Van goes for altitude record on A11

[rich p]

If I'd been the biker I'd have only stopped to ensure the driver was bleeding profusely before carrying on, even if that meant doing it myself!

Class.

 

[alicat]

I meant the van driver deserved better injuries for his tw@tish driving. It was obvious from the wind noise that the cameraperson was on a motorbike and was nearly wiped out by the undertaking van. If I'd been the biker I'd have only stopped to ensure the driver was bleeding profusely before carrying on, even if that meant doing it myself!

I was replying to @Phaeton's comment beneath yours, @simonali. I didn't realise that the cameraman/woman was on a motorbike (no sound at work). I agree that must have been a brown pants moment and I wouldn't have been very well disposed to the van driver.

 

[mjr]

Maybe it wasn't there the last time the van driver went that way

I think the roundabout was there before it was dualled.

You can tell from the bare poles and missing «« chevron signs beside the ←arrow that it's not that unusual for people to fark those roundabouts up and drive into the middle. I've not see anyone get so airborne on one before, though. Hooray for dashcams!

 

[mjr]

https://goo.gl/maps/yHncV95KhQA2 is the streetview, showing the missing chevrons. Roundabout seems to have been there at least 10 years now.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Let's be charitable and assume his brakes failed....

 

[Smokin Joe]

Let's be charitable and assume his brain failed....

FTFY

 

[Lonestar]

Class.

Got to agree.He was driving like a moron and could have easily wiped people out.We see many examples of shyte driving.Good riddance.Usually it's the innocent who get punished when they drive like this.

 

[DaveReading]

The date stamp says January but all the trees are in full leaf.

According to this link:

"A spokesman for the [Norfolk Police] force said: "Police were called just after 1pm on Saturday, September 1 2018 to reports of a single vehicle RTC at the Stag roundabout on the A11."

 

[Smokin Joe]

I thought that at first but to be fair to the driver with the dashcam, he was in lane 2 and going at a fair lick and he would have been in shock. I should think the ones that stopped would be several cars behind.

I couldn't give a flying one about dangerous idiots like that. It would probably be a blessing for those who drive on the same roads as him if he copped the big one.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 5380287, member: 9609"]it was certainly a good effort -I'll give him 9 out of 10,
it would have needed to have turned into a giant fireball mid air for a 10/10 american movie special though[/QUOTE]
Yes, but he only wanted to go straight over the roundabout....

 

[nickyboy]

I couldn't give a flying one about dangerous idiots like that. It would probably be a blessing for those who drive on the same roads as him if he copped the big one.

We've all done stupid things that we regret (although probably not as stupid as the driver in the video). But I would never regard it as a "blessing" were the driver to have died.