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Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:05 pm
by kiwi_mtm
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:55 pm
by Steve_C
Ouch! Is that car left or right hand drive?
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:07 pm
by gottanS
Think they drive on the left so RHD judging by the wiper, a very very lucky chap.
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:06 am
by kiwi_mtm
Steve_C wrote:Ouch! Is that car left or right hand drive?
New Zealand, and RHD
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:15 am
by bam_bam
Meh, those scratches will polish right out. Wheels will need a refurb though...
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:48 am
by gdavison
How does a track "fall" on a car like that ?
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:01 am
by Steve_C
gdavison wrote:How does a track "fall" on a car like that ?
As its on a bridge, could be high winds?
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:38 am
by kiwi_mtm
gdavison wrote:How does a track "fall" on a car like that ?
Easy, corner too fat with a heavy/high load, and it simply tips over. Quite common on lower speed/sweeping/tight corners.
Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:12 am
by gdavison
kiwi_mtm wrote:
Easy, corner too fat with a heavy/high load, and it simply tips over. Quite common on lower speed/sweeping/tight corners.
I get that and the article in the paper
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=10732156
says "I was just driving along, and was about three quarters of the way across [the bridge] and could see the truck coming towards me. He was going up the rise and
around the corner, but as he was coming up, the container part of the trailer was tipping, "
