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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: zebidee on February 22, 2007, 12:25:29
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Fortunately I was heading south ...
No idea how the heck this happened:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6385189.stm
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:shock: I am looking forward to that explanation :lol: :lol:
Ste
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I think. THINK. That that trailer has been on the back of a trailer. :lol:
Somebody didn't check the height on the route. :oops:
Any other explanations ??
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Or they were driving with it up :shock:
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I bet the bloke driving the corsa was glad that trailer wasnt full of cow **** :D
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I bet the bloke driving the corsa was glad that trailer wasnt full of cow **** :D
Soft landing though if it were.
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Or they were driving with it up :shock:
I think you are correct.
Although the reaper says "rear" of truck they could mean the rear body.
Neither can I see any wheels.
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I would guess that it was extended at the time too.
Hmm, an elderly driver ran into the back of it. Probably couldn't see the tipper in front at all, let alone the slightly different appearance.
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I think the elderly person thought it was a ramp in to a multi story car park. :shock:
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I wouldn't be surprised :lol:.
They are a nightmare though. I'm not sure what it's like in the rest of the country but they are dropping like flies here and causing all sorts of carnage on the roads.
It amazes me that no one seems to mention them in the same breath as road safety.
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Stop pointing fingers at us elderly people :twisted:
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I'm referring to the ones who are incapable of driving and are causing serious accidents as a result. There are plenty of them in this area.
The most recent one demolished a petrol pump at our local Texaco station. The one before that hit someone whilst he was standing at the back of his van by the side of the road - taking his legs off in the process. My friend's dad was killed by one conking out at the wheel and coming across the road straight into him. There have been several serious accidents on our local A-road due to elderly drivers collapsing at the wheel. I've witnessed an accident caused by one driving down the the wrong side of a dual carriageway. I met one in a local village trying to drive the wrong way up a one-way street whilst gesticulating angrily to me for blocking his way.
I won't bore you with the full list, but in this area elderly drivers frequently make their presence known either through the newspapers after an accident, or simply whilst out and about. Based on what I have seen there are a lot of elderly motorists out there who are extremely dangerous and I repeat my comment about no one seeming to mention them in the same breath as road safety
Are you one of those types of people? If not then I'm not referring to you.
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I bet the driver of the trailer has some massive whip lash! :lol:
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I bet the driver of the trailer has some massive whip lash! :lol:
Not half as much as he will get from his boss :lol:
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I'm referring to the ones who are incapable of driving and are causing serious accidents as a result. There are plenty of them in this area.
The most recent one demolished a petrol pump at our local Texaco station. The one before that hit someone whilst he was standing at the back of his van by the side of the road - taking his legs off in the process. My friend's dad was killed by one conking out at the wheel and coming across the road straight into him. There have been several serious accidents on our local A-road due to elderly drivers collapsing at the wheel. I've witnessed an accident caused by one driving down the the wrong side of a dual carriageway. I met one in a local village trying to drive the wrong way up a one-way street whilst gesticulating angrily to me for blocking his way.
I won't bore you with the full list, but in this area elderly drivers frequently make their presence known either through the newspapers after an accident, or simply whilst out and about. Based on what I have seen there are a lot of elderly motorists out there who are extremely dangerous and I repeat my comment about no one seeming to mention them in the same breath as road safety
Are you one of those types of people? If not then I'm not referring to you.
I'll just complain about these young drivers :twisted:
I know exactly what you mean.
I take a lot of pleaseure from people that are actually younger than me but act ten yeas older.
It's nice to say" Yes but I'm older than you" tothose that think they're old. :lol:
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Good for you :lol:. There are plenty of Victor Meldrews around that need sorting out! :D
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I predict that driver is gonna be looking for a new job soon (plus a fair amount of points). Plus the company will get a juicy repair bill, plus increased insurance premiums.
How it happened? My guess is that he tipped the load, and drove off without securing the hydraulics. Down the road a bit, an elbow comes in contact with the lever..... The rest is easy enough to figure.
What amazes me is that he tore the body off the chassis, yet the gantry seems remarkably intact. A few years back in Spain something similar happened, the lorry was pretty much unscathed, but the gantry ended up horizontal on top of a car, killing a young lass.
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In the film 'Maximum Overdrive' a tipper lorry does something similar to a petrol station canopy.
Quite a good film that!
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How it happened? My guess is that he tipped the load, and drove off without securing the hydraulics. Down the road a bit, an elbow comes in contact with the lever..... The rest is easy enough to figure.
I did that once when harvesting, I couldn't work out what the blue flashes were but having taken down 8 power lines I worked it out :oops: :oops:
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How it happened? My guess is that he tipped the load, and drove off without securing the hydraulics. Down the road a bit, an elbow comes in contact with the lever..... The rest is easy enough to figure.
. . . I couldn't work out what the blue flashes were . . . .
Not the police then! :lol:
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Don't know about elderly drivers over here. (S'pos I'm classed as one now) You should see the Cumbria statistics for the young ones. :(
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thats rather dodgy!!!
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What amazes me is that he tore the body off the chassis, yet the gantry seems remarkably intact. A few years back in Spain something similar happened, the lorry was pretty much unscathed, but the gantry ended up horizontal on top of a car, killing a young lass.
Says a lot for the standard we still uphold in the uk then. Perhaps the tipper was built in Spain too :lol: