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Truck near miss
« on: April 06, 2016, 09:36:04 AM »
Saw this on the news this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKQYRen_MIA

One of those..... "I hope I've got spare undies" moments...
Luckily no one hurt though.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2016, 09:44:18 AM »
fark!!!!!!
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2016, 09:57:30 AM »
Quote from: Bird on April 06, 2016, 09:44:18 AM
fark!!!!!!

Reckon there would be skid marks all round eh?


and a few on the road too.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2016, 09:58:14 AM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on April 06, 2016, 09:57:30 AM
Reckon there would be skid marks all round eh?


and a few on the road too.
I wanna see the cam from the other truck too!
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2016, 10:20:49 AM »
Yep, there lots of undies to change there
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2016, 10:37:59 AM »
Truck drift'n. He did well to put it between the car and the other truck.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2016, 10:42:58 AM »
Quote from: Snapman007 on April 06, 2016, 10:37:59 AM
Truck drift'n. He did well to put it between the car and the other truck.
listening to it I don't think he missed the car!
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2016, 10:48:39 AM »
Quote from: Bird on April 06, 2016, 10:42:58 AM
listening to it I don't think he missed the car!
The report on the news said he hit the car. The young woman must have gone like the clappers, to get out of the way.
I reckon he lifted his foot off the brake just in time, to bring it almost straight again.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2016, 10:49:51 AM »
Like many truckies unfortunately, driving like a loon with no understanding (or interest in) of the dynamics of his vehicle or road conditions. If the car was stopped the other side of the log they were dead. The number of times I have been almost run off the road by idiots like that is scary. They literally do not give a flying phuck about anybody else on the road.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2016, 11:02:56 AM »
Quote from: UIZ733 on April 06, 2016, 10:49:51 AM
Like many truckies unfortunately, driving like a loon with no understanding (or interest in) of the dynamics of his vehicle or road conditions. If the car was stopped the other side of the log they were dead. The number of times I have been almost run off the road by idiots like that is scary. They literally do not give a flying phuck about anybody else on the road.
I think that's a pretty big call. Most are pretty good at the job they do, and are mostly responsible drivers.
Without actually being there, it's a bit hard to make a judgement call on the situation, due to the way dashcam footage appears when played back. Speed and depth of field can be greatly distorted. Having said that, he does look like he's coming pretty fast.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2016, 11:04:24 AM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on April 06, 2016, 11:02:56 AM
I think that's a pretty big call. Most are pretty good at the job they do, and are mostly responsible drivers.
Without actually being there, it's a bit hard to make a judgement call on the situation, due to the way dashcam footage appears when played back. Speed and depth of field can be greatly distorted. Having said that, he does look like he's coming pretty fast.
agree

how many 100 times hes probably driven that road and never met another car let alone a fallen tree... lets drop the speed limit everywhere to 10
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2016, 11:09:23 AM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on April 06, 2016, 11:02:56 AM
I think that's a pretty big call. Most are pretty good at the job they do, and are mostly responsible drivers.
Without actually being there, it's a bit hard to make a judgement call on the situation, due to the way dashcam footage appears when played back. Speed and depth of field can be greatly distorted. Having said that, he does look like he's coming pretty fast.

Yep agree.

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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2016, 11:17:43 AM »
Quote from: Bird on April 06, 2016, 10:42:58 AM
listening to it I don't think he missed the car!

Yeh with the sound up I can def hear him hit something but by the camera angle and the position of the two stationary vehicle I think it might be more of a swipe unless it happened out of the dash cams mic range.

Agree with troopys comment, it looks like he lifts off the brake at the right time to straighten the trailer to avoid a direct impact.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2016, 11:31:06 AM »
Skid marks and GPS / dash cam will determin his fate .. Be a big wake up call though either way   .. Her car would have been a write off most likely anyway ..
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2016, 11:50:04 AM »
She obviously hit it and was letting a few F bombs go and then you can just hear her at the end again. He would have taken her car out pretty good based on the noise and the rough position of the car when the first truck pulled up. She needs to buy a Tatts ticket having survived two incidents.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2016, 11:52:06 AM »
Like many truckies unfortunately, driving like a loon
I don't think he did anything wrong, in fact I reckon he did a pretty good job.  At the point he took action to avoid them, I would've taken my hands off the wheel and thrown my skirt over my head.  The girl driving the car said she didn't see the log either.  Who drives at 50ks all the time in case there's a log across the road?  Her car was destroyed.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2016, 12:02:04 PM »
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2016, 12:19:11 PM »
Yep most  "truckies" are bloody crazy arsed hoons. Crazy, no idea space out steering wheel attendants. Pretty much just school drop outs...
I'm actually surprised they even get given  a license. 
Those hopeless no good truckies, just out to cause havoc.
Just look at the FWY into the major cities ever morning, 100's of truck coming in,  smashing ever think in there path. Just like that movie death races.
Oh did I go on for to long. ?
Have i OVER EXAGGERATED ? AND lost the point. ?
I'm just a high school drop out. Living my dream, driving all over Australia, and getting paid for it. 


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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #18 on: April 06, 2016, 02:12:35 PM »
The only thing wrong from the footage we see, is the first truckie not putting a call over the radio to warn other truckies about the tree.  The second truckie did a bloody fantastic job.  On the brakes as soon as he could, off the brakes to hit the tree to minimise the damage and once over the tree back on the accelerator to try and thread the needle as best he could.  If he had just hit the brakes the whole way through he would have taken everyone out. 
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2016, 02:32:23 PM »
Quote from: alnjan on April 06, 2016, 02:12:35 PM
The only thing wrong from the footage we see, is the first truckie not putting a call over the radio to warn other truckies about the tree.  The second truckie did a bloody fantastic job.  On the brakes as soon as he could, off the brakes to hit the tree to minimise the damage and once over the tree back on the accelerator to try and thread the needle as best he could.  If he had just hit the brakes the whole way through he would have taken everyone out.

Yes, a fantastic bit of driving and control, not just driver control but emotional control as well . Cab may have smelt a bit for a while though.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2016, 02:39:22 PM »
Im surprised the dude with the camera in his truck didn't say intercourse or similar.
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2016, 03:53:38 PM »
Quote from: Bird on April 06, 2016, 02:39:22 PM
Im surprised the dude with the camera in his truck didn't say intercourse or similar.

at the end he does.  ;D
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2016, 03:59:28 PM »
Quote from: UIZ733 on April 06, 2016, 10:49:51 AM
Like many truckies unfortunately, driving like a loon with no understanding (or interest in) of the dynamics of his vehicle or road conditions. If the car was stopped the other side of the log they were dead. The number of times I have been almost run off the road by idiots like that is scary. They literally do not give a flying phuck about anybody else on the road.

I think ya out voted by those of us who think he was a bit of a legend.  :cup:
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2016, 04:09:20 PM »
Lucky the bacon didn't see it.. they'd have confiscated his truck for 30 days for HOONING....
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Re: Truck near miss
« Reply #24 on: April 06, 2016, 04:15:08 PM »
Dont know how you can be critical of the truck driver when the car driver couldn't even stop of the tree - you can hear her say I just came around the corner and went straight over it.

If the truckie could do that again he should give Ken Block's producer a call!
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