How What Eh?

[ICT_GUY]

Car pushed sideways down motorway by lorry

 

The police say the really did happen.

[tech_guy]

Yeah, I just posted this on Mattx's original thread. Horrible for the motorist!

[cookie_monster]

Imagine the drivers shock if someone climbed out of the sunroof and appeared in front of the windscreen but talk about BROWN alert

[3s-gtech]

The lorry driver can't possibly have not known the car was there! The noise, the effect on the lorry, plus he seems to be going seriously quick...uber road rage?

[ICT_GUY]

I looked at it and thought "the cgi on that is ok".

 

But it really happened

[danrhodes]

Serious change of underware alert!

[cookie_monster]

The lorry driver can't possibly have not known the car was there! The noise, the effect on the lorry, plus he seems to be going seriously quick...uber road rage?

 

 

Could be road rage but on the motorway I bet you wouldn't hear it and with the weight and amount of torque of the truck I bet they wouldn't even notice the extra weight of a small car.

[apoth0r]

That's insane, surprised people didnt do more to slow the lorry down

[EduTech]

Jesus! Can't believe the drive did not even notice although i suppose your right up above! :\ glad everyone is okay though that could of ended badly!

 

James.

[3s-gtech]

amount of torque of the truck I bet they wouldn't even notice the extra weight of a small car.

 

It's amazing how smoothly the car is running sideways, I'd expect the tyres to go pretty quick! Perhaps it's fitted with Ditchfinder™ tyres, which obviously have zero grip in shear!

[tech_guy]

I would have thought the tyres were shredded and she was sliding along on the rims? Still, she'll have had time to do her hair and makeup and send a few text messages to her mates.

[sippo]

I still don't think it's real and some sort of stunt. There's no smoke coming from the tyres or anything...

 

Apparently it was a woman driving the clio. Why try and brake? As if that's going to do anything?!

[cookie_monster]

It's amazing how smoothly the car is running sideways, I'd expect the tyres to go pretty quick! Perhaps it's fitted with Ditchfinder™ tyres, which obviously have zero grip in shear!

 

 

I wonder if it will turn out to be a hoax, the road is wet but there's no tyre smoke or sparks from metal.

[3s-gtech]

I'd agree, but I'd expect some sparks at least!

[BatchFile]

It is raining, the road is wet - might explain it

[danrhodes]

It will probably turn out that the car was attached to the front of the lorry and just riding a cm above the road surface!

 

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[sippo]

Im asked two lorry driver mates, and they reckon there is no way a driver wouldn't see the car...(unless he was obviously blind or wearing really dark sunglasses!)

[BatchFile]

or asleep

[danrhodes]

Or drunk! the plot thickens!

[Pete10141748]

Maybe he was drunk, and fell asleep while wearing dark glasses!

A triple triage of a trouble!

[TronXP]

West Yorkshire Police said officers attended the scene after receiving reports of a collision.

 

A spokesman said: "At the time of our attendance there were no injuries and both vehicles were on the hard shoulder of the motorway.

 

"As a result, at the time, the incident was treated as a damage only collision.

 

"However, in light of the new evidence that has come to light we are reinvestigating the collision and the matter has today been passed to our major collision enquiry team and inquiries are ongoing."

 

BBC News item

 

So you can rule out being drunk

[sippo]

This one is worse:

 

BBC NEWS | Europe | 'Miraculous' survival in Turkey

 

How the hell?!?!?!

[browolf]

BBC News item

 

So you can rule out being drunk

 

So the police didn't realise this had happened before they arrived. Seems odd at least 1 of the involved people wouldn't have mentioned it.

[Pete10141748]

This one is worse:

 

BBC NEWS | Europe | 'Miraculous' survival in Turkey

 

How the hell?!?!?!

 

 

He obviously got VERY lucky! The truck hit him flat but looks like it's raised off the ground as it passes over him.

[conehead]

I think we put too much trust on the safety on these HGVs bombing up and down the roads, I would prefer freight rail and smaller trucks on local distribution.