Van driver = the lorry made me swerve and hit the parked cars
Police catch up to trucker in his yard and the lorry camera shows different …
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Watched it last night on Channel 5.
One of the many reasons I say front facing cameras in trucks are such a good idea!
Did wonder why after seeing the accident and resulting fire he didnt stop.
i watched it too, my boss keeps asking why i have a camera in the cab… hopefully he watched it too.
More proof of the benefit of a camera.A text book reaction to the situationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
Assuming that the van ran into the parked cars,which were on the van’s side of the road,why would the law then think that the truck driver would have been to blame even if the accident had happened while the truck was going through.Considering in that case the obstruction was on the van driver’s side of the road so the van driver would have needed to give way to the approaching truck anyway. 
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
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Maybe it might have helped if the truck driver who hit the car had left a decent seperation distance from the truck in front including sufficient for a vehicle to enter from the slip road between them.If the wagon in front had needed to make an emergency stop for whatever reason the one behind would probably have run into it at that point regardless of the actual accident which took place.
Carryfast:
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
Try againMaybe it might have helped if the truck driver who hit the car had left a decent seperation distance from the truck in front including sufficient for a vehicle to enter from the slip road between them.If the wagon in front had needed to make an emergency stop for whatever reason the one behind would probably have run into it at that point regardless of the actual accident which took place.
and maybe just bloomin maybe if the car driver had read the ■■■■■■ highway code and gave way instead of trying to barge his/her way in then maybe there would be fewer of this type of accident friggin darwin award contenders the lot of them
gonzothejaffa1:
Carryfast:
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
Try againMaybe it might have helped if the truck driver who hit the car had left a decent seperation distance from the truck in front including sufficient for a vehicle to enter from the slip road between them.If the wagon in front had needed to make an emergency stop for whatever reason the one behind would probably have run into it at that point regardless of the actual accident which took place.
and maybe just bloomin maybe if the car driver had read the [zb] highway code and gave way instead of trying to barge his/her way in then maybe there would be fewer of this type of accident friggin darwin award contenders the lot of them
+1, the car driver was a muppet with a death wish, AKA suicide jockey , I hope that he ■■■■ himself whilst being pushed sideways
And maybe just bloody maybe if the truck driver used the “professional” in his job title and eased of his limiter loosing him seconds of his journey that accident wouldn’t of happened. … how many times do we see on noobtube people with camera’s that do nothing to prevent accidents just so they can monetise it on the Internet
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
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Car driver should be done for careless and the lorry driver should also be charged with careless or even dangerous driving as he made no atempt to change lanes or reduce his speed which is all that was needed, he was clearly trying to stop the car from joining the motorway and his video footage proves this.
Saaamon:
d the lorry driver should also be charged with careless or even dangerous driving as he made no atempt to change lanes or reduce his speed which is all that was needed,.
he wasn’t obliged to do this by any means.
Car driver, as said, suicide jockey!!! Got what he deserved! Maybe next time he’ll do his shoulder checks!
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
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With my senior observer advanced driving hat on …
What a stupid car driver !!
There were many options open to the car driver including moving to the slip lane on the left
One question - it seems from the video that the truck could have used lane 2 so why didn’t it ?
Saaamon:
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
Try againCar driver should be done for careless and the lorry driver should also be charged with careless or even dangerous driving as he made no atempt to change lanes or reduce his speed which is all that was needed, he was clearly trying to stop the car from joining the motorway and his video footage proves this.
You’re assuming the driver saw the car and you’re assuming the driver had a clear lane to his right to move into. The dashed lines at the end of a slip road are a GIVE WAY. The lorry driver didn’t have to do anything.
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
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With my senior observer advanced driving hat on …
What a stupid car driver !!
There were many options open to the car driver including moving to the slip lane on the left which was clear from the footage shown even after the collision
One question - it seems from the video that the truck could have used lane 2 so why didn’t it ?
George@ASDA driver:
Saaamon:
d the lorry driver should also be charged with careless or even dangerous driving as he made no atempt to change lanes or reduce his speed which is all that was needed,.he wasn’t obliged to do this by any means.
Car driver, as said, suicide jockey!!! Got what he deserved! Maybe next time he’ll do his shoulder checks!
You should hand your licence back , being a PROFESSIONAL means you should see acidents before they happen and take action to avoid. Yes there are idiots on the road but you took a professional test so shouldn’t be one of them
It was nice of the driver to take the car over to the hard shoulder with him as it probably wouldn’t have been too drivable after that.
But good on the truck in front for stopping too 
It is the responsibility of every road user to try and avoid an incident if safe and reasonable to do so
To simply say that a driver is legally in the right is not enough to exonerate another driver when they could have safely and reasonably done something to avoid it
ROG:
Diesel dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc5VL2sO9wU
Try againWith my senior observer advanced driving hat on …
What a stupid car driver !!
There were many options open to the car driver including moving to the slip lane on the left which was clear from the footage shown even after the collision
One question - it seems from the video that the truck could have used lane 2 so why didn’t it ?
I’m surprised that doesn’t seem to include any reference to the seperation distance left by the driver of the truck to the one in front which to add to the problem of already being too colse seems to be reducing even more on approach to the hazard of the slip road entering from the left.The question of the truck being able to move into lane 2 can’t be answered because there’s no way of knowing what might or might not have been there.But the issue of the seperation distance between the trucks being a contributory factor seems obvious.
As for the car moving to the left the road layout seems to suggest that the chevrons are there as a road marking which isn’t meant to be crossed on the basis of seperating streams of traffic that are likely to be a danger to each other.Which is ironic because that’s more likely to be caused by the idea of two lane slip road entries causing traffic entering in lane 2 of the slip road coming into conflict with traffic in lane 1 of the road being entered with no way for that traffic to get back into lane 1 of the entry slip road to avoid that situation.As in this case.
Therefore I’d blame the accident mostlty on the seperation distance between the trucks which didn’t allow for even a safe stopping distance let alone the inevitable merging of traffic from lane 2 of the slip road and the ridiculous idea of two lane entry slip roads.All of which would have left the car in lane 2 with just the option of causing an obstruction in lane 2 of the entry slip by having to anchor up to avoid an accident which could foreseeably cause a shunt on the slip road itself.
Strange though why everyone seems to be all for the idea of zip merging at lane closures but not where it really matters in cases like this.
In which case maybe it’s time for a change in the rules to remove the idea of traffic on entry slips needing to give way to traffic on the road being entered to one of zip merging applies with seperation distances,or moving into lane 2 wherever possible at junctions,obviously needing to reflect that. 