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Witness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?
Jamieg:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Collision-causes-severe-delays-on-the-A14-30082012.htmWitness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?
I’m gonna take a wild guess that you’re not a driver 
Jamieg:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Collision-causes-severe-delays-on-the-A14-30082012.htmWitness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?
Only if he was asleep, or doing something stupid, there the obvious reasons, or had a puncture or it was windy.
weeto:
Jamieg:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Collision-causes-severe-delays-on-the-A14-30082012.htmWitness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?
Only if he was asleep, or doing something stupid, there the obvious reasons, or had a puncture or it was windy.
Well that’s 95% of options covered then 
speedyguy:
weeto:
Jamieg:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Collision-causes-severe-delays-on-the-A14-30082012.htmWitness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?
Only if he was asleep, or doing something stupid, there the obvious reasons, or had a puncture or it was windy.
Well that’s 95% of options covered then
Yes, and did you know trucks are engineered to steer to the nearside if there is an issue with the driver.
weeto:
speedyguy:
weeto:
Jamieg:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Collision-causes-severe-delays-on-the-A14-30082012.htmWitness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?
Only if he was asleep, or doing something stupid, there the obvious reasons, or had a puncture or it was windy.
Well that’s 95% of options covered then
Yes, and did you know trucks are engineered to steer to the nearside if there is an issue with the driver.
it all depends on the tramlines really
Trukkertone:
weeto:
speedyguy:
weeto:
Jamieg:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Collision-causes-severe-delays-on-the-A14-30082012.htm
Witness says 1 lorry drifted into another parked on the side of the road. Driver has slight injuries which is good news but is it really possible that a truck driver would be able to “drift” into a parked one?Only if he was asleep, or doing something stupid, there the obvious reasons, or had a puncture or it was windy.
Well that’s 95% of options covered then
Yes, and did you know trucks are engineered to steer to the nearside if there is an issue with the driver.
it all depends on the tramlines really
I didn’t realise 95% if drivers had issues (some have too many issues as well 
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So looks like the tramlines are just there to keep trucks from drifting onto the H/S
weeto:
Yes, and did you know trucks are engineered to steer to the nearside if there is an issue with the driver.
Really? I’m sure I’ve never heard that before and find it a lttle hard to believe that apart from the obvious such as steering wheel, pedals and headlights, that the big truck manufacturers actually engineer LHD and RHD trucks differently. I reckon it’s simply a case of the vehicle following the camber of whichever side of the road it is being driven on.
However, I will offer you my sincere apologies if in fact you are correct.
I blame the car driver, don’t care which car driver as they are always to blame… 
It’s a relief to hear the drivers ok-ish, it was utter carnage when I passed it earlier. Had very obviously run at speed into the rear of another wagon parked in a layby and gone another 3-400yds up the road before coming to a halt.
the maoster:
weeto:
Yes, and did you know trucks are engineered to steer to the nearside if there is an issue with the driver.Really? I’m sure I’ve never heard that before and find it a lttle hard to believe that apart from the obvious such as steering wheel, pedals and headlights, that the big truck manufacturers actually engineer LHD and RHD trucks differently. I reckon it’s simply a case of the vehicle following the camber of whichever side of the road it is being driven on.
However, I will offer you my sincere apologies if in fact you are correct.
Try letting go of the wheel whilst on a flat road, it will wander off to the near side, a left ■■■■■■ will go the other way.
If a driver collapsed at the wheel through ill health, or the lazy git fell asleep, it’s better for it to go straight off the road, instead of ploughing in to on coming traffic.
That’s purely for the sake of the suspension geometry to cope with lh/rh biased cambers, nothing to do with a considered engineering aspect, simply a pleasant by product, mainly to promote even tyre wear and a smoother steering more stable vehicle.
Phantom Mark:
That’s purely for the sake of the suspension geometry to cope with lh/rh biased cambers, nothing to do with a considered engineering aspect, simply a pleasant by product, mainly to promote even tyre wear and a smoother steering more stable vehicle.
Thank you Mark, you may be some supernatural spectre/ghost/goulie or phantom, but you eloquently summed up precisely what I would have replied. 
weeto:
Yes, and did you know trucks are engineered to steer to the nearside if there is an issue with the driver.
Never seen anything about this on any steering geometry/tracking data-sheet.
the maoster:
Phantom Mark:
That’s purely for the sake of the suspension geometry to cope with lh/rh biased cambers, nothing to do with a considered engineering aspect, simply a pleasant by product, mainly to promote even tyre wear and a smoother steering more stable vehicle.Thank you Mark, you may be some supernatural spectre/ghost/goulie or phantom, but you eloquently summed up precisely what I would have replied.
I worked in Motorsport engineering before being made redundant, suspension geometry and other such hocus pokus was my little world so to speak, was just trying to add to your already correct assumption.
A British lorry will actually steer to the right on a completely level surface, this way it keeps in a straight line on the cambered roads in Britain, it works the other way for a lorry built to drive on the other side of the road