My apologies. Had not seen that one.
Hang on different video!
albion1971:
My apologies. Had not seen that one.Hang on different video!
This is the horrible accident on the M53 with the driver crashing into the stationary traffic.
youtube.com/watch?v=zpuQo4VEPYA
I was curious about the speeds involved so looking at it frame by frame and using the white lines as a reference it would appear that until the moment of impact he was doing a fairly constant 85kmh even the last 5 lines (45metres) I make his speed at 85kph. Presumably struggling with the low sun and reflections from a wet road surface he seen nothing.
my sympathies go out to anyone involved in this accident - truly horrible
Bluey Circles:
Presumably struggling with the low sun and reflections from a wet road surface he seen nothing.my sympathies go out to anyone involved in this accident - truly horrible
So he missed all the warning signs, the overhead matrix signs and he didn’t see what the dashcam managed to?
I was curious about the speeds involved so looking at it frame by frame and using the white lines as a reference it would appear that until the moment of impact he was doing a fairly constant 85kmh even the last 5 lines (45metres) I make his speed at 85kph. Presumably struggling with the low sun and reflections from a wet road surface he seen nothing.
Struggling to see low sun and reflections! Drive to the conditions.
Should get his licence back the day after Mr Done sees his family again
There is 4 seconds from when the traffic que comes into view to when he hits them. He doesnt seem to take any action at all. Doesnt seem to slow down at all or even swerve into the two empty right hand lanes.
Imho he just wasnt paying any attention of what was ahead of him.
Conor:
Bluey Circles:
Presumably struggling with the low sun and reflections from a wet road surface he seen nothing.my sympathies go out to anyone involved in this accident - truly horrible
So he missed all the warning signs, the overhead matrix signs and he didn’t see what the dashcam managed to?
Missed or ignored the matrix signs, plenty seem to ignore them and that’s all types of drivers, some even ignore the gantries that have speed cameras attached and end up getting flashed!
Conor:
So he missed all the warning signs, the overhead matrix signs and he didn’t see what the dashcam managed to?
I wasn’t condoning him in any way, I actually think the sentence is too lenient. I was just commenting that it was one of those horrible situation when driving into a low sun with wet roads. Jeez, if you are struggling to see you slow down, you don’t sit there at 50+ mph, probably on cruise.