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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19402 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Speeding Definitely, Tiger Woods car crash: Golfing great drove at almost double the speed limit Possibly, M25 crash: Lorry suspended from bridge over A2 |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Speeding That looks rather unusual and unexpected, and on a straight stretch of road... The skid marks suggest the cab was dragged around in an arc... Were the brakes working only on one side of the trailer? I guess that's our equivalent of the Ever Given! Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Speeding Photo seems to show at least one tyre is partly off the rim. Can't tell if that happened first or last. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Photo seems to show at least one tyre is partly off the rim. Can't tell if that happened first or last.Would be interesting to see any video of it occurring. It's as though the cab jack knifed, not the trailer. The trailer kept going straight ahead as the cab jack knifed, and the trailer moving forward resulted in the cab swinging around backwards & leading the trailer off of the side of the bridge. Grant Darwin NT |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22535 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
There are skid marks on the road before the start of the clip. As for the tyre, I think that happened during the collision with barrier. Thankfully the barrier held the rig on the A2 as it would have been a far worse crash if it hadn't. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9958 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Would be interesting to see any video of it occurring Video https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-kent-56674084 |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Would be interesting to see any video of it occurring Mmmmm... Thanks for that. Annoyingly, as always, you don't get to see the full picture for what lead up to the swerving and crash. My suspicion is that the trailer was empty or tail heavy, and that the driver lost control from a gust of wind or due to driver induced oscillation whilst changing lane... Drive safely! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Thanks for that.Yep. As Rob mentioned, you can see long skid marks right from the start of the clip, but it's difficult to distinguish between them. So it looks like all trailer wheels locked up- and stayed that way. Just before hitting the barrier the prime mover wheels locked up. The prime mover jack knifed, and the trailer just pushed it around till it ended up where it did. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36816 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
We have a little bit of a mess to clean up here this morning. Goods train derails in NSW near Wagga Wagga. Rail crew were left “shaken” after a goods train derailed near Wagga Wagga on Thursday morning. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3346 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Semi driver stung by bee veers off highway, loses load of cheese in lake, WA cops say Cheesy Press release from the Washington State Police: Skamaina County - SR14/MP71 - A view from the scene of an overturned truck hauling cheese. The guardrail was #shredded during the crash. The driver is a little #blue after being cited but thankfully doing very #gouda! #DriveSafe https://t.co/AcOR4cp1YT pic.twitter.com/f9Dw62ME8E |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PesBtiaIA Somehow he missed the gas line. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The software got tired & fell asleep at the wheel. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
You can't fix stupid.Ages back after some earlier Tesla accidents i downloaded the owner's manual just to have a look at it. The number of times it repeats that the Auto pilot is not there to drive the car for you- it's just an assistant. ie- it's there to help you, the driver. You still need to drive the car, it'll just help you out. But as you say- there's no fix for stupid, other than a permanent one such as occurred with these two. Luckily they didn't take anyone else out with them. Grant Darwin NT |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
High speed, twisty windy road, noone in the driver's seat... Were they doing a thrill-seeking or a show-off-the-tech 'dare'?... Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3346 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
WWII-era plane makes emergency landing — just feet from Florida beach Footage by WFTV showed beachgoers — including young children in the sea — staring calmly at the single-engine TBM Avenger as it flew toward them Saturday around 20 feet from the shore. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3346 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Don;t have Ambulance Insurance ... use AAA instead |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Even this wouldn't be enough for quite a few drivers these days. Grant Darwin NT |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
One way to stop a car I suppose. Worth an Olympic medal at least |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36816 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Just another truck driver that doesn't know the height of his vehicle. :-( Lindsay Transport truck stuck under Corinda rail bridge/ Cheers. |
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