You tube (shunt) lorry driver keeps his HGV licence
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From: GT on 27 May 2010 06:12 "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:866u7aF87fU7(a)mid.individual.net... > On 27/05/2010 10:02, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: > >> Well mine has about 350 but thats beside the point. > > Wow, 1/6th... So 1/6th of the pulling/pushing power, so lets reduce the physics accordingly - the car only has to push 166Kg of frictional material along - I'm sure I would notice the reduced power if someone quietly, but suddenly added a small cow in front of my car, even if it were out of sight! >> The noise of hitting the >> cone and the scraping sound would have been a giveaway if I hadn't seen >> it >> already (cone knocked over by another vehicle in roadworks , going to >> fast to >> swerve , not an interesting tale). >> > You were in a car therefore your anecdote is irrelevant. Things getting stuck under cars are irrelevant? So only truck drivers are allowed to ignore things that get caught under their vehicles? I didn't spot that law change.
From: boltar2003 on 27 May 2010 06:14 On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:59:17 +0100 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> Before you reply, please find a toy car and get down on the carpet... > >I don't need to. I've over 1.5 million miles experience driving lorries >- somewhat more than you. It was 2 million only a few months ago. Make your mind up. B2003
From: GT on 27 May 2010 06:17 "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:866u3lF87fU5(a)mid.individual.net... > On 27/05/2010 09:50, GT wrote: >> "Conor"<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:865t0oFr7cU5(a)mid.individual.net... >>> On 26/05/2010 14:53, GT wrote: >>> >>>> Its only my opinion, but I simply don't believe he didn't know about >>>> the >>>> car. I can buy the fact that the driver couldn't see the car, but he >>>> *must* >>>> have felt something. >>> >>> I ripped a steel canopy off a building once in an artic. Didn't feel a >>> thing. >> >> You drove into a building and didn't notice! I can't accept any driving >> related argument from someone who doesn't drive round buildings? >> >>> The collision/impact/crash cannot have been truely >>>> smooth... Lorries have a large amount of power (torque), but even >>>> supposing >>>> that the car 'joined' with the front of the truck without a 'shunt', >>>> the >>>> transition from normal driving to pushing a car sideways at 60mph would >>>> require a significant change in power and he has to have felt that >>>> sudden >>>> loss in momentum. >>>> >>> Nope. Put even 5 tonnes on the back of an artic and you'll not even know >>> its there. >> >> If you were to suddenly add 5 tonnes to the back of a truck you would >> feel a >> small loss in power > > There was no sudden adding of weight. There was in your post - I was replying to you saying "...even 5 tonnes on the back of an artic..."
From: boltar2003 on 27 May 2010 06:17 On Thu, 27 May 2010 11:00:11 +0100 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >On 27/05/2010 09:53, GT wrote: > >>> To the side of it. Noise is always louder to the side. >> >> In whos world? > >Everyones. I've been in the Army. A rifle being fired sounds a shitload >louder to the person to the side of it than the person firing it. What , and being in the army makes you an expert on acoustics? Bollocks. We've all got ears mate. When I've been clay pigeon shooting the shotgun was bloody loud whether I was holding it or standing near someone else using it hence we all wore ear muffs. B2003
From: Conor on 27 May 2010 06:17
On 27/05/2010 11:12, GT wrote: > "Conor"<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message > news:866u7aF87fU7(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 27/05/2010 10:02, boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote: >> >>> Well mine has about 350 but thats beside the point. >> >> Wow, 1/6th... > > So 1/6th of the pulling/pushing power, so lets reduce the physics > accordingly - the car only has to push 166Kg of frictional material along - > I'm sure I would notice the reduced power if someone quietly, but suddenly > added a small cow in front of my car, even if it were out of sight! > >>> The noise of hitting the >>> cone and the scraping sound would have been a giveaway if I hadn't seen >>> it >>> already (cone knocked over by another vehicle in roadworks , going to >>> fast to >>> swerve , not an interesting tale). >>> >> You were in a car therefore your anecdote is irrelevant. > > Things getting stuck under cars are irrelevant? In regards to cones and hearing them, yes. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. |