Probe Into Car Stuck Under Truck Speeding Down Highway

foxnews.com ^ | 3-18-10 | Damien Pearse,

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Amazing footage of a truck careening at 60mph along a British freeway with a car trapped sideways on its front bumper emerged Thursday, sparked an investigation.

Video shows a trucker thundering along the A1(M) major road in West Yorkshire, northern England, seemingly oblivious to the automobile trapped under its cab.

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[knittnmom]

Thanks for the pics - I can’t watch videos at work.

[Reaganesque]

How do you miss something like that? Jeez!

[Dumpster Baby]

Let's see - didn't feel any bump or crash, didn't hear all the grinding and tire screeching, didn't see any sparks, or anything at all. Hmmm, "paybacks are a motherf*****."

;^)

[Deaf Smith]

The truck is a cab-over...he knows the car is there. The fourwheeler must have pissed him off.

[Dr. Ursus]

My brakes locked.Now where’s my new car!

[mad_as_he$$]

Did you see the Simpson’s where Homer was truck driver?

[DuncanWaring]

I saw an accident like this once right ahead of me; the truck stopped in an expeditious manner, and the folks in the car (VW Rabbit, if I recall correctly) seemed generally unharmed.

Probably needed a change of underwear, though.

[1rudeboy]

This thread needs MUSIC!

[DJ MacWoW]

The truck is a cab-over...he knows the car is there. The fourwheeler must have pissed him off.

I don't see how he could NOT know the car was there. If he was ticked at the driver, what he did was VERY dangerous.

[Chickensoup]

drunk or muzzie

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The truck driver had a schedule to meet!

[Reaganesque]

We have a live Homer Simpson on the highways of Great Britain? LOL!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

A muzzie practicing for his bomb run?.....

[Oceander]

Don’t forget, Renaults are the sorry, pathetic French excuse for a real auto; it’s understandable that a tractor-trailer driver might not even notice that he ran one over - after all, they run over tin cans all the time.

[Deaf Smith]

The question is did the 4-wheeler learn his lesson?

I see this type challenging the 18's everyday.

[Delta 21]

Laws of gross tonnage apply.

I hope the point was well taken.

[DJ MacWoW]

You don’t know what transpired. They are investigating.

[DJ MacWoW]

drunk or muzzie

Or stupid.

[Pure Country]

A trucker friend of ours had this very thing happen. The young lady tried to cut across in front of him too soon and clipped his front bumper spinning the car around in front of the truck. He had no idea that the car was even there until someone yelled at him on the CB. The little gal in the car was scared, but came through without a scrape.

[Chickensoup]

Or stupid.

isnt that the same?

[Psycho_Bunny]

This is road rage or drugs. There’s no other option.

[Deaf Smith]

I did my million miles and then walked away.

[Eye of Unk]

This is what happens when you have to live in a beer can nation, you are nothing but road trash.

Good old American heavy cars and trucks for me, even if I have to pay for high fuel.

[DJ MacWoW]

The truck driver had a schedule to meet!

My Dad drove semi's and now my brother does. This is not something either would do. Unbelievable.

[DJ MacWoW]

My brother still drives semi. My Dad drove for years. Neither would do something like this. What if there were children in that vehicle? Again, we still don’t know the circumstances. And if this driver thinks what he did was reasonable, I hope he never drives truck again.

[DJ MacWoW]

I guess you’re right! :-)

[Red_Devil 232]

I suppose there actually is an amzing video.

[nesnah]

[Deaf Smith]

I didn’t condone the action. Just asked the question.

[rawhide]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Lorry-Shunting-Car-Video-Arclid-Launch-Probe-Into-Truck-Pushing-Renault-Clio-Along-A1M-Wetherby/Article/201003315576181

[IYAS9YAS]

How do you miss something like that? Jeez!

Line of sight out the window appears that a normal height driver would see the car, maybe a short truck driver?

[DJ MacWoW]

It was more a statement than anything. Trucker had a scary attitude.

[gwilhelm56]

**A trucker friend of ours had this very thing happen.**

Having driven a cabover truck (but a little bigger) you will NOT see that car, the initial bump would feel like a pothole.

There are special brackets and mirrors needed to see that area.. they are not REQUIRED and are rather Expensive.

That having been said... it doesn’t matter what the car did or the condition of the driver... it will always be the TRUCKs FAULT. .. ALWAYS

[Birdsbane]

That was one truly great stunt.

[Pure Country]

I know what you are saying. Even in a cab-over you can't see over the dash. If you haven't driven a semi, you have NO CLUE! What gets me is when I'm in a car riding with someone who thinks that a semi should get over on a soft bern rather than the car. What they don't realize is that a soft shoulder can suck a semi over so fast that there is nothing you can do.

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about what semis can and can't do. Most of it is bunk.

[a fool in paradise]

Some guys will do ANYTHING to bring a lawsuit against Toyota!

[a fool in paradise]

The truck driver had a schedule to meet!

He's going to be over his weight limit...