You are correct. The third lane disappears a long way back now. Not sure if the change was related to this.
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You are correct. The third lane disappears a long way back now. Not sure if the change was related to this.
In the first clip the copper imo should have anticipated earlier and just taken the clear lane one. The lorry was even indicating and the copper still kept on going until it was too late, yes the lorry is at fault but I feel the copper could have easily avoided it. Ohh and I very much doubt that the lorry would have seen him at all in his mirrors.
Second clip, fair play to the copper he managed to control it fairly well when the tyre blew out. Yes he was driving fast, but a plane had crashed afterall.
Second clip, fair play to the copper he managed to control it fairly well when the tyre blew out. Yes he was driving fast, but a plane had crashed afterall.
Yeah he did brake a bit late, but i think he assumed the lorry driver would look in his mirrors and see flashing lights, cancel his indicator and stay in the middle lane. Unfortunately he didn't.
Second on, he did his best to control that. i reckon he would have controlled it if there wasn't a car in lane 2. Also, they got a report that a plane had crashed near the motorway....he would he know there wasn't bits of plane all over the motorway? How does he know the plane hasn't actually come down on the motorway? Its his job to get to the scene ASAP to assess the situation and try and make it as safe as possible, as quickly as possible.
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I remember seeing this on TV, that lorry was indicating for ages. The first thing my dad tought me when driving was to assume everyone else is an idiot.
The policeman relied on the law, assuming everyone else had the knowledge of it that he has. The trucker seemed like he didnt know the area, and had moved over to the right after the sign for the roundabout, something that is pretty normal IMO
The policeman relied on the law, assuming everyone else had the knowledge of it that he has. The trucker seemed like he didnt know the area, and had moved over to the right after the sign for the roundabout, something that is pretty normal IMO
Thats what he said, you cant really control what happened the second time, a blow out is a blowout, his car moved from lane to lane almost uncontrollably and then span, not a thing he can do, you cant brake as that makes it worse.
Rewatched it a few times and the trailer is obstructing the view quite significantly, and by the time he would be able to see the car the door is pretty much shut.
I think a burst of the sirens as he saw the HGV would caught the attention of the HGV driver and thus avoided the incident.
I assume he's trained for high speed driving, and to me it surely that was a lack of planning and observation by the cop who was too busy thinking of the BMW driver, rather than thinking about the hazards ahead, such as can the HGV driver even see me.
I think a burst of the sirens as he saw the HGV would caught the attention of the HGV driver and thus avoided the incident.
I assume he's trained for high speed driving, and to me it surely that was a lack of planning and observation by the cop who was too busy thinking of the BMW driver, rather than thinking about the hazards ahead, such as can the HGV driver even see me.
I think the options were either brake or go into the back of someone at 120mph.
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He says he had his headlights flashing. Many a time I've had a car behind me that I thought it's headlights were flashing on the motorway, but it was the road surface, and poorly adjusted lights. I wouldn't have thought it was cops behind me without the blues and twos..
But still, 120+mph he saw the lorry indicating to move over, before it happened I said to myself, move over to lane 1 and use the brakes, it was obvious that the lorry was going to move over IMO. Fair enough lorry shouldnt have been in lane 3, but o well, copper made the mistake of not thinking he would.
But still, 120+mph he saw the lorry indicating to move over, before it happened I said to myself, move over to lane 1 and use the brakes, it was obvious that the lorry was going to move over IMO. Fair enough lorry shouldnt have been in lane 3, but o well, copper made the mistake of not thinking he would.
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I thought he dived to go onto the hardshoulder but changed his mind as it was too crowded on lane 1 with motorists and tried to slow himself down as it started to spin?
The first incident I think it was a 50/50 though the cop should have been more on the ball IMO. Though I could have undertaken (naughty I know
). However he was in a marked police car, the truck surely should have checked before pulling across 2 lanes? Even if his mirrors were obscured you don't pull out blindly onto the overtaking lane of a motorway, you stay in your lane until you're 100% sure it's safe to change lane.he kept "control" of the blow out but it was following that path into lane 2, 1 then hard sholder... he had to brake to avoid hitting the other guys. that caused the spin.
if he hadnt he would have ended in the back of that van, or off the side of the motorway in a field.
Yes, longer than in that video iirc, again, I'll have to go up & have a look!
Pretty much bang on.
Your Dad is a wise teacher.
Absolutely.
With regard to the other incident , and to show that I don't hate all trucker bashing coppers just for the sake of it, I think he did damn well to control the blow out. At such speeds in such a situation, frankly, you pray & hope for the best.
The man did good!
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The lorry was a tough one, he should have hit his siren and blue lights IMHO. That would have alerted the lorry driver. Travelling at 120 it would be hard for anyone to anticipate his speed. A whole 50mph over other traffic is one hell of a lot!!!!!!
1st one.
Looked to me with the angle of the trailer as it moved over the Lorry driver was blind spotted & didn't see the Copper. There was No reason for the Lorry to move over to the 3rd though & he shouldn't be in the 3rd anyway. Saying that the Copper was slow to react & did brake late, I think he knew he was coming over but thought he could get through, Misjudged it if you ask me. His reaction to the lorry driver says more to me than anything else. If he thought it was Entirely the Lorry drivers fault he would have gone off his head, After all he was well lucky, At that speed & hitting a lorry it could easily have killed him.
2nd was more Luck than judgement & i think i even heard a little Girly scream
Tough job though & we have to give them room in incidents like this, After all they are racing to save one of us
Looked to me with the angle of the trailer as it moved over the Lorry driver was blind spotted & didn't see the Copper. There was No reason for the Lorry to move over to the 3rd though & he shouldn't be in the 3rd anyway. Saying that the Copper was slow to react & did brake late, I think he knew he was coming over but thought he could get through, Misjudged it if you ask me. His reaction to the lorry driver says more to me than anything else. If he thought it was Entirely the Lorry drivers fault he would have gone off his head, After all he was well lucky, At that speed & hitting a lorry it could easily have killed him.
2nd was more Luck than judgement & i think i even heard a little Girly scream
Tough job though & we have to give them room in incidents like this, After all they are racing to save one of us