When I worked for First bus a driver actually said to me that an indicator allowed you to move out because “Its not asking,its called an indicator because its indicating my INTENTION to move out. Traffic should stop”. How do you deal with attitudes like that?
PS about 3 months after this comment he got sacked for hitting a pedestrian when turning in GLasgow city centre. He admitted seeing her but because she was so close to the kerb “it was her own fault”
But like a few others have said about this video,if there was no dash cam would the incident have happened? Probably not. There are more incidents now as people are so sure they are in the right they allow it to unfold. Or they want the footage for their youtube channel
Not really into all that Facebook crap, does anybody know what the outcome was, I mean did he put any thing more on Facebook about it.
Interesting that all his ‘mates’ backed him, I wonder if they all did in reality. It’s all just pure b/s.
discoman:
How on earth can you blame the Trucker when gramps is taking his granddaughter away for a dirty weekend!
Look correctly when the van starts moving left it is going to hit the truck, the truck is not legally obliged to give way and he has the right of way then gramps decided to speed up and bang cuts up the truck … gramps needs shooting!!
If you can see that there’s going to be a collision if you keep on going, YOU DAMNED WELL STOP whether or not you’re in the right. You’d lose 5 seconds in that video. Was it really worth causing an accident just to prove you were right?
We all know that the average muppet on a summer weekend is going to be some twonk who is on their once a year trip on the motorway and can’t drive on them for toffee so it should come as no surprise.
At the 2 minute mark all the truck driver had to do was stop from the 5MPH he was doing, let the muppet in. That had absolutely no need to have occurred.
If the Police get hold of this you can bet your bottom dollar the lorry driver will be charged with dangerous driving.
But surely he MUST do everything in his power to avoid an accident… he didn’t do anything to avoid the bump, in fact he did much to ensure that it happened.
I fail to see how anyone can seriously defend the truck drivers actions, in my opinion it is very close to “dangerous driving”
The caravaner was coming in no matter what. At the very least taking the truck’s mirror with him and disappearing off into the distance none the wiser. If the wobble box driver had to sit their test I have doubts if he would pass.
mucker85:
The caravaner was coming in no matter what. At the very least taking the truck’s mirror with him and disappearing off into the distance none the wiser. If the wobble box driver had to sit their test I have doubts if he would pass.
Neither would this truck driver in the video. Doesn’t exactly scream competent and able to anticipate and react to a situation accordingly.
so we now breed a generation of I have a dash cam so rather than use common sense I will have an accident instead.
both were total pricks, the caravan driver was for leaving it to the last second but for me the trucker was even worse, lets block the whole motorway because I have a dash cam.
no wonder the general public look at drivers of hgv with such disregard.
Wobble box drivers fault, the prick could see that the truck/van wasn’t going to let him in so should of backed off,(stopped and waited for a gap behind ) instead the silly old git decided he was going to get in front so matter what, this is the same type of idiot who thinks they have right of way when joining a motorway, the don’t accelerate or slow/stop to give way to traffic from the right brigade
mucker85:
The caravaner was coming in no matter what. At the very least taking the truck’s mirror with him and disappearing off into the distance none the wiser. If the wobble box driver had to sit their test I have doubts if he would pass.
Neither would this truck driver in the video. Doesn’t exactly scream competent and able to anticipate and react to a situation accordingly.
Quite right, the situation was avoidable by both parties. Being stubborn to prove a point has cost him much more that it would have to let the ‘last minute Larry’ in.
Whilst I agree that the lorry driver doesn’t cover himself in glory, to blame him for not stopping is absolving the caravan driver of all responsibility. Surely the 'van driver could see that HIS actions will lead to an accident and the onus is on him to stop his maneuver.
That being said, I’ve been in the lorry driver’s position at least three times I can remember, and each time I’ve been the one to take avoiding action.
Im sort of thinking the lorry driver was watching what was happening in his mirror and out the window when he shut the door and drove round the car. He would have seen the car edging up and trying to push in. The car driver in anger forgot the caravan was on and just tried to force his way in.
Due to the camera it should be blamed all on the car driver but realistically i tend to think its 50/50 the lorry driver should have backed off.
tommy t:
Wobble box drivers fault, the prick could see that the truck/van wasn’t going to let him in so should of backed off,
And the truck driver could see the caravan driver was going to push in no matter what but still continued to close the gap which lead to the accident, just to prove a point.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the police investigate this further now the video has been published and prosecute both drivers.
The idiot with the caravan is almost past the truck driver at this point, I understand that he doesn’t have the right of way but come on who can honestly say at this point they wouldn’t have eased off to avoid the accident? I’m not saying the truck driver is to blame but would you have accelerated at this point simply because it was your right of way? I’m guessing that most would have simply thought “here we go again, another muppet” and backed off !
“This section should be read by all drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders. The rules in The Highway Code do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they advise you when you should give way to others. Always give way if it can help to avoid an incident.”
“This section should be read by all drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders. The rules in The Highway Code do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they advise you when you should give way to others. Always give way if it can help to avoid an incident.”
Take from that what you will…
Whilst none of us like to be “had over” by an impatient driver there is another more dangerous scenario to this one. You are driving your car in the middle or offside lanes and your engine cuts out, you put your indicator or hazard flashers on, is anyone going to let get to the hard shoulder? If no one does then you are stranded on a live lane and just sitting there waiting for the bump when something rams you.
Something to think about when you say to yourself, “you ain’t getting in front of me mate” it could be a genuine emergency and by not giving way you put some poor soul in danger.
It could happen to any of us and none of us want to be in that situation.
Conor:
If the dashcams fitted to the trucks I drive showed that footage when management looked at it I’d not be working there any more.
Absolutely right. The caravan driver doesn’t shower himself in glory, but at what point is it appropriate to use a company owned vehicle as a battering ram?
