Easy for me to say but I'd have stuck it in gear & used the battery on the starter to move it out the way & Yes **** the cones.
Chances are it was an auto, most automatic trucks can't do this, the 'box won't allow it alas, I'd hazzard a guess the bus has a similar setup.
From what I have read, the bus was broken down with all passengers still onboard for over 10 minutes prior to the colission, imo, the driver has a duty of care toward his passengers and should have got them all off!
It was sat on the carriageway (iirc the hard shoulder is closed there?) in thick fog & poor light , it amazes me the colission took that long to happen frankly!
From the photos it looks like (emphasise "looks like") the truck was travelling in lane 1 at an unspecified speed, came across an unlit obstruction, tries to move onto hard shoulder which is unavailable due to the bridge, and either swerves back into the bus or possibly glances off the concrete wall and hits the bus. Either scenario would push the bus into the centre of the carriageway. If the truck driver had swerved into lane 2 he could & would have wiped out any vehicle overtaking him. From what I can see, from the video and photos he did all he could. He put himself directly into harms way - it was his seat that took the force of the impact, I don't think I could have done the same.
If he had come up to that bus in thick fog at 30mph as the matrix says ,he wouldnt have had any chance of seeing it if it didnt have lights on,the bus looks off-white which in fog, would be nigh impossible to see until it was too late.
Hope he recovers soon.
& R.I.P. to the unfortunate passenger who, as I say, should have been long off the bus!
Edit:
Poor *******. R.I.P.
- The last thing that guy expected when he started his shift that day was to not finish it. Grace of God & all that ****. Damn.
