Bike vs HGV

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647809, member: 3143"]They have not. Have you ever driven in an artic in an urban area?[/quote]
They haven't forgotten them? Does this mean that they drive over them knowing that they are there?

 

[MacB]

[QUOTE 1647817, member: 3143"]<sighs> You sure?[/quote]

of course I'm sure but I'm not playing some childish guessing game with you Lee. Any vehicle that has a blind spot will constantly have what could be in the blind spot changing as a journey progresses.

If you have a point to make then I'll read it

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647823, member: 3143"]Dunno, it would appear you know about this then I do, or anyone else on this thread for that matter.[/quote]
I don't understand, you tell me ( and others) that lorry drivers don't forget what is in their blind spot if they see them before hand; yet the evidence of broken railings and bollards shows that lorries drive over them. If they don't forget them yet drive over them how do you sqaure the circle without suggesting that they do it deliberately?

So what is it, they forget that they are there or deliberately drive over them, or is there another possibility that I've missed?

 

[DresdenDoom]

LYB look at a truck. Look at the mirrors. Look at ALL of the mirrors, they have dozens. By law, forcibly retrofitted.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647829, member: 3143"]My point is that you clearly ignorant to the mirrors on a truck in the situation that you describe. I love how people comment on blind spots and lorries yet have never driven one and in most cases never ever been in one.[/quote]
Are you trying to say that the driver in the video that started this thread didn't have a blind spot? If that's the case , why do you think he "killed" the cyclist.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647829, member: 3143"]My point is that you clearly ignorant to the mirrors on a truck in the situation that you describe. I love how people comment on blind spots and lorries yet have never driven one and in most cases never ever been in one.[/quote]

Away you go then, educate us!

 

[DresdenDoom]

The cyclist is clearly visible in the top n/s mirror when the driver pulls off. Not blind but not paying attention.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647832, member: 3143"]My aplogies, from the above it is clear you don't know what you are going about. Come back when you do. If you are polite you can go down to your local haulage yard and be the '2nd man' that you've described - have fun[/quote]
2nd man! Odd that you use that term, it's a historical job description, one that you said "won't happen" Now if you think that I don't know what I am going on about, now is your chance to educate me. How do lorries manage to destroy bollards and railings when it seems that "professional" drivers don't forget what they see and lorries don't have blind spots .

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647844, member: 3143"]The cyclist is clearly visable in the n/s mirror and then again in the kerbside mirror. The reason the cyclist *died* is because thet choose to undetake a truck, howeer through poor judgement cannot complete the undertake before the driver pulls away and turns left.[/quote]
So you are trying to say that the cyclist WAS visible to the lorry driver?

 

[DresdenDoom]

Furthermore, the truck would most likely have overtaken the cyclist before the lights and would normally be watching its progress quite keenly. Undertaking cyclists are a bane, NO driver is unaware of the risks. Street furniture has much less priority

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647854, member: 3143"]Don't confuse blind spots with careless driving in not checking one's mirrors before pulling away.[/quote]

Ahh so you agree with my intitial point, the lorry driver was at fault by not checking his mirrors? It's taken a while , but you got there.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

Furthermore, the truck would most likely have overtaken the cyclist before the lights and would normally be watching its progress quite keenly. Undertaking cyclists are a bane, NO driver is unaware of the risks. Street furniture has much less priority

You are right, a terrible bane, they must hold up a busy busy driver by at least 2 seconds when they need to turn left , well worth saving that time by driving over them!

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

[QUOTE 1647860, member: 3143"]LOL, you are giving the game away Doom, those bastard Operators who send artics into areas where it's hard to get around a corner without taking out a bollard or two...you know the fucking thing is there but you've a delivery to make.[/quote]

Make your choice, you knew they were there and drove over them anyway, or they were in a blind spot and forget about them...

well?

 

[DresdenDoom]

[QUOTE 1647862, member: 3143"]It's not the same as blind spots though is it Doris? You've played a blinder, going on about blind spots, I've corrected you, you've then taken what I've said and passed it off as your own saying that I now agree with you!!

What an idiot.[/quote]

It's a public safety advert. You the HMG puts out snuff movies?

 

[DresdenDoom]

Sorry wrong quote