Car drivers have found another way to save fuel

postman pat:
Anyone saw channel 5 news at lunchtime today? a white tanker hgv, was filmed, pushing a red fiat car at a 90degree angle, in other words the front of the unit was in contact with the drivers side of the fiat, and pushing it sideways perfectly at… about 50mph and the hgv driver was totally oblivious to the fact that he had a car stuck to the front of his unit at that speed! How did he not notice■■?

I was just wondering what the world record distance for pushing a car sideways could be assuming that the wagon has a full tank of diesel and the driver has around the full 4.5 hours driving time to spare and the fuse pulled on the limiter.If only it could be the Gordon Brown presidential limo :open_mouth: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Hey Harry !! - found another one on the same subject - I think this must make about 6 now :laughing:

Rikki-UK
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Multiple topics on same subject merged into one single thread :slight_smile:

RIKKI, we got another one :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:

FFS, does nobody use the search function anymore :unamused:

Carryfast:

postman pat:
Anyone saw channel 5 news at lunchtime today? a white tanker hgv, was filmed, pushing a red fiat car at a 90degree angle, in other words the front of the unit was in contact with the drivers side of the fiat, and pushing it sideways perfectly at… about 50mph and the hgv driver was totally oblivious to the fact that he had a car stuck to the front of his unit at that speed! How did he not notice■■?

I was just wondering what the world record distance for pushing a car sideways could be assuming that the wagon has a full tank of diesel and the driver has around the full 4.5 hours driving time to spare and the fuse pulled on the limiter.If only it could be the Gordon Brown presidential limo :open_mouth: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

and i was just wondering what the world record is for people posting the same vid on a forum was :unamused: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Carryfast:

postman pat:
Anyone saw channel 5 news at lunchtime today? a white tanker hgv, was filmed, pushing a red fiat car at a 90degree angle, in other words the front of the unit was in contact with the drivers side of the fiat, and pushing it sideways perfectly at… about 50mph and the hgv driver was totally oblivious to the fact that he had a car stuck to the front of his unit at that speed! How did he not notice■■?

I was just wondering what the world record distance for pushing a car sideways could be assuming that the wagon has a full tank of diesel and the driver has around the full 4.5 hours driving time to spare and the fuse pulled on the limiter.If only it could be the Gordon Brown presidential limo :open_mouth: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

i know when your cruise, they just plough on, but this is taking the biscuit… :unamused:

shuttlespanker:

Carryfast:

postman pat:
Anyone saw channel 5 news at lunchtime today? a white tanker hgv, was filmed, pushing a red fiat car at a 90degree angle, in other words the front of the unit was in contact with the drivers side of the fiat, and pushing it sideways perfectly at… about 50mph and the hgv driver was totally oblivious to the fact that he had a car stuck to the front of his unit at that speed! How did he not notice■■?

I was just wondering what the world record distance for pushing a car sideways could be assuming that the wagon has a full tank of diesel and the driver has around the full 4.5 hours driving time to spare and the fuse pulled on the limiter.If only it could be the Gordon Brown presidential limo :open_mouth: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

and i was just wondering what the world record is for people posting the same vid on a forum was :unamused: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Probably not as many as the miles which I could push our great leader’s limo for given that full tank of diesel. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Steve-o:
It was a Micra

It was neither, it was a Renault Clio.

and i was just wondering what the world record is for people posting the same vid on a forum was :unamused: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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Probably not as many as the miles which I could push our great leader’s limo for given that full tank of diesel. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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If the world was flat, you would push him off the end with any luck. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Rikki-UK:
Police to investigate Youtube video

A spokesman for Cheshire-based Arclid Transport, which operated the truck, says it has begun an investigation into the incident, believed to be on the A1(M) in West Yorkshire.“I’ve no idea if the video is genuine,” the spokesman added.

I’ve got a fairly shrewd idea that it is…however it’s a fantastic advertisement for Arclid, it shows their drivers are determined to get to their destination on time, regardless of traffic :wink:

I had an incident in Hungary when a car was overtaking me and then disappeared, the next I saw was a pile of dust, resin and glass landing in the field. Out of the dust crawled a family of four as I pulled up on the roadside. I went to check the damage on my Volvo and this unlucky Magyar had cracked the left hand indicator glass. The Rendorseg arrived, took some Forints of Imre and then asked me to drop the family in Gyor.

Unlike the Arclid driver I did feel the Trabant as it clipped my bumper, spun round and somersaulted into the field. The police swept the plastic up and the road was soon open again :stuck_out_tongue:

shuttlespanker:
you missed one Harry :wink:

Cheers, I’m obliged!

Now let’s all lay low and wait for the next person to post the video, then viciously bully him like we used to do with the fat ginger kid at school, it’ll be fun! :wink:

Richardf1fan:
anyone seen this?
youtube.com/watch?v=ie2oG4pFrXk

only about a dozen times in posts above :unamused: :unamused:

It was just on bbc news :open_mouth:

merc0447:
It was just on bbc news :open_mouth:

SO IT HAS !! - there is a video clip as well which may or may not have been seen before :wink: :laughing:

Ignore me

been all over the radio and TV news all day

10th post of this ? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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gogzy:
repost for the 4th time in 2 days

dont worry - it will probably get added to THE REST OF THEM :smiley:

well according to the daily mail the truck was driving along at 60mph :exclamation: :exclamation: :open_mouth: :open_mouth: on a straight road while pushing a car :unamused: :unamused:

ROG:

merc0447:
It was just on bbc news :open_mouth:

SO IT HAS !! - there is a video clip as well which may or may not have been seen before :wink: :laughing:

I don’t think I’ve seen that ROG, could you post a link to it in a new thread? :wink: