Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

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Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by kiwi_mtm » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:05 pm

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image ... 67#7713641

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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by Steve_C » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:55 pm

Ouch! Is that car left or right hand drive?
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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by gottanS » Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:07 pm

Think they drive on the left so RHD judging by the wiper, a very very lucky chap.
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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by kiwi_mtm » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:06 am

Steve_C wrote:Ouch! Is that car left or right hand drive?
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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by bam_bam » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:15 am

Meh, those scratches will polish right out. Wheels will need a refurb though...
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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by gdavison » Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:48 am

How does a track "fall" on a car like that ?
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Post by Steve_C » Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:01 am

gdavison wrote:How does a track "fall" on a car like that ?
As its on a bridge, could be high winds?
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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by kiwi_mtm » Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:38 am

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.
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Re: Truck falls on S4, Nasty, but he lives

Post by gdavison » Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:12 am

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, "
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