HGV driver deliberately swipes lane hog.

[swee'pea99]

They should both have their licences shredded. One person behaving like a dangerous twonk in no way excuses a second person from doing so. They're both a danger to themselves, and to other road users.

As ever, The Voice of Reason.

 

[benb]

you seem to think i care?? Try looking at the vid..go figure

Well I think we should all care that you think the HGV driver's actions were acceptable.

 

[rich p]

Well I think we should all care that you think the HGV driver's actions were acceptable.

I'm sitting here caring right now. So, count me in

 

[Levo-Lon]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h1WZ6a6YYJg

 

[jefmcg]

A predictable situation exploited for his own benefit.

GC

I maintain that the footage he wanted was the spectacular blues and twos of the police shooting past him to pull over the lorry on the motorway*, which he ordered from 3 different forces in 6 phone calls**.

*because pulling a lorry to the side of a motorway could never lead to a bad outcome .
**The local police are as poor at delivering what you ordered as Canyon

 

[Brandane]

This guy uses his own footage to promote sales on his own website. I thought he was laying it on a bit thick.

http://www.policewitness.com/

I am trying to work out a way how I could do this with a helmet cam.

From his "career history" on the above website:

Most Memorable Controversial Decision:
In 2009 I took the decision to take our brand to new heights with the release of a new advertising campaign, the slogan “Oven Pride...so easy a man can do it!” There was uproar! Sales more than doubled as customers commented on the funny, yet sometimes realistic portrayal of an average co-hab couple. Nearly 600 complaints (nearly all male) were made to the Advertising Standards Authority, luckily none were upheld and we were allowed to continue. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat! Sales doubled overnight.

So the guy is no stranger to using a bit of controversy as a sales tool, and would do it again "in a heartbeat". Hmmmm.....

 

[Fnaar]

- merely tried to swerve (unsuccessfully).

A bit like the lorry

 

[midlife]

Come on, pictures or it never happened.

FTFY.

Shaun

 

[NorthernDave]

This driver is the motoring equivalent of trafficdroid.
Going out and deliberately looking for something to film.
Any normal driver would have pulled onto the hard shoulder and stopped, not carried on.

I must admit, my first thought was has trafficdroid been out and bought a car?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I maintain that the footage he wanted was the spectacular blues and twos of the police shooting past him to pull over the lorry on the motorway*, which he ordered from 3 different forces in 6 phone calls**.

*because pulling a lorry to the side of a motorway could never lead to a bad outcome .
**The local police are as poor at delivering what you ordered as Canyon

I was referring to the other incident but chances are you're right about that one.


GC

 

[NorthernDave]

Whether he has or not, there was no excuse at all for the lorry driver's actions. The TCs should have his license.

I don't believe I said otherwise?
But to avoid any ambiguity, the truck drivers actions are indefensible regardless of any provocation and it seems that he will rightly have to face the consequences.
And the police should also be obtaining the full video, not the edited clip posted on line, and having a word with the car driver.

 

[Markymark]

and it seems that he will rightly have to face the consequences.

Will he?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It isn't the first time Stockdale has tried to get publicity for his business by posting incidents which he has created by his own appalling driving. See here.

Perhaps the lorry driver's entry onto the roundabout was a bit lane stradding but I see no fault in his driving. He even moved over to the left to avoid running the video driver ignoring the road marking off the road and as soon the other lane was clear he indicated that he was moving into that lane. No fault to the trucker, in my opinion.

 

[NorthernDave]

Will he?

The video seems to make identifying the truck straight forward enough. One of the reports indicated that the constabulary are now involved and without trawling through all 11 pages again, hasn't the company that employed the truck driver already taken action?

 

[Poacher]

Perhaps the lorry driver's entry onto the roundabout was a bit lane stradding but I see no fault in his driving. He even moved over to the left to avoid running the video driver ignoring the road marking off the road and as soon the other lane was clear he indicated that he was moving into that lane. No fault to the trucker, in my opinion.

I wasn't criticising the lorry driver! Stockdale is the car driver, who seems to go out of his way to get video which he thinks will boost his business selling dashcams, without apparently realising that his driving may be subject to scrutiny.