Re: Cage Vs Truck
Tail swing is a problem with trucks and an articulated vehicle, once you have turned the cab on a right hand turn the left hand rear becomes a total blind spot,it is only the right hand rear you can see in your mirrors. Before you condone the driver, a container truck turning sharply makes a lot of suspension noise and it is quiet possible he was completely unaware he had made contact with your car.
I am not sticking up for the driver but trying to explain, perhaps, why he didnt stop.
Often containers turn over on corners and rounabouts for what might seem no apparent reason to the onlooker.Unless the cargo loaded is securely stowed it can move within the container and as they are normally sealed and the driver can not open them he can't check this. It would be the same as you riding your bike and a 20stone pillion moving his weight and putting his knee down while mid corner.
It is amazing how many similarities there are between the gravitational forces of a fully loaded artic and motorbike in braking, steering and cornering
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