Eric Rambler:
Lucky the car was there or it would have gone right over
The fact that it has landed on the car is probably going to result in a court appearance for careless or dangerous driving for the driver. The severity of any injuries of the car’s occupants could determine the severity of the sentence they get, potentially custodial.
I totally agree but unless there was another car behind the one the truck lays on top of then why didn’t the driver slam it into reverse when they saw an artic start tipping over towards them?
I very much doubt the truck went over in slow motion.
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
The height is obscured by the tree.But the sign that says Stoke ‘avoiding’ the ‘low bridge’,that’s in plain sight ahead,isn’t.
So yet more proof that it’s more an issue of drivers forgetting about the height of the vehicle,which I’m sure he knew when he left the yard,as opposed to not seeing the low bridge and its signs.In which case another example of where putting hanging heavy chains across the road where the signs are would probably save a lot of aggro.
If he’d set his adjustable height indicator in the cab correctly he shouldn’t have forgotton!
The point is that he’s forgotten that it’s ‘a’ high vehicle not forgot ‘how’ high that the high vehicle is.In which case he’ll obviously forget to check the height indicator in the cab which is only a reminder of measurement not a reminder that it’s a high vehicle.
While a load of bleedin heavy chains hitting the thing at speed will do both jobs of reminding the driver that it’s a high vehicle and how high it actually is.
I doubt the average car driver will be thinking “that looks a bit tight, I’d better stay out if the way in case it tips over if it hits the bridge”.
In any case they were probably looking to their right for approaching traffic, not to where the truck was going. If they did see it start to tip over its unlikely they would have time times react and move the car.
Bluey Circles:
Exactly, they really should be incorporating stuff like this into the driving test, how to avoid trucks that unexpectedly fall over.
Maybe there should be part of the car test where they follow a Stobart truck driven by a foreign agency driver, if they manage to keep themselves out of the inevitable accidents it causes they pass.
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
We might give the guy a break, but I don’t think plod will be so keen to…
Interestingly, there’s a train going over the bridge BEFORE the “Engineer’s check” that offenders get told “Makes the fine to your firm go into six figures”… Blah blah…
Who’s cutting corners among the officialdom here then?
Not much is said of the simple truth that “The more drivers you put on the road that don’t know their way about - the more this type of thing will be occuring”.
Even “More people killed at Camber sands in a week than in my entire life before last week” kinda smacks of “Who are these males that come from places like Erith, but seemingly don’t know about simple precautions to take around the UK’s beaches”…?
I reckon “Ignorance” is playing an increasing role in the deterioration of road safety today, alas…
Meanwhile, we’ve got people playing blind man’s buff on an M5 bridge that both carriatgeways seem to get closed for at the drop of a hat…
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
The height is obscured by the tree.But the sign that says Stoke ‘avoiding’ the ‘low bridge’,that’s in plain sight ahead,isn’t.
So yet more proof that it’s more an issue of drivers forgetting about the height of the vehicle,which I’m sure he knew when he left the yard,as opposed to not seeing the low bridge and its signs.In which case another example of where putting hanging heavy chains across the road where the signs are would probably save a lot of aggro.
If he’d set his adjustable height indicator in the cab correctly he shouldn’t have forgotton!
What happens if the driver would have understood the actual “Height” sign, but didn’t have enough English to read the Diversion sign…?
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
We might give the guy a break, but I don’t think plod will be so keen to…
Interestingly, there’s a train going over the bridge BEFORE the “Engineer’s check” that offenders get told “Makes the fine to your firm go into six figures”… Blah blah…
Who’s cutting corners among the officialdom here then?
Winseer:
Interestingly, there’s a train going over the bridge BEFORE the “Engineer’s check” that offenders get told “Makes the fine to your firm go into six figures”… Blah blah…
Who’s cutting corners among the officialdom here then? [/url]
How do you know when the photo was taken and when the engineers checked the bridge?
The signallers would have stopped all trains on the line as soon as the bridge strike was reported to them and would have reopened the line once engineers had confirmed there was no damage.
Since the metal beam was there to take the impact it wouldn’t have taken long to establish the bridge was undamaged.
bald bloke:
The sign is obscured by the tree I think we should give him a break
The height is obscured by the tree.But the sign that says Stoke ‘avoiding’ the ‘low bridge’,that’s in plain sight ahead,isn’t.
So yet more proof that it’s more an issue of drivers forgetting about the height of the vehicle,which I’m sure he knew when he left the yard,as opposed to not seeing the low bridge and its signs.In which case another example of where putting hanging heavy chains across the road where the signs are would probably save a lot of aggro.
If he’d set his adjustable height indicator in the cab correctly he shouldn’t have forgotton!
The point is that he’s forgotten that it’s ‘a’ high vehicle not forgot ‘how’ high that the high vehicle is.In which case he’ll obviously forget to check the height indicator in the cab which is only a reminder of measurement not a reminder that it’s a high vehicle.
While a load of bleedin heavy chains hitting the thing at speed will do both jobs of reminding the driver that it’s a high vehicle and how high it actually is.
Personally I think much more effective than most things are height sensors and lights. Works well on Blackwall, could work anywhere
trooper2290:
Don’t understand this…been on here for over an hour and nobody has suggested the driver may have a limp!!!
Well if he didnt before his wagon toppled over he probably will have now!
That would depend on whether he used his arm or his leg to save him from hitting the passenger side door when he was launched from the driving seat.
Any sensible person uses their leg. You can always drive with one leg but the way it rolled, its the left hand side getting it. Imagine losing your left arm. How the hell would you change the radio station? I wouldnt want to run the risk of starting the wagon up and finding out its tuned to classic fm and I cant change it. Id rather risk losing a leg
trooper2290:
Don’t understand this…been on here for over an hour and nobody has suggested the driver may have a limp!!!
Well if he didnt before his wagon toppled over he probably will have now!
That would depend on whether he used his arm or his leg to save him from hitting the passenger side door when he was launched from the driving seat.
Any sensible person uses their leg. You can always drive with one leg but the way it rolled, its the left hand side getting it. Imagine losing your left arm. How the hell would you change the radio station? I wouldnt want to run the risk of starting the wagon up and finding out its tuned to classic fm and I cant change it. Id rather risk losing a leg
Or worse that sea monster Feltz. In that case I’d hope my ears had been popped off along with the leg.
