Oof, lucky boy(?) Could’ve been a different story in less than perfect conditions, wet road etc. No sign of a lock up or anything there, pretty undramatic in the end!
When I was learning to drive I was taught that you should slow down whenever a bus is loading/unloading in case someone decides to run out from the blind side.
Except in the US, half their trucks are still running around with drum brakes on the trailers…
The truck stopped in its own length, perhaps going a bit quick for passing a bus but at least the driver was paying attention. Wouldn’t say it was going particularly fast…
In Norway they have presumed liability and an absolute right of way for pedestrians, so this kind of thing isn’t all that uncommon. My cousins were genuinely surprised by having to look both ways and wait for gaps in traffic, in Norway they’d just step out.
hisisnotaspoon – Member
In Norway they have presumed liability and an absolute right of way for pedestrians, so this kind of thing isn’t all that uncommon. My cousins were genuinely surprised by having to look both ways and wait for gaps in traffic, in Norway they’d just step out.
When I was learning to drive I was taught that you should use plain common sense, I slow down whenever a bus is loading/unloading in case someone decides to run out from the blind side.
Bloody lucky kid there, driver reaction and road conditions saved his life, almost perfect ? conditions. A split second driver delay or had it been wet then it would have been a different sad story.
People keep saying “don’t cross behind the bus” or “wait til the bus pulls away” but he just ran across the road, it doesn’t matter what the bus is doing or where it is if you just plan to sprint into traffic.
In brexit britain, we’ll have the power to drag him back and throw him under the wheels
In brexit britain, we’ll have the power to drag him back and throw him under the wheels
In brexit Britain the truck companies will have got the law changed so they don’t need such European liberal restrictions as brakes and traffic regulations and can just run over whatever they like in the name of capitalism…
In brexit Britain the truck companies will have got the law changed so they don’t need such European liberal restrictions as brakes and traffic regulations and can just run over whatever they like in the name of capitalism…
…back to what we had before we “harmonized” with the EU, with lighter loads meaning decreased stopping distances and less damage to our roads.
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On the seafront at Brighton at the cafe and golf course at Roedean is a pedestrian crossing. It first went in in the late 70’s after one of my classmates walked out in front of the bus he’d just got of as his family at the time ran the cafe and the pitch and putt course and he lived there. I can’t honestly remember now if Mark was 12 or just 13 at the time but I still never forget his death every time I go around or past a stationary bus.
I nearly did it in Vietnam, a few beers in, looked the wrong way, stepped into the road, mate grabbed the back of shirt and hauled me back towards the pavement.. side of a bus skimmed past my face.
I nearly did it in Vietnam, a few beers in, looked the wrong way, stepped into the road, mate grabbed the back of shirt and hauled me back towards the pavement.. side of a bus skimmed past my face.
I leaped over a fence into the side of a moving transit once, that stang.
The limiting factor for trucks is the concrete tyres they use, due to having to carry a massive normal load and operators wanting them to last for ages (relatively speaking) Modern high performance cars can generate a much higher average g force during braking thanks to high silica content tyres, especially in the wet
(in that video, the truck is i recon doing only about 30mph at the point it starts to brake)
spooky_b329 – Member
Except in the US, half their trucks are still running around with drum brakes on the trailers…
No different to the UK. Most still run with drum brakes on trailers, in fact some operators are going back to drums as the disc brakes suffer badly from corrosion and seize up. Secondhand trailers are advertised as having drum brakes as a selling point.
