Driver blames lorry for crash, Dash-cam proves otherwise

[Beebo]

A very lucky escape for the car driver, but my sympathy runs out when you read that he tried to blame the lorry driver for the accident.
It must have been the longest 10 seconds of his life; I bet he needed new pants after that.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-along-carriageway-for-100-yards-9810794.html

 

[Drago]

Should prosecute the twunt for attempted fraud for trying to claim on that.

 

[Arjimlad]

So many drivers can't match their speed or otherwise join a motorway safely even after decades of driving.

 

[MontyVeda]

That's an awe inspiring bit of driving from the lorry driver.

 

[Paulus]

I'm not sure that the car driver knew the lorry was even there, otherwise the car driver could of sped up a little bit and fitted in between the lorries. Not the best way to enter a motorway but would not of caused the accident. Well done to the lorry driver for that bit of driving.

 

[Captain Scarlet]

I'd be surprised fire lorry driver could have seen him. Must have been in his blind spot, but defo the car driver at fault there.

 

[User6179]

The comments are really good .

If the lorry driver had left a 2 second gap from the lorry in front, the civic driver would have no trouble merging.
Alternatively the lorry driver could have eased gently off the throttle and let the car merge ...
The trouble is these HGV drivers are the bullies of the roads. They stick the thing on cruise control and (as can be seen from this footage) never switch it off or brake for anything. Hence the ridiculous 20 mile / 30 minute overtakes of other lorries they like to make.
There could have been children or toddlers on the car, the driver of the HGV wasn't bothered, and unfortunately the camera doesn't show what the driver was doing ...
Have they checked his mobile phone - or the last time his laptop was fired up

 

[User6179]

I'm not sure that the car driver knew the lorry was even there, otherwise the car driver could of sped up a little bit and fitted in between the lorries. Not the best way to enter a motorway but would not of caused the accident. Well done to the lorry driver for that bit of driving.

Watch it again, I don't think he needed to move out the lane he was in

 

[Archie_tect]

Match.... strike.... whoosh.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

It's amazing how many folk expect the traffic already on the motorway to move into the centre lane to let them join. Sadly, that's not how it works

 

[raleighnut]

That's one way to flat-spot yer tyres.
Guys lucky to be alive, he could have been spat forward into the centre lane luckily it appears the driver 'froze' at the wheel

 

[Cycleops]

Seems the hatchback driver might have have engineered the whole thing expecting a nice earner from the whiplash claim.

 

[raleighnut]

[QUOTE 3341443, member: 9609"]And a good demonstration by the truck in front in how much concentration is devoted to their mirrors.

here is the youtube of the clip without the never ending advert
[/QUOTE]
Hadn't spotted that, good driving by both the lorry drivers, not so good by the undertaking (wonder if there's a link in names there. ) car.

 

[Cycleops]

Yes I expect that is most likely explanation. He probably has a Fiat Uno, colour white, some bodywork damage, and a powerful flashgun as well.

Not to mention the SAS soldier on the motorbike.

 

[GrasB]

Assuming the car driver wasn't looking for a pay day. He picked the wrong gap, got fixated trying to keep some resemblance of a gap to the lorry in front & lost track of where he was relative to the lorry he was undertaking.