Crashed lorry M80

Post by **simon** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:47 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tay ... 385189.stm

WTF?

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:49 pm

Huge height diff.
Weird!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:54 pm

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:59 pm

Looks like it could be that the driver might have tipped the rear when driving (and empty) and not noticed, or it malfunctioned and tipped itself.

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:12 pm

Bob the lonely truck driver wanders what the button on the dash "marked do not press was for"

Now he knows

jj · Post by jj » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:16 pm

Just think how much the corsa driver must have filled their kegs when they saw that happen in front of them!

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:51 pm

Did the corsa slide down off the back?

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:04 pm

rossybee wrote:Did the corsa slide down off the back?

HEADLINE:

Corsa driver & his mate the trucker, try to replicate scenes from Night-rider

r055 · Post by **r055** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:18 pm

NOOPS 160 wrote:Love to here the explanation to his boss "Where's the rest of it" ......... DOHH

maybe he had one of his country music CDs on full blast and didnt notice... probably still driving around just now thinking his truck seems to be quicker and more responsive...

delands · Post by **delands** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:47 pm

Maybe the truck driver was practising doing wheelies..

Daveb · Post by **Daveb** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:11 pm

Who was dafter?

The lorry driver that maybe left it up after emptying / never noticed it going up by accident.

Or the corsa driver that sat behind it and watched it, then crashed into it?

j2 lot · Post by **j2 lot** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:00 pm

apparently hydraulic line split causing tipper to lift ??? I would have thought without hydraulics the tipper would have stayed where it was.
Corsa driver must have been

to not notice that happening in front of him!

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:03 pm

delands wrote:Maybe the truck driver was practising doing wheelies..

Very possibly; to avoid the police car driving towards him

james · Post by **james** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:15 pm

Can you imagine the insurance claim from the car driver...
"lorry got jammed under overhead gantry - I drove into it. etc etc - please see attached news story just on the off chance you dont believe me."

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:59 am

so thats what the hold up was on the M80

Cheers
C