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26 Aug 17
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Major collision on the M1 with several people dead.
When you hear " major incident " now the first thought is terrorism.
How long before our islamic friends start driving trucks the wrong way down a motorway ?
When you hear " major incident " now the first thought is terrorism.
How long before our islamic friends start driving trucks the wrong way down a motorway ?
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It's normal to arrest both drivers these days I think. Awful day out for some poor buggers.
A 31-year-old man from Worcestershire was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, and of drink driving
Always be extra vigilant when driving in the immediate vicinity of lorries. Keep extra distance and never drive in the slow lane with a lorry both in front and behind you.
Also take extreme care if you are in the middle lane alongside a left hand drive in the slow lane. Easily spotted by the downward facing door mirror on the RHS door. At that point you are in the blind spot and in danger of being side swiped if he pulls out.
Ryszard Masierak’s Scania allegedly came to a halt in the southbound slow lane of the M1 in Buckinghamshire before the accident early on Saturday.
A minibus taking a party of Indian tourists to London is believed to have collided with a second lorry as its driver attempted to avoid Masierak’s vehicle.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/28/lorry-driver-ryszard-masierak-in-court-m1-crash
Eight people in the minibus killed; three more fighting for their lives.
A minibus taking a party of Indian tourists to London is believed to have collided with a second lorry as its driver attempted to avoid Masierak’s vehicle.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/28/lorry-driver-ryszard-masierak-in-court-m1-crash
Eight people in the minibus killed; three more fighting for their lives.
sounds like the minibus driver had to make a choice between the hard shoulder or the middle lane to avoid the stationary lorry & unfortunately chose the wrong one.
Some extremely poor driving from the Pole (including being under the influence), allied to a freak set of circumstances in what must have been a relatively clear motorway.
Sometimes people just freeze when presented with such a situation. Years ago I was a passenger with my Dad driving, approaching Staples corner SB on the M1. The warning matrix flashed up to reduce speed etc. Often they're false alarms but this time there was actually a smash, centered on the middle lane. We could see it and there was plenty of time to avoide but unbelievably my Dad must have froze solid, and instead of moving to lane 1 or 3 stopped behind the smash in the middle lane! Cars were passing us, at top speed which felt like inches away and the wind from them was moving our car. I could see them coming in the wing mirror, swerving at the last second and I was literally screaming at my Dad to get out of there. Eventually he did, must have only been a minute but felt like a lifetime. I have never been so scared for my life before or since.
Sometimes people just freeze when presented with such a situation. Years ago I was a passenger with my Dad driving, approaching Staples corner SB on the M1. The warning matrix flashed up to reduce speed etc. Often they're false alarms but this time there was actually a smash, centered on the middle lane. We could see it and there was plenty of time to avoide but unbelievably my Dad must have froze solid, and instead of moving to lane 1 or 3 stopped behind the smash in the middle lane! Cars were passing us, at top speed which felt like inches away and the wind from them was moving our car. I could see them coming in the wing mirror, swerving at the last second and I was literally screaming at my Dad to get out of there. Eventually he did, must have only been a minute but felt like a lifetime. I have never been so scared for my life before or since.
was the hard working,polite.looking after his family pole at work at the time of the accident, ignoring the middle classes,s cliché of hard working poles anyone who,s worked alongside them, no the only thing hard about them is their drinking
No such thing as a slow lane (or a fast lane for that matter).
And someone has had the bright idea of letting learner drivers loose on the motorways
crazy idea mick and driverless another bonkers idea
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