Transportation Safety 3

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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2116739 - Posted: 27 Mar 2023, 19:27:26 UTC Terrifying dashcam footage has captured the moment a truck careens down a hill without brakes, forcing cars into oncoming traffic. Facebook page Dash Cam Owners Australia identified the truck as a “loaded semi”, weighing around 40 tonnes. The time stamp records truck hitting a top speed of 44km as it rolls down the hill. In the footage, the driver can be heard blasting the truck’s horn in an effort to warn the vehicles ahead that the truck is in trouble. The sedans and SUVs driving ahead of the truck in the single downhill lane can then be seen crossing double lines as the road moves around a bend.... The driver eventually makes it to an emergency safety ramp. Cheers. ID: 2116739 · Reply Quote

W-K 666 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19554 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67	Message 2116758 - Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 2:36:20 UTC Moment tyre flies off vehicle flipping second car on Los Angeles freeway A car was flipped by a tyre that came loose from another vehicle on the Ronald Reagan Freeway in Chatsworth, Los Angeles earlier this month. Video recorded by a Tesla dash camera shows the tyre fall off a vehicle and strike an adjacent car, causing it to flip into the air. In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department said there were no major injuries following the incident. ID: 2116758 · Reply Quote

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 2116762 - Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 6:49:07 UTC - in response to Message 2116758. Moment tyre flies off vehicle flipping second car on Los Angeles freeway A car was flipped by a tyre that came loose from another vehicle on the Ronald Reagan Freeway in Chatsworth, Los Angeles earlier this month. Video recorded by a Tesla dash camera shows the tyre fall off a vehicle and strike an adjacent car, causing it to flip into the air. In a statement, the Los Angeles Police Department said there were no major injuries following the incident. I just saw that video on another site- talk about incredibly lucky to be able to walk away from that, and incredibly unlucky to have been there just at that time. Grant Darwin NT ID: 2116762 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2116765 - Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 7:08:23 UTC That wheel just didn't like that car for some reason, why would it hit the car twice otherwise? Cheers. ID: 2116765 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31183 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2116769 - Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 13:12:23 UTC I have seen a wheel become detached. Fortunately I was behind it far enough to simply watch. As there is little force acting to slow the gyro it does travel for some considerable distance. In the case I saw it eventually went down an embankment into brush. The vehicle stopped way before the wheel. Check your lug nuts. ID: 2116769 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31183 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2116770 - Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 13:44:37 UTC Bad Robot! ID: 2116770 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2116776 - Posted: 28 Mar 2023, 19:13:12 UTC Some people just won't look where they're going. :-O A South Australian motorbike rider broke 14 bones in a horror crash that send him catapulting into the air outside a service station. ID: 2116776 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2116806 - Posted: 29 Mar 2023, 9:26:04 UTC - in response to Message 2115792. Tesla drivers. check your steering wheel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0IqXEVmDe0 And your seat belts. US opens investigation into Tesla seat belts coming loose. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers an estimated 50,000 Model X SUVs from the 2022 and 2023 model years. The agency says it has two complaints from Tesla owners that the front belts weren’t sufficiently connected at the factory. Documents posted by the agency Tuesday say the belt linkage and pretensioners, which tighten the belts before a crash, are anchored to the seat frames. Both complaints allege that the linkage and pretensioner separated from the frames when the vehicles were driving and force was exerted. Neither incident involved a crash.... ID: 2116806 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2116849 - Posted: 30 Mar 2023, 6:28:30 UTC Another 2 of those flying fan thingies come to a bad end. Several dead after military helicopters crash in Kentucky. Several people are reportedly dead after multiple military helicopters crashed in Kentucky Wednesday night. The crash, which involved at least two helicopters, happened at about 9:30 p.m., according to WKDZ Radio. The helicopters were military rotorcraft from Fort Campbell. The exact number of deaths has not been confirmed by authorities, but an unconfirmed report stated nine people were killed in the collision. The crash happened between Bobby Light Road and Lancaster Road in Trigg County, per the aforementioned local news station. That county is located just west of Fort Campbell in western Kentucky and is home to about 14,000 people..... ID: 2116849 · Reply Quote

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 2116851 - Posted: 30 Mar 2023, 7:09:16 UTC Now this is a pothole- 40 metres long, 15m wide, and 9m deep. Almost three times the volume of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Floodwater flowed over Booligal-Gunbar Road for about five months, and this was the result... The repaired road. 7,000 cubic metre pothole repair job. Grant Darwin NT ID: 2116851 · Reply Quote

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 2117185 - Posted: 6 Apr 2023, 21:56:04 UTC South African pilot makes emergency landing after finding venomous cobra hiding under his seat Grant Darwin NT ID: 2117185 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2117205 - Posted: 7 Apr 2023, 1:14:19 UTC From a wingy thing. AirMed pilot walks away from light aircraft crash at Hillcrest, south of Brisbane, with minor injuries. To another flying fan. Japanese Self-Defense Force Black Hawk helicopter missing off Okinawa with 10 on board. ID: 2117205 · Reply Quote

Dr Who Fan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3412 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4	Message 2117306 - Posted: 8 Apr 2023, 20:55:25 UTC "Self driving" vehicles still have a problem "seeing correctly" Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis, issues software update after crashing into city bus Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis, issues software update after crashing into city bus GM’s self-driving unit Cruise filed with federal regulators a voluntary recall to update the software in 300 robotaxis after one struck the back of a city bus in San Francisco. Cruise said in a report with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration that it initiated the recall because in rare circumstances the software could inaccurately predict the movement of “articulated” vehicles. ID: 2117306 · Reply Quote

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31183 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 2117312 - Posted: 8 Apr 2023, 21:55:05 UTC - in response to Message 2117306. "Self driving" vehicles still have a problem "seeing correctly" Blame ChatGPT and AI. ID: 2117312 · Reply Quote

Dr Who Fan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3412 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4	Message 2117321 - Posted: 8 Apr 2023, 23:50:04 UTC - in response to Message 2117312. "Self driving" vehicles still have a problem "seeing correctly" Blame ChatGPT and AI. As my introduction to programming teacher had written on the board for the first day of class: Rule #1 "GIGO" - Garbage In Garbage Out. ID: 2117321 · Reply Quote

John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 879 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8	Message 2117323 - Posted: 9 Apr 2023, 1:17:36 UTC - in response to Message 2117321. Last modified: 9 Apr 2023, 1:18:44 UTC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65175447 self driving bus. "Self driving" vehicles still have a problem "seeing correctly" Blame ChatGPT and AI. As my introduction to programming teacher had written on the board for the first day of class: Rule #1 "GIGO" - Garbage In Garbage Out. Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care ID: 2117323 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2117379 - Posted: 10 Apr 2023, 4:44:33 UTC Some people have parking skills while others don't, but I'm not sure what this is. South Australian man reported for dangerous driving after leaving car on tree stump. Cheers. ID: 2117379 · Reply Quote

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13904 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 2117387 - Posted: 10 Apr 2023, 10:46:54 UTC - in response to Message 2117379. Yeah, reversing the car up there certainly took some doing. Grant Darwin NT ID: 2117387 · Reply Quote

rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22723 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 2117396 - Posted: 10 Apr 2023, 16:20:46 UTC - in response to Message 2117387. Even harder to drive it up there - just look at the front-end carnage. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 2117396 · Reply Quote

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37608 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489	Message 2117399 - Posted: 10 Apr 2023, 16:37:33 UTC Yes it could've went in forwards and then rocked back onto that star picket to stop it falling off. ;-) There was certainly some artistic driving involved to get it up there. LOL Cheers. ID: 2117399 · Reply Quote

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