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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Sadly if a car hits the under-run bars at just the right speed and angle it will get trapped - as this very fortunate driver demonstrated. Same thing every idiot does in a rear end collision. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Sadly if a car hits the under-run bars at just the right speed and angle it will get trapped - as this very fortunate driver demonstrated. Yep, 9/10 pick up a Darwin Award. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3222 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Amtrak train strikes truck in Wilmington; No injuries reported WILMINGTON, Ill. — Emergency crews are on the scene in Wilmington, Illinois where an Amtrak train struck a semi-truck. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3222 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
TRUCK DRIVER ID'D, CITED IN WILMINGTON AMTRAK TRAIN COLLISION WILMINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Wilmington Police have cited truck driver Keith Morris of Joliet, Ill., for disregarding a signal indicating the approach of a train, resulting in the collision that disrupted Amtrak service Friday. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Amtrak train strikes truck in Wilmington; No injuries reported Now that it's clear there were no injuries, the whole internet is wailing over the contents of the truck: 70,000 lbs. of bacon. (I hope Zappy was sitting down when he read that.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Amtrak train strikes truck in Wilmington; No injuries reported Eh, that was only 35 tons of bacon, it's not like there isn't more out there, somewhere. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 877 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
but but that is an awful lot of sarnies and hand me the brown sauce. Amtrak train strikes truck in Wilmington; No injuries reported Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20150610/southern-california-boy-8-hopped-one-freight-train-struck-and-killed-by-another/1 YUCCA, Ariz. — Arizona authorities say it may be months before a formal identification is made of a boy struck and killed by a train. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
There of course is an HGV sat nav Ah, the wonders of the modern age, what bliss From many of these incidents on this thread all show one thing in common... ...failure to use an old technological standard... ...the Mk 1 Eyeball. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22216 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Caused by a disconnect between the aforementioned MkI eyeball, the brain and the motor centre of the brain induced by an over-reliance on other technologies... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30661 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/africa/stowaway-who-clung-on-to-plane-as-it-flew-almost-13000-kilometres-from-south-africa-to-london-dies-31314239.html A stowaway has plunged to his death from a plane and landed on a shop in a high street - while another is in hospital after surviving the fall. |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
Caused by a disconnect between the aforementioned MkI eyeball, the brain and the motor centre of the brain induced by an over-reliance on other technologies... Chris I think your 100% correct there , you know were I live close to Felixstowe port and it happens everyday on the A14 . Nothing can be done about it coz "it affects peoples human rights" think you can work out my feelings on the subject , they might be qualified to drive in their respective country's but that don't mean the same in a different country at all !! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I've covered quite a bit of England & Wales & to this day, still enjoy my work. However, the one road I hate is the A14. As for the Dutch, they're not that bad. The worst truck drivers at least on the A14 are the Polish & Portuguese. The best failure of the Mk1 Eyeball I've seen was a 40 footer (Curtainsider) on the B1078 at Needham Market. Approximately 500 feet before the bridge is a clear sign stating "low bridge 2.5m (8'0"). Having a delivery to do in Lion Lane (straight across from bridge which was on the left) I as well as some other road users were stumped. I never did see the outcome of that "little" fracas as I drove round him, did delivery & returned the way I came - took some time though :-) |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
Happened to us about 10 years ago. An artic lorry with foreign markings being driven badly scraped the whole side of our car. The driver got out and babbled and gesticulated in some foreign language, shrugged his shoulders and drove off. But not before I had noted the details written on the lorry. We called the police but they weren't interested as nobody was hurt. Understand were you coming from Chris but 99% sure it'll be you that's up in front of the magistrate's court and if you go "not guilty" you get a free trip to Crown Court and neither of them places are nice . Its NOT worth the hassle even if your " in the right" . Police are next to useless really and aint their fault and a solicitor will cost lots of money . so its loose loose , Your basicly Fu#ked I've covered quite a bit of England & Wales & to this day, still enjoy my work. However, the one road I hate is the A14. As for the Dutch, they're not that bad. The worst truck drivers at least on the A14 are the Polish & Portuguese. The best failure of the Mk1 Eyeball I've seen was a 40 footer (Curtainsider) on the B1078 at Needham Market. Approximately 500 feet before the bridge is a clear sign stating "low bridge 2.5m (8'0"). I used to ride a motor bike and know the bridge you mean in Needham mkt let alone its low there's a 90 degree turn right after the bridge and NO WAY will a HGV 1 make that and HGV 3 no chance in hell . That corners bad enough at 10mph on a motorbike and you cant go any faster than that there !!! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The problem is Europe not the UK. I personally know of 8 drivers here where they "bought" their license & to see them drive scares the crap out of me. It is not easy to gain a HGV license here & it is damned expensive. An ordinary driving license will cost you £30 every ten years (now that the paper counterpart is no longer valid, watch that cost increase every few years). HGV Costs Photocard £30 (every 10 years) Digital Tachograph Card £38 (every 10 years) dCPC Card £350 (every 5 years) Annual cost photocard £3 Annual cost HGV £76.80 All UK HGV drivers are now on a Government database all because of the dCPC so easily verifiable. Foreign drivers... |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
I 4t EVERY legal driver was on a database with the DVLA wombles , when I used to get stopped by the law they knew even b4 they had pulled me over I had my full bike licence had insurance and M.O.T my address and how many laws I had "fractured" in the past ;-) . The only thing I didn't carry was the paper counterpart |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Sorry Mark, should have clarified better. HGV drivers are not only on the DVLA database but on the dCPC database as well. Also the digi tachos are more accurate than the old analogue ones :-( |
Mark Stevenson Send message Joined: 8 Sep 11 Posts: 1736 Credit: 174,899,165 RAC: 91 |
Sorry Mark, should have clarified better. HGV drivers are not only on the DVLA database but on the dCPC database as well. Also the digi tachos are more accurate than the old analogue ones :-( No probs mate I only ever passed my motorbike test back when I was 17 (old part 1 and part 2 ) , never botherd with cars let along HGV's . The tachos might be a lot more accurate but there's still ways to get around them im sure if you want to take the risk of getting caught ;-) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The tachos might be a lot more accurate but there's still ways to get around them im sure if you want to take the risk of getting caught ;-) No thanks :-) Like the ££££ I'm earning & the freedom from factory/office politics & getting to meet some lovely... :-) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I was professionally taught how to drive by a driving school instructor, I passed the written DMV test(which is one of 3 written tests, you don't know which you'll get, they're just drawn at random) with a score of 99 out of 100, plus I passed My driving test, this was driving My Dad's big 1970-1972 Mercury Marquis Brougham Sedan in the narrow streets of San Pedro CA, all at age 19. I say 1970-1972, since they look alike and its been a long time since then, He liked this model best. Could I pass the HGV test? Probably, though Me traveling there is a bit unlikely to happen. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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