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From: Brimstone on 26 May 2010 12:06 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:htj94e$q0q$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:44:26 +0100 > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>You too would benefit from sitting a lorry's driving seat. > > I might not have ridden in a lorry but I've ridden in enough noisy buses > in my time and you can still hear whats going on outside perfectly well. > You'd certainly be able to hear squeeling tyres. > Buses are a lot quieter than lorries, they don't have a radio or stereo playing and the driver has very much better all round vision. There is no comparison.
From: Stephen Bagwell on 26 May 2010 13:19 On 26 May, 14:53, boltar2...(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:44:26 +0100 > > "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >You too would benefit from sitting a lorry's driving seat. > > I might not have ridden in a lorry but I've ridden in enough noisy buses > in my time and you can still hear whats going on outside perfectly well. > You'd certainly be able to hear squeeling tyres. > > B2003 The rain would have lessened the noise and smell from the car's tyres.
From: Conor on 26 May 2010 20:30 On 26/05/2010 14:05, GT wrote: > "bod"<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:864hmlFj3gU4(a)mid.individual.net... >> The lorry driver has been cleared of any offence, but what about the woman >> driver of the car? She must have cut in front of the lorry without due >> care and attention....surely? >> No mention of any charges against her. >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/10162158.stm > > I hate to go all Doug about this but "She told him he could retain his LGV > driving licence because he could not see, hear or smell the car." > > 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 Because its a 44 tonne vehicle with 2100Nm of torque on tap. On many lorries, the bottom of the windscreen is well over 6ft off the ground. Unless you're sat up high, you won't necessarily see it. The noise of the engine is enough to mask the noise of the car and the wind would carry the smell away. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 26 May 2010 20:30 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. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 26 May 2010 20:35
On 26/05/2010 15:21, bod wrote: > Wouldn't the lorry driver feel some sort of immediate resistance, No. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. |