, including the car from which it was filmed!?
Then why on earth aren't there other cars beeping their horns and flashing, including the car from which it was filmed!?
FromSame video posted a month ago by another one hit wonder youtube user...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6Gri_BCsQ
Except now it's the M1 not the A1...
Looks legit...
:rolleyes:
monkey01302 (http://www.youtube.com/user/monkey01302) (3 weeks ago)
wow you did such a good job of letting him know.
Billy29x (http://www.youtube.com/user/Billy29x) (1 week ago)
there were cars behind the lorry flashing their lights to try get his attention but we was already on the exit road so couldnt do much about it...
as I said
Warthog
18-03-10, 01:12 PM
From
as I said
That car, after he yells "he hasn't even seen it", has plenty of time to accelerate back in front of the lorry! You can see the clear lanes in between them right until the end. I think the lorry driver was just asleep...
muffles
18-03-10, 01:31 PM
I have no sound at work so can only see the vid not hear it, but it looks pretty real to me. It was on GJs earlier, here's another vid posted on that thread, maybe this is how the car got there? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1LM8TtSLZ0
That car, after he yells "he hasn't even seen it", has plenty of time to accelerate back in front of the lorry! You can see the clear lanes in between them right until the end. I think the lorry driver was just asleep...
Sorry, but if I were in that car, there would be no way on this earth I would want to get anywhere near. I would have been just like all the rest of the cars behind the lorry. Staying a safe distance away.
Quiff Wichard
18-03-10, 02:36 PM
hey this has made the main yahoo page today !!
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/18032010/36/lorry-pushes-car-a1-0.html
Warthog
18-03-10, 02:58 PM
Sorry, but if I were in that car, there would be no way on this earth I would want to get anywhere near. I would have been just like all the rest of the cars behind the lorry. Staying a safe distance away.
In front of the lorry is the only safe space!
In front of the lorry is the only safe space!
To get in front you have to first past it. Not me thanks. :wink:
Bluepete
18-03-10, 06:40 PM
It's just been on the news and is true. It happened about two months ago!
Pete ;)
Dave20046
19-03-10, 09:43 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm
yep bbc now covering it.
Police looking into it again in light of the footage, the lorry driver didn't have any action taken before, bet she's ****ting it now!
Dave20046
19-03-10, 10:17 AM
It's on the link above kalessin
Bluefish
19-03-10, 10:35 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm
Police looking into it again in light of the footage, the lorry driver didn't have any action taken before, bet she's ****ting it now!
it was a woman driving the artic?, well there you go then, that explains it all.
Runs away very fast. Lol
Dave20046
19-03-10, 10:43 AM
it was a woman driving the artic?, well there you go then, that explains it all.
Runs away very fast. Lol
It was an educated guess :mrgreen:
*joins blueFM*
Specialone
19-03-10, 12:40 PM
I havent read all the posts, but did the driver not notice the car???
Or was it a road rage incident?
Bloody scary though, good job there was lubrication on the road ;)
Dave20046
22-03-10, 05:30 PM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7496046/Rona-Williams-vet-tells-of-miracle-escape-after-lorry-traps-her-car-at-60mph.html
Specialone
22-03-10, 06:18 PM
I must admit, i did think it might be fake, but that tanker driver should be sent to prison imo, i know it sounds harsh, but if something like that can go un-noticed then he shouldnt be in control of something like that, what would happen if that was a motorcyclist ???
MattCollins
22-03-10, 06:32 PM
what would happen if that was a motorcyclist ???
Road kill!
metalangel
22-03-10, 06:43 PM
Road kill!
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/wez-understands-400.jpg
MattCollins
22-03-10, 07:13 PM
Couldn't the car accelerate out to the sid eof the lorry?
Nope, the car is pinned and if the car did get loose there is a good chance of it getting turned around and getting hit by the tris. That is where things would get really ugly.
...
FWIW, it is not always the trucks fault when a car gets turned around like that. Many years ago the SA government spent millions on an advertising campaign to make motorists aware of the dangers of cutting in on trucks. It is impossible to know how the car got there just from the video.
What surprises me that the driver didn't see the car there. Cab over designs usually (not always) have fairly good visibility. It is the big conventional designs that have problems. Some of the American designs have blind spots that are over 30ft to anything of reasonable height.
Mr Speirs
22-03-10, 08:40 PM
Best thing about that article is the end line :) Made me laugh.
'A spokesman for the firm was available for comment'
Yet you ended the article there.
punyXpress
22-03-10, 09:54 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8574600.stm
yep bbc now covering it.
Police looking into it again in light of the footage, the lorry driver didn't have any action taken before, bet she's ****ting it now!
So pre-dated NIPs are as valid as post-dated cheques?
The lorry driver kept his licence I heard on the news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/10162158.stm
Iansv II
26-05-10, 07:02 PM
Yep, he wasn't found at fault and she'd caused her own downfall essentially
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