From: Conor on
On 27/05/2010 10:57, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Were the truck and the car were intimately locked together? In practice,
> there would probably have been quite a lot of 'bumping and grinding'
> between metalwork of the two vehicles. If so, this should have alerted
> the truck driver that there was a chance that, maybe, something was
> possibly amiss.

There would have been none of that, the video shows none of that.
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From: Conor on
On 27/05/2010 10:38, Man at B&Q wrote:

>> Well you told us that they can't see anything within 8 feet of the cab. Most
>> lorries stop *very* close behind cars at lights.
>
> Because the drivers are well experienced, can see the car as they
> approach from a distance, and can judge where to stop to avoid hitting
> a *stationary* object.
>

But not 6" or anything approaching it.

> Funnily enough I do something similar when reversing my car into the
> parking space at work. I can't see anything like as close as 3" behind
> the car yet I can park the car that accurately *every* time. try it
> sometime you may learn something.

The top of the bonnet of your car isn't 6ft from the ground and the
front of your car isn't taller than the car in front.


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From: GT on
"Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On May 27, 10:24 am, boltar2...(a)boltar.world wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 09:52:27 +0100
>
> "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Because CTM and others a) know best and b) want to slag off a lorry
> >driver
> >despite it being a car driver who caused the incident in the first place.
>
> Yes the car driver was an idiot. But she made a momentary mistake. The
> lorry
> drivers mistake went on for minutes.

Boltar failed to indent:
"What mistake was that then? Not having x-ray vision?"

No, clearly humans do not have x-ray vision. His mistake was failing to stop
immediately after he collided into the car and felt the substantial loss in
power and heard the tyre screaching and the sound of multiple car horns
directed at him. Just to be clear though - the collision was not his fault.


From: GT on
"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 27/05/2010 09:35, GT wrote:
>> "Conor"<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:865spaFr7cU2(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> On 26/05/2010 14:25, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:05:32 +0100
>>>> "GT"<a(a)b.c> wrote:
>>>>> How can any lorry driver possibly fail to notice a car that drives
>>>>> across
>>>>> his path on a motorway and with which he subsequently collides, then
>>>>> pushes
>>>>> along the road for ages. I don't get that one at all - a mobile phone
>>>>> microphone clearly picks up the screaching of the car's tyres and
>>>>> horns
>>>>> from
>>>>> other drivers from inside another vehicle 2 lanes away, so the driver
>>>>> not
>>>>> noticing is beyond comprehension.
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering the same. Either the guy is deaf , in which case he
>>>> should
>>>> have a re-test to make sure he's not a danger on the road or he's a
>>>> liar
>>>> and some sucker believed him.
>>>>
>>> Get in an artic and you'll see why it could be invisible.
>>
>> No - we were talking about hearing. Invisiblity is irrelevant to the
>> ears!
>>
> Again, go in an artic.

Why - will I go deaf?


From: Conor on
On 27/05/2010 10:54, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote:

>> behind a pane of glass and have an engine running (diesel or v6/8 I would
>> guess for that torque)?
>
> V6 diesel. I don't know how I manage to hear scaping cones or ambulence sirens
> or car horns with , as you say , a pane of glass and engine noise between
> me and the outside world. And thats without the radio on!
>

Your car has soundproofing, lots of it, between the cabin and the engine.


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Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.