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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: michael.d.s. on 11 November 2008, 00:30:58
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i am an artic driver by day and a friend sent me this link and asked my oppinion on the cause . I can't give him an answer .
please note that the clip isn't suitable for minors .
let me know what you think especially if you are from a law enforcement background. ta
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LyCP97a-fTI
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Cant view it....... :-/
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you will need to register to confirm age.
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If it is that rude then I don't wan't to...... :-X
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its not of that nature its a road accident .
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Wow! It all happened so quick.
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thats very bad. they way the cab of the lorry turns just as it hit the second motor before hitting the lorry it must have been fatel
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holy shit :o :o
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Seen this before!! Terrifying how quickly things like that can happen on the motorway! Very Sad!! The white van had a very lucky escape!!
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That is terrible, but the crash barrier did nothing at all !!! :(
Mike
P.S. is it possible the truck was hit from behind just befor veering off ?
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Hell, thats a bad one!! I thought you only got a fireball/explosion in Hollywood movie stunts.
Difficult to say what the cause could have been. For some reason the white truck dramatically veers to the left but why? Could be a blow out caused that kind of swerve or a drastic failure in the steering. The only other thing it could possibly be is either driver error (maybe falling asleep) or something like a heart attack. :-/
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That is the worst I have seen on film! :o :o :o :o :'(
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That proves how useless the crash barriers are.
A blessing the car driver wouldn't have known much about it.
Nothing the lorry driver could do. :(
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fu!"$%ing hell :o :o :o :o :o :o
That is shocking :'(
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Just goes to show, you can be the safest driver in the world and still cop it :'(
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thats an awfull way to go
God bless them and their family
Doug
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makes my stomach turn every time i see it. sad loss of 7 lives.
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look at the treaffic backed up behind the truck and the van , do you think there was aggression between the two , is there a chance that the truck driver tried to nudge him and lost it .
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I'm a truck driver too. Even if the truck was having road rage with the van the truck would'nt have swerved that sharply, as mentioned sleep or heart attack look probable. Feel sorry for all the dead but the red rigid truck that could'nt avoid the impact was probably dead before the fire.
Shocking.
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Just goes to show, you can be the safest driver in the world and still cop it :'(
Exactly, look how that Transit size van traveleling in front copped it and flicked over.
Horrendous accident, this and the one of the lorry in the tunnel posted a while back are the 2 worst I have seen.
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If you watch the slow close up run on the report in full screen (albeit a bit blurry) I'd swear I saw the front tyre give way just as it started to swerve.
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If you watch the slow close up run on the report in full screen (albeit a bit blurry) I'd swear I saw the front tyre give way just as it started to swerve.
Was wondering if that was the cas, unless the guy had heart attack/stroke etc
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If you watch the slow close up run on the report in full screen (albeit a bit blurry) I'd swear I saw the front tyre give way just as it started to swerve.
Was wondering if that was the cas, unless the guy had heart attack/stroke etc
Well whatever it was he wouldn't have felt much :-?
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I have been driving lorries for 4 yrs now after passing my HGV at 21 and I have never seen anything that bad. I did see a accident that happened right next to me when |I was travling south on the M6 and that was an artic going up the rear of a jag my stomach hit the floor but just imagin how all those people that wittnessed that crash felt. Bloody unbelivable event
John
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iv'e been driving them for years also iv'e had steering links break , front axle blow outs , and front air lines break off and nothing has ever caused me to veer so violently , iv'e even thrown one on its side .
my middle name isn't lucky