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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lanc ... 162158.stmI find it amazing that he didn't notice the initial impact or resistance as he was driving 
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Wed May 26, 2010 12:48 pm |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Was that the tyres, or the driver's trousers?
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Wed May 26, 2010 4:26 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Air conditioning would reduce incoming smells. That said she did undertake him and without due care and attention so she should have at least three points on her license. As the judge said he manage to drive to the hard shoulder and stop without further incident. A fair outcome.
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Wed May 26, 2010 6:48 pm |
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Linux_User
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Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Undertaking isn't an offence, so not sure where you're going with that. The lorry also hit her, not the other way round, so if anyone's getting points it should be the lorry driver.
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Wed May 26, 2010 7:22 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Bit of a grey area there - “Highway Code rule 268 advises against undertaking on a motorway: "Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake". On other roads you can "only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right" (rule 163). On all roads, undertaking is permitted if the vehicles in the lane to the right are queueing and slow moving. Undertaking in an aggressive or reckless manner could be considered Careless Driving or more seriously Dangerous Driving, both of which are legally enforceable offences.”
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Wed May 26, 2010 7:26 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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That was my point. Also when entering a motorway you are supposed to give way if traffic is coming rather than force it into the middle lane.
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Thu May 27, 2010 12:38 am |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I don't find it amazing, I find it unbelievable...... literally! I think he's got away with driving without dur care and attention there.
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Thu May 27, 2010 12:54 am |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Do we actually know who was changing lane at the time of the incident?
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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Thu May 27, 2010 7:14 am |
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Geiseric
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:35 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Ipswich
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Having spent a few years in the 90s driving HGV's around the country when I saw the clip on the news saying he had been cleared of charges because he hadn’t see the car attached to the front of this tractor unit, I though boll*cks.
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Thu May 27, 2010 7:51 am |
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Amnesia10
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Thu May 27, 2010 10:17 am |
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belchingmatt
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Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Ok then, her fault. All I saw in the article was that she had recently joined the motorway. I really depair at the lack of facts in reports. 
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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Thu May 27, 2010 10:32 am |
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rustybucket
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Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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He may have thought it was a large pot hole. Now that's believable. 
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Thu May 27, 2010 11:34 am |
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belchingmatt
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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Thu May 27, 2010 12:31 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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And with the state of the roads not impossible to get a jury to understand either.
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