Fantastic technology, i so want it on my van.
How do you know nobody was hurt ? I'd be very surprised if the car driver lived.
Not a criticism at all, but that clip has already been posted. But yeah, amazing clip. I hope its true that no one was hurt.
I'm struggling to work out how you can end up driving down that slip road the wrong way. There are great big "direction of travel" arrows painted on the road just before the corsa will have had to turn the wrong way onto the offramp.
Yep, 70 yr old woman driving the Corsa, got out without a scratch. Nobody hurt, just 30 tons of cement fell off the wagon.
My mum and my other half have on separate occasions driven past people going in the opposite direction on the same side of a dual carriage way, scary what old people CAN'T seem to do!
I have once driven into the mouth of a roundabout connection that was an exit from a motorway, but there were literally zero signs and the roundabout arm met the roundabout perpendicular to the circle so there was no hint as to the fact that it wasn't an exit, it was only when I looked ahead and spotted the signs about 100 yards up were facing the wrong way I corrected my actions. I meant to log where it was and have a whinge as it was so unobvious I could have ended up going up the sliproad. But I still can't see how you can get THAT far up a sliproad without realising and getting the hell away.
It seems as if the driver was infact a woman and was aged 20 driving the corsa.
No no no no no, the Corsa driving transvestite was 45.
Aftermath vid:
There's a big gap between 'walked away' and 'not hurt'
i cant believe she got so far - its a good half K of road between there and the road splitting into north/south of the carridgeway !
That is crazy! So much respect for lorry drivers.
The other day was travelling down the Dual Carriageway, when all of a sudden about 200yrds infront on eme the person brakes, then does Uturn.... and drives back down the wrong way!
Seriously some people scare me!!
Credit where credit is due. That is an absolutely fantastic bit of driving by the truck driver. Reaction time is pretty quick as was their ability to get the truck back to the left once the car was in a relatively safe position against the trailer. Could have so easily mashed the corsa and ended up on the otherside of the carriageway.
but that clip has already been posted
Thanks the bejeesus we have people like you to point that out ernie
😉
(and yes I know you said "no criticism" 😛 )
Goodness me Deadly, you're not one to forget being slapped down - even if its several weeks later. Yes I did point out to project that the clip had already been posted, in case it didn't receive much attention. But I unlike you, I did emphasise that it wasn't a problem imo 😉
Thanks for keeping me on my toes though 8)
Saw this the other day, everytime I watch it I have that feeling you get when you know it's going to hurt!
Ernie whjen was it posted up,...............
Ernie whjen was it posted up,...............
He keeps a close record and will be along to report his findings shortly.
A couple of days ago I think
EDIT : http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/accident-footagecould-have-been-a-lot-worse
One lucky car driver.
was their ability to get the truck back to the left once the car was in a relatively safe
To me it's rocked back over that way rather driver steered that way.
I think it might have been the back wheel rolling over a Corsa-shaped ramp that flipped the truck to the left.
Nobody hurt, just 30 tons of cement fell off the wagon.
Good job it wasn't raining then.
Raindog - MemberHow do you know nobody was hurt ? I'd be very surprised if the car driver lived.
I can confirm she did live 😯 She has been charged with various motoring offences
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I like the comment about the next bit clearing the driver of any blame.
1) Trucks are limited aren't they? So couldn't have been speeding.
2) Some doddering old fool in a Corsa travelling the wrong way down a dual carrageway and pulling into an oncoming lorry doing 60 I'd have thought would clear the lorry driver of any blame?
