JLS Driver SOS:
watching it on that dashcam I didn’t see that broken down truck either, I think it blended in to the hedgerow, weird. Looking at what was loaded on the thing, the guy running bob tail was very lucky, that would have killed him if he’d hit.
I totally agree though, a Triangle 50-100 metres behind broken down truck is a must
surely if you can’t see a foookin big truck your unlikely to see a 1ft high piece of plastic on the floor if it hasn’t been blown over due to being on a high speed road.
jayseabea:
Just shows what a dangerous money saving idea the “managed motorway” is with neither hard shoulder or central verges.
Even the A road has some run off space…
Errr it’s an A Road read the title of the thread it ain’t a motorway at all just a 3 lane section of the A13.
Lusk:
Irrespective of who is righ and wrong between the solo unit and van, why did the broken down artic not call 999?
Unless I’ve missed something there’s no way of knowing whether or not he had phoned the emergency services.
True, but I would suspect that this call was not made. Would you have made the call?
If I expected to be there a while I would probably advise the police that I had broken down and was in a potentially dangerous position.
Whether or not they would do anything about it is another question though
And purely out of interest, how would you contact them - would it be through local call or 999? The reason I ask is that because I was told to make the 999 call and I have to be honest it did not feel quite right in making it.
Lusk:
Irrespective of who is righ and wrong between the solo unit and van, why did the broken down artic not call 999?
Unless I’ve missed something there’s no way of knowing whether or not he had phoned the emergency services.
True, but I would suspect that this call was not made. Would you have made the call?
If I expected to be there a while I would probably advise the police that I had broken down and was in a potentially dangerous position.
Whether or not they would do anything about it is another question though
And purely out of interest, how would you contact them - would it be through local call or 999? The reason I ask is that because I was told to make the 999 call and I have to be honest it did not feel quite right in making it.
I believe you can use 101 now for the local police.
The last time I phoned 999 was a few years ago when I heard a burglar alarm going off at a local sub-post office late at night, knowing that an elderly woman lived on her own over the shop and not having the local police number with me I phoned 999 and got a bollocking for for it.
After a rather heated argument the operator offered to give me the correct number to phone, I told her to phone it herself (or words to that affect ) and checked the shop out myself, needless to say the police never did arrive
Yes, have used the 101 before now and it is very clever in the way which it directs you to the relevant police force. The only downside is that it can take several minutes for them to answer your call which, in the case of this video, could be the difference between life and death.
truckermarcus:
maybe the old fashioned way of the broken down vehicles driver waving his arms while wearing hi viz a good 100 metres before might do the trick…
If he did that he may have been food for the foxes all over the road. If they couldn’t see a 44 tonne truck with hazards on then they aint going to see a 13-18 stone bloke in a high viz.
obviously not concentrating,as you say very lucky driver,wonder what the van driver said,probably oh dear oh dear,or words to that effect but not printable,
nsmith1180:
Ooops, though I have to question how the box van was on the hazards before he hit the armco. Quick reactions or not, you try to save it before you go headlong into an immovable object.
Having said that, it would appear that the broken down bloke was the only one that did everything right.
Most modern vans hazards come on when braking harshly or if a wheel locks.
truckermarcus:
maybe the old fashioned way of the broken down vehicles driver waving his arms while wearing hi viz a good 100 metres before might do the trick…
If he did that he may have been food for the foxes all over the road. If they couldn’t see a 44 tonne truck with hazards on then they aint going to see a 13-18 stone bloke in a high viz.
Are you suggesting that the wearing off a hi-vis garment wont automaticly exempt you from harm in the face off danger best let the HSE know, because they seem to think it will
speedyguy:
JLS Driver SOS:
watching it on that dashcam I didn’t see that broken down truck either, I think it blended in to the hedgerow, weird. Looking at what was loaded on the thing, the guy running bob tail was very lucky, that would have killed him if he’d hit.
I totally agree though, a Triangle 50-100 metres behind broken down truck is a must
surely if you can’t see a foookin big truck your unlikely to see a 1ft high piece of plastic on the floor if it hasn’t been blown over due to being on a high speed road.
Got too agree with you Speedyguy.
I dont see how the driver off the broken down truck could be expected to make any further allowances than he had done, right on the shoulder off the road with hazards flashing, on a piece off road with 100’s meters off vision on the approach to his position. Them 3 driver werent looking as far down the road as was available to see.
truckermarcus:
maybe the old fashioned way of the broken down vehicles driver waving his arms while wearing hi viz a good 100 metres before might do the trick…
That would have been the best move before waiting for assistance to arrive.
jayseabea:
Just shows what a dangerous money saving idea the “managed motorway” is with neither hard shoulder or central verges.
Even the A road has some run off space…
Errr it’s an A Road read the title of the thread it ain’t a motorway at all just a 3 lane section of the A13.
Yes it’s an A road. But it still shows “what a dangerous money saving idea the “managed motorway” is with neither hard shoulder or central verges.”. Because the same conditions would apply on such a motorway. I for one am not keen on the idea of the hard shoulder being done away with, which is surely only a matter of time as long as those in power bury their heads in the sand regarding the problems of ever increasing traffic congestion.
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it ain’t a motorway at all just a 3 lane section of the A13.
) and checked the shop out myself, needless to say the police never did arrive 
best let the HSE know, because they seem to think it will