Well, that's the idiotic cab over design...thank god, there is few of this crappy design left in America...beside the driver having to endure sitting right on top of the engine there is this big blind spot down the other side...
@hotspur666 well, so called this crappy design, can save your legs if you have a nasty head on crash with something. Having the engine in the front like American trucks could cause the engine to force itself back from the crash and crush your legs. This design saves them and you can walk away from it :)
why all i see is police car.. the first thing should be on sight is a fire truck, and a ambulance, police cant do shit.. that is why a lot of people end up die when they cld be save, because cops are always the first to be up in shit and all there looking for is to put someone in jail they dont care about ppls life.. i say this cause thats how my cousin die, when all the cop did was stay there and look at him and say hold on tight buddy help is coming.. I HOPE NO ONE DIE
@nojiggabooo Cool stereotyping bro. You must be a highly intellectual individual to believe that an entire nation can be summarised by a single demographic.
@nojiggabooo Which one? The Porsche driver who did not realize the truck drifted into his lane until it was too late or the truck driver who probably thought he had already passed the Porsche. It looks like a simple tragic accident. Truck drivers have to be careful of the cars the pass and the car drivers have to be aware of the trucks on all sides. Everyone has to be vigilant or this happens.
But aren't special mirrors for your blind spot necessary in the USA? Or in other countries? Here in Holland a truck can get a ticket because of not having such mirrors. It's introduced about 10 years ago, when a lot of teens get accidents when they are going to school by bike and crash under a truck because of the blind spot.
@2009vampiregirl Mirrors do not cover all areas or blind spots in a large truck. Remember that next time you are around a large vehicle. If you can’t see the driver’s eyes in the mirror you can bet he can’t see you. It is best to stay away from them and anticipate that the truck is going to move into your path of travel exactly when you don’t expect it, look up the Smith System on Google. I am a Truck Driver and I won't drive around another truck unless I have to.
@2009vampiregirl It doesn't matter how many mirrors a semi has, they can't cover all of a truck's blind spot. I had a driver tell me one time that if you cannot see the driver in their side mirror then they probably cannot see you. That's why car drivers have to help the trucks. If they are coming over, honk so they know someone is in that lane.
In the Netherlands there is a non articulated line between the two lanes closest to the slipway, so changing lanes on these spots is prohibited.
People should be aware when they can't see the driver of a van or lorry he will not see them too, so don't overtake them or drive next to them, after coming off the slipway, also take attention entering the motorway just in front of a lorry, for vehicles coming back left after overtaking.
In the Netherlands it is prohibited on a lot of places where a slipway joins the motorway to change back to the most right (left in the UK) lane, there is a non articulated line between the 2 lanes.
This is done mainly to avoid blind spot accidents.
People should be aware that they must stay away from the left side of a lorry or even a small van, when you can't see the driver trough the windows or in his mirrors he can't see you!!!
Lorry drivers fault, not the porsche. Watch it properly. Porsche wasnt travelling fast enough to be undertaking. The lorry CLEARLY drives into the porsche, if the lorry driver was unsure if anything was there he could have slowed down then pulled in. Not trying to catch up with his MATE.
@rioandrio with over 15 years experience driving lgv1s....and know this road well....wot u prob find is that the porsche just came off the slip road just out of view.....and instead of pulling in bhind the truck ..like most cars try to beat the lorry......undertake him......if u like......but got into the trucks blind spot and...well u can c wot happens nxt.......DHL who i drive for now fit blind spot sensors with a loud beep if a vehicle trys to undertake......
The most important question is why is a Porsche Boxter being overtaken on a motorway by a lorry that is limited to 56mph. If he'd been driving at a proper speed it wouldn't have happened
@MrKal321 looks like the porsche has just joined the motorway at the slip and instead of slipping behind then pulling out tried an undertake (which is an offence) going into the blind spot the lorry is on a motorway regulated road therefore can travel at a maximum of 60mph
@MrKal321 You can clearly see, the porsche was not being over taken, like TridentTrucking has said, more like the porsche came off a slip road, and tryed to get in front of the lorry by undertaking.
If boxster boy knew, i.e. had training for a performance car (okay boxster I know but they still have a kick) he'd have known to put his foot down instead of braking into the spot he was fricking UNDERTAKING into. I can only assume he was undertaking because the driver, and his mate, will have seen him long before this happened.
Also if you notice the second truck/lorry was copying the first truck, which is common in baby convoys like this, making this crash even more preventable.
When someone would get in my blind spot I would rock the truck from one side the lane to the other it looked like the truck had a problem the people in the car would get away from me. Making VERY SLOW lane changes keeps you from having a collision too I have gone to change lanes very slow and could hear the horn of a car in the blind spot they acted like I was the bully I never saw them. We are to use the smith system and sometimes they still creep into that spot. Ron Paul 2012
First off if you look at this more carefully the Porsche was trying to out run the truck.The truck had already started moving over before the Porsche was even beside the rear end. Another thing is the Porsche escaped being crushed by the truck it is in front on the left shoulder.
Dam close escape.Even if there was some damage to the car the idiot driver was lucky and lived.
@BlondSweetheart Well said! Agree! hate those good cars owners, who believe in theoir luck and money, and don't f..g care about real traffic situation
@DavidMcMahon1 Don't say like that. have a look, trucks were close, changing lanes in approx "one time" this crazy boxter was exactly where is the place called blind spot,
Had the Porsche driver noticed the encroaching truck, I wonder if he'd been able to use the breakdown lane to his left as as escape instead of being pushed into it. But then, it's natural for us to imagine we would have acted differently in order to minimize the reality of our own vulnerability to the horrors of road accidents. Thanks for posting this.
The only mistake the lorry driver made was the manner in which the lorry went over indicates that he must have braked and spun steering wheel to the right, while that reaction is understandable, being shocked to see or feel the car there, it is very dangerous and he only needed to brake and allow the car to squeeze through... sometimes its the driver reaction that can cause more damage. Porch driver in wrong though, obviously thought he bought the roads too.
As a commercial driver you must always keep a watchful eye while changing lanes. My one and only accident was caused while changing lanes on the freeway. A pickup truck was in my blind spot and I took him out. The California Highway Patrol was not amused.
luckily the porsche did not end up under the trailer.
in such event, following vehicles should probably remain on the two main lanes and ensure the emergency lane remains free and available for emergency vehicles.
its not hard is it - if the truck driver has had the courtesy to move over into lane 2 to let you and and your porsche join the motorway then surely you would have the courtesy (and brains) to drop back and let them overtake you in a safe predictable manner at a constant 59mph (rather than an erractic, unpredicable speeding up and heavy breaking manner porsche drivers drive in) ... or you could what this guy did and sit in the truckers blind spot until you are crushed by a 40 ton truck ...
@beardallski This is one reason I don't bother pulling over to let people onto the motorway any more. In the first place, it's my right of way. In the second place, I'd rather slow down a bit and let people in instead of changing lanes. But mostly, I got fed up with being hung out to dry in the middle lane while some arse (in a car or a lorry) sat next to my nearside trailer wheels at the same speed as me for miles and miles.
That's why you never drive next to a semi-truck! You either drive behind the truck (in either lane) or pass it to be in front of it (in either lane) just never next to a huge truck!
This is what I love about Britain. You see all these videos of cars crashing & serious collisions & not one motorist stops. Whereas in every British video, plenty of people stop to help. There are at least 6 motorists on the opposite carriageway that have stopped. Notice also how people on the same carriageway give plenty of warning to following drivers by putting on their hazard lights & keeping a large distance from the crash scene. Well done & thank you to everybody who stopped to help.
The truck driver would not be in the middle lane without reason.He probably allowed the other car to join the motorway and he went back in his lane where he was supposed to be.This should be an act of courtesy,in fact he overtakes the joining car, wich should keep a steady speed when and after joining.Trucks and busses the best to avoid them in the roundabouts as well
cant say if the car was undertaking or just came on from a slip road either way he should have got the fuk out of there he cld do 0-70 in 7secsthe lorry will only do 56mph unless heading down a hill why why why was he caught with the lorry in the first place i say ?????
@FrankieSayRelaxxx1 Funny how one of the main HGV mags in the UK is called Trucking and another is called Truck & Driver. Why is that if this isn't America?
people on the other side think they are helping but by stopping on the hard shoulder just to have a good look is not helping anybody, dont block the shoulder less u need to or atleast if u do, atleast bloody help.
Wow! I was expecting that Porsche to be crushed and then to see the car intact in the close up was quite surprising, he should call himself very thankful...
Similar thing nearly happened to me on M62. Driving at steady speed in Mini, downhill, passed by artic. in middle lane, who then proceeded to cut across front of me when 2/3 of way past. I was not accelerating. I braked and swerved on to hard shoulder to miss him or I would have been dead. He knew I was there. He was probably reading his newspaper or something. For similar reasons no-one is safe parked on hard shoulder nowadays.
The Porsche driver probably felt it would be a blow to his ego to hold back and let the lorry driver get ahead. A woman ended up being hooked across the front of a tanker on the A1 in similar circumstances. She joined alongside it and tried to get ahead and dodge out in front rather than holding back and moving out behind. People drive along thinking they're good drivers and they're invincible and they're oblivious to the dangerous situations they're driving headlong into.
How many times have you witnessed people on the motorways either early morning or late at night when the traffic is lighter just stting in the wrong lane.
MAKE YOUR MANOUVRE AND THE RETURN TO THE LEFT HAND LANE.
@fartingvicar excellent comment indeed. Why don't the motorway cops pull these lane hogging scum off the motorway and slap a heavy fine on them for dangerous driving?? Bloody baffles me!!!!
@electrictroy2010 it was the car drivers fault tho for undertaking the truck. Don't matter what side the steering wheel is on or where the truck comes from, you should still never ever undertake any truck on british roads!
infact be careful overtaking a European truck on british roads.... if you take too long.. your sitting in their blind sport.... and if they decide to over the truck in front, and your hanging next too them... well you know what happens next.
must be hard driving a truck (uk truck) on the continent where everyone over takes you in the blind side....
why have people parked on the hard shoulder?? You are not supposed to do this. Only if YOUR vehicle has an emergency. Parking on the hard shoulder can prevent emergency services getting to the crash scene.
@chatteyj my thoughts exactly. So many dumb idiots on our roads these days who just haven't got a clue. I noticed after the camera zoomed back out that those vehicles, including the white van had all disappeared!! I wonder if the police were just out of sight from the camera had moved them on??
I don't think this car was in the blind spot here. The car was just passing and the truck turned into the car.What are you supposed to do when you see a truck not pass it?
@turdsandwicher I hope to Christ your not driving on a British motorway with that answer.
Read your highway code and start your driving lessons again, because you my friend will be appearing shortly on one of these clips, if that's truly how you believe you should pass a truck by undertaking.
@forzacfc He's Canadian. They drive on the right, so to him it would look like the Porsche was overtaking legally, on the left. Easy mistake for someone to make I think!
@turdsandwicher The country this was in has the steering wheel on the right side of the truck, therefore the car was in the trucks blind spot.Car in wrong in this country.
@turdsandwicher WHAT??? This idiot in the porsche was clearly in the wrong!! He shouldn't have undertaken the truck. It's idiots like the porsche driver who cause accidents like this. It's a damn shame there's too many drivers who drive recklessly like this on a motorway.
1. Here in my country you can´t change line if you are passing through a bridge... 2. When you are driving, either an automovile or a car, you must check your blind spot before you make any dangerous move like changing lines.... 3. I can´t believe the porshe didn´t honked... and the trucker couldn´t listen that... I don´t know, I want to believe this accident was caused because of the blind spot... but the more I see it, less I believe it...
When I start driving in not going to sit in peoples blind spots and when I go to pass a truck in not going to hang around next to him. This video shows why you don't stay in a trucks blind spot
A full half after mile after joining sitting under the drivers cab on his blind side. My sympathy lays with the trucker. Too many idiots on the roads who are perfectly happy to do this and whine like stuck pigs about irresponsible and dangerous truckers when they get in an accident. Worse, in the UK, they now get ever more continental trucks with left hand steering, and the sheer numbers who will sit contentedly on the drivers right for mile on mile is shocking.
Great video, I happy to see more people getting the word out to people stay the hell out of commercial sized vehicles blind spots!!! If you don't know where these blinds spots are then go to your local DMV and learn. If you don't like my tone then fine ignore me and tell me I'm an idiot just don't complain when this happens to you.
@InvasorEspacial007 They're stopping to make sure everyone is OK rather than just driving on by and leaving people dying in the road. There's nothing funny about traffic accidents.
If the Porsche driver has joined the carriageway at the junction a half before, then they are at fault here. When you join, you are automatically in the inside lane, and, in my opinion, you MUST allow vehicles in the outer lanes to get past you before accelrating up to normal speeds. The truck appears to have taken to the outside lane to allow other traffic to join. That traffic should wait to be overtaken, and allow outer lane traffic to regain the inner lane! This is just good driving sense.
I hate the M621. I drive on here everyday! Recently finished doing road works on this part, and it was a night mare. It's a accident spot!.. This is just at the side of the Leeds United Stadium. Fuck you M621!! lol
@777Chatha Yeah, when I went on my trip from the midwest to the east coast I either slowed down if I couldn't pass or passed as fast as I could. I've seen what happens when trucks have a wheel failure or they don't see a car. Plus I'm in a compact. ;p
The first truck did not get into an accident because the van was in front of it so technically, the driver of the first truck was able to see the van. Unfortunately, the mini sedan was in the blind spot of the second truck and it was probably difficult for the driver of the second truck to notice it. The driver should also have checked its blind spot mirrors (if the truck has them). Guess its both parties' fault.
The porsche was travelling way to slow forceing the lorry to over-take it. The driver of that porsche was very lucky, and the driver of the truck, it could of been a lot worse, they could of gone through the barriers into the traffic below.
Why do they not clear the debris from the opposite carriage way and get that parked van out of danger while they are all just standing around for 10 minutes? I'm surprised there wasn't a second accident there....
not the car driver's fault obviously, but it highlights a dangerous situation and why you should never sit alongside a truck keeping him in the overtaking lane. he may not know you are there
if you cruze along side a truck thats limited in his speed you get all you ask for ether ease off or get gone there is a chance the lorry driver has no idea you are there .its about time a campain was run on tv instead of those stupid insurance adds .
Hmmmm. I thought the other drivers coming behind - the car drivers in particular - got it right. The first two cars were very prompt in stopping and in getting their emergency flashers on
The Vans and small lorries get it wrong by trying to thread their way through the stopped cars - The cars who move onto the hard shoulder are doing the right thing. The hard shoulder is NOT there as a route for emergency vehicles - it's a place of refuge to avoid getting rear-ended.
The first of a pair of trucks had successfully overtaken the Porsche properly and with little room to spare pulled back into the left (or driving -UK term) lane. The Porsche at 1:07 had already moved to the left of the left lane and in my opinion with the knowledge that the second of the pair of similar trucks was extremely close. This second truck appears not to have seen the Porsche when returning to the left lane. The slower Porsche should have used the emergency lane on the far left.
thats why u should never passing a truck on a curve. actually he was too fast u can see it clearly and the poor porshe driver could nothing do, maybe if he would brakes but on that situation u have little response time.
GOOD VIDEOS LIKE THIS CAN TEACH EVERYONE DEFENSIVE DRIVING HABITS.HERE IN OHIO,USA I-75 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THESE KIND OF ACCIDENTS ARE A DAILY THING THAT IS AVOIDABLE-MOSTLY EVERYONE IS SPEEDING OR NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION
Almost 10 minutes after the crash, only one emergency service vehicle has arrived, and it parked on the wrong side of the median. What sort of organisation does the Yorkshire police have? Obviously could have done more to attend this accident.
In towns here in New Zealand, it's only 5 minutes for at least 5 vehicles to be present at a major crash.
@SamuelJamieArnold Cant really blame the service on the basis of one video. Its possible that there was a high number of call outs in the area. You need more info before you sling.
@SamuelJamieArnold not trying to talk bad but you only have a few million people living there it aint that hard to get to a seen of a accident....lol you probly have more police than citizens
dont understand. how does the porsche end up there these rsols usually fuck off and leave you standing in the outside lane looking like aright dick when you pull out and let them on. i stopped doing this years ago cos of this. always stand youre ground in the inside lane at slip roads. all that agro for 9 quid an hour
@bigmitch2911 Got to agree with this. Whoever this guy was, he needed to open his eyes and think about what he is doing. He wasn't even an eye witness but just stops in the outside lane of an otherwise unobstructed urban motorway. He deserved 6 points on his license for this.
@bigmitch2911 you know what i don't understaind is why don't they have emergency unlockable guard rails in place on long sections of guard rails so that the guard rail can open up and allow an emergency EMT to get acorss the lane into the lane tjat has the wreck in on it if they were driving in the opposite direction.
Modern trucks are very comfortable and require very little physical effort to drive - this is where reality becomes a rude awakening. Braking systems are now incorporating distance measuring [similar to the parking sensors] that will help prevent this kind of incident - nothing will replace a competent driver. However, speed limiters make truck drivers drowsy with the monotony of 56mph on motorways hour after hour - reality check.
The Porche appears to pull the truck onto the shoulder but the reality is he [The truck driver] probably tried to pull on the shoulder when he felt something amiss. There is no way a flimsy Porche could control the steer wheel of a truck this size 44t - Power steering, mass of wheel, weight and inertia of a fully laden truck. The Porshe looks undamaged - not as if it had contacted a rotating load of nuts.
It is unlikely that the wet sand load shifted but the tractor unit was pushed to the right by the Porshe when it was squashed against the rail, this together with the driver trying to steer out plus the camber on the hard shoulder and the inertial twisting action on the trailer probably caused the toppling over - never try to steer an artic out of trouble, always keep the combination straight where possible.
This is why when lorries pull out to let you join the motorway, i hold back, let them pass me, flash them back into the inside lane and then i overtake. I thought that was just common sense? then again, in my experience...the nicer the car, the worse the driver...
Total numptie car driver could have very easily pulled in front of the truck but thought he couldn't over take on near side......first class tosser...could afford a "sports car" but doesn't know how to drive it.
the truck let the car on, the car then matches the trucks speed, on the near aide, the trucks are speed limited, cant accelerate, but the car will stay there for miles, till the truck slows down, in the overtaking lane, to let the car undertake, it happens time and time again, daily, its why a lot of trucks now wont pull out to let cars in
Well, that's the idiotic cab over design...thank god, there is few of this crappy design left in America...beside the driver having to endure sitting right on top of the engine there is this big blind spot down the other side...
hotspur666 5 days ago
@hotspur666 well, so called this crappy design, can save your legs if you have a nasty head on crash with something. Having the engine in the front like American trucks could cause the engine to force itself back from the crash and crush your legs. This design saves them and you can walk away from it :)
loopysausage 3 days ago
why all i see is police car.. the first thing should be on sight is a fire truck, and a ambulance, police cant do shit.. that is why a lot of people end up die when they cld be save, because cops are always the first to be up in shit and all there looking for is to put someone in jail they dont care about ppls life.. i say this cause thats how my cousin die, when all the cop did was stay there and look at him and say hold on tight buddy help is coming.. I HOPE NO ONE DIE
jahGUIDEme100 1 week ago
Lesson 1, never stay in the blind spot of any vehicule... if you can't understand that then don't drive, plain and simple.
DiscoFrisc0 1 week ago
Typical British driver. Probably reading a newspaper at the wheel.
nojiggabooo 2 weeks ago
@nojiggabooo Cool stereotyping bro. You must be a highly intellectual individual to believe that an entire nation can be summarised by a single demographic.
killermonster555 1 week ago
@nojiggabooo or.. maybe the porsche was in the lorries blind spot causing him to not realize that hew as there
SkinnyBmxx 1 week ago
@nojiggabooo Which one? The Porsche driver who did not realize the truck drifted into his lane until it was too late or the truck driver who probably thought he had already passed the Porsche. It looks like a simple tragic accident. Truck drivers have to be careful of the cars the pass and the car drivers have to be aware of the trucks on all sides. Everyone has to be vigilant or this happens.
shivag73 2 hours ago
very lucky it happed when the road behind was empty bar one car, could have been a real mess otherwise
stevepjk 2 weeks ago
OMG.. It's a wonder that no one was dead!!
But aren't special mirrors for your blind spot necessary in the USA? Or in other countries? Here in Holland a truck can get a ticket because of not having such mirrors. It's introduced about 10 years ago, when a lot of teens get accidents when they are going to school by bike and crash under a truck because of the blind spot.
2009vampiregirl 2 weeks ago
@2009vampiregirl Mirrors cannot eliminate all blind spots.
lemonrind 1 week ago
@2009vampiregirl Mirrors do not cover all areas or blind spots in a large truck. Remember that next time you are around a large vehicle. If you can’t see the driver’s eyes in the mirror you can bet he can’t see you. It is best to stay away from them and anticipate that the truck is going to move into your path of travel exactly when you don’t expect it, look up the Smith System on Google. I am a Truck Driver and I won't drive around another truck unless I have to.
gateway8833 3 days ago
@2009vampiregirl It doesn't matter how many mirrors a semi has, they can't cover all of a truck's blind spot. I had a driver tell me one time that if you cannot see the driver in their side mirror then they probably cannot see you. That's why car drivers have to help the trucks. If they are coming over, honk so they know someone is in that lane.
shivag73 2 hours ago
Why so many dislikes?
CharIiePresents 2 weeks ago
ooooooooooooch
psp0guy 2 weeks ago
In the Netherlands there is a non articulated line between the two lanes closest to the slipway, so changing lanes on these spots is prohibited.
People should be aware when they can't see the driver of a van or lorry he will not see them too, so don't overtake them or drive next to them, after coming off the slipway, also take attention entering the motorway just in front of a lorry, for vehicles coming back left after overtaking.
dieselmupke 4 weeks ago
In the Netherlands it is prohibited on a lot of places where a slipway joins the motorway to change back to the most right (left in the UK) lane, there is a non articulated line between the 2 lanes.
This is done mainly to avoid blind spot accidents.
People should be aware that they must stay away from the left side of a lorry or even a small van, when you can't see the driver trough the windows or in his mirrors he can't see you!!!
dieselmupke 4 weeks ago
Lorry drivers fault, not the porsche. Watch it properly. Porsche wasnt travelling fast enough to be undertaking. The lorry CLEARLY drives into the porsche, if the lorry driver was unsure if anything was there he could have slowed down then pulled in. Not trying to catch up with his MATE.
rioandrio 1 month ago
@rioandrio with over 15 years experience driving lgv1s....and know this road well....wot u prob find is that the porsche just came off the slip road just out of view.....and instead of pulling in bhind the truck ..like most cars try to beat the lorry......undertake him......if u like......but got into the trucks blind spot and...well u can c wot happens nxt.......DHL who i drive for now fit blind spot sensors with a loud beep if a vehicle trys to undertake......
muthatrucka2 1 month ago
The most important question is why is a Porsche Boxter being overtaken on a motorway by a lorry that is limited to 56mph. If he'd been driving at a proper speed it wouldn't have happened
MrKal321 1 month ago
@MrKal321 looks like the porsche has just joined the motorway at the slip and instead of slipping behind then pulling out tried an undertake (which is an offence) going into the blind spot the lorry is on a motorway regulated road therefore can travel at a maximum of 60mph
TridentTrucking 1 month ago
@MrKal321 You can clearly see, the porsche was not being over taken, like TridentTrucking has said, more like the porsche came off a slip road, and tryed to get in front of the lorry by undertaking.
urquhaja 1 month ago
If boxster boy knew, i.e. had training for a performance car (okay boxster I know but they still have a kick) he'd have known to put his foot down instead of braking into the spot he was fricking UNDERTAKING into. I can only assume he was undertaking because the driver, and his mate, will have seen him long before this happened.
stoikes 1 month ago
Looks like revenge to me.
catalinaumbert 1 month ago
I wonder if the truck he was following even stopped
drakionclawers 1 month ago
Overtakers>
<Undertakers
jboweruk 1 month ago
joj to je pa hudo
primorc2012 1 month ago
Yes - I repeated this vid several times and got it - Porsche was on second trucks blind spot
MultiKurkulis 1 month ago
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
teknogeek1300 1 month ago
Car drivers really need to learn how hard it is to drive a lorry before assuming its okay to undertake and hover around in the blind spot.
xSUPERxGTx 1 month ago
Also if you notice the second truck/lorry was copying the first truck, which is common in baby convoys like this, making this crash even more preventable.
dogbone3000 1 month ago
When someone would get in my blind spot I would rock the truck from one side the lane to the other it looked like the truck had a problem the people in the car would get away from me. Making VERY SLOW lane changes keeps you from having a collision too I have gone to change lanes very slow and could hear the horn of a car in the blind spot they acted like I was the bully I never saw them. We are to use the smith system and sometimes they still creep into that spot. Ron Paul 2012
cdltpx 1 month ago
@cdltpx Amen to Ron Paul 2012.
Alex462047 1 month ago
Wow
qwopmaster123 1 month ago
First off if you look at this more carefully the Porsche was trying to out run the truck.The truck had already started moving over before the Porsche was even beside the rear end. Another thing is the Porsche escaped being crushed by the truck it is in front on the left shoulder.
Dam close escape.Even if there was some damage to the car the idiot driver was lucky and lived.
Not a good idea to tangle with trucks.
BlondSweetheart 1 month ago
@BlondSweetheart Well said! Agree! hate those good cars owners, who believe in theoir luck and money, and don't f..g care about real traffic situation
MultiKurkulis 1 month ago
If you can't see my mirrors,I can't see you.
GavinS1965 2 months ago
@GavinS1965 christ, good to know. Ill make sure to remember that.
1Novatrek 2 months ago
Stupid prick van driver! Get out of the way!
DavidMcMahon1 2 months ago
@DavidMcMahon1 Don't say like that. have a look, trucks were close, changing lanes in approx "one time" this crazy boxter was exactly where is the place called blind spot,
MultiKurkulis 1 month ago
ty pýčo ty v tom autě musej bejt jak sardinky
DirtyKjuba 2 months ago
@DirtyKjuba Translation - You pýčo you in the car must be sardines
MrTrucker2003 2 months ago
@MrTrucker2003 He actually said that the people in the car must be like sardines.
djbk7456 1 month ago
@MrTrucker2003 seems legit
mattfan14 1 month ago
Had the Porsche driver noticed the encroaching truck, I wonder if he'd been able to use the breakdown lane to his left as as escape instead of being pushed into it. But then, it's natural for us to imagine we would have acted differently in order to minimize the reality of our own vulnerability to the horrors of road accidents. Thanks for posting this.
HighwaySage 2 months ago
The only mistake the lorry driver made was the manner in which the lorry went over indicates that he must have braked and spun steering wheel to the right, while that reaction is understandable, being shocked to see or feel the car there, it is very dangerous and he only needed to brake and allow the car to squeeze through... sometimes its the driver reaction that can cause more damage. Porch driver in wrong though, obviously thought he bought the roads too.
MrTunes666 2 months ago
cant bleve that small car took out that big truck like that
vivitar45 2 months ago
@vivitar45 The truck like took itself out
Ig2gpce 2 months ago
@vivitar45 its still a obstacle
stacylegend 2 months ago
The Police and some pepole in this video has done major things wrong
neil222de 2 months ago
As a commercial driver you must always keep a watchful eye while changing lanes. My one and only accident was caused while changing lanes on the freeway. A pickup truck was in my blind spot and I took him out. The California Highway Patrol was not amused.
IVSolar 2 months ago
two lessons learned dont pull in unless lane is clear and dont undertake and expect to get away with it..........
MrRoboo1 2 months ago
Why on erath was the van allowed to remain on the opposite carriageway with the potentiol of a further accident
threedrawer 2 months ago
god had nothing to do with it...
SlowrThanThe2ndComin 2 months ago
theres one thing worse than tail gaters, blind spots on lorries :(
TheBuble5051 2 months ago
nooooooooooooooooooooo not the Porsche Boxter S
DESTROYER9100 2 months ago
Quiet a few vehicles ignoring the 2 second gap, presumable they've all had their licences revoked now?
DepakoteMeister 2 months ago
Good job the barriers did the job they're designed for as well.. a few metres earlier and it could've been a lot messier!
KillerVibes 2 months ago
luckily the porsche did not end up under the trailer.
in such event, following vehicles should probably remain on the two main lanes and ensure the emergency lane remains free and available for emergency vehicles.
skazhiprivet 2 months ago
its not hard is it - if the truck driver has had the courtesy to move over into lane 2 to let you and and your porsche join the motorway then surely you would have the courtesy (and brains) to drop back and let them overtake you in a safe predictable manner at a constant 59mph (rather than an erractic, unpredicable speeding up and heavy breaking manner porsche drivers drive in) ... or you could what this guy did and sit in the truckers blind spot until you are crushed by a 40 ton truck ...
beardallski 2 months ago
@beardallski This is one reason I don't bother pulling over to let people onto the motorway any more. In the first place, it's my right of way. In the second place, I'd rather slow down a bit and let people in instead of changing lanes. But mostly, I got fed up with being hung out to dry in the middle lane while some arse (in a car or a lorry) sat next to my nearside trailer wheels at the same speed as me for miles and miles.
ScumOfTheRoad 2 months ago
Goes to show you...do not sit in ANYONES blind spot. Too damn dangerous.
mattjritter1 3 months ago
That's why you never drive next to a semi-truck! You either drive behind the truck (in either lane) or pass it to be in front of it (in either lane) just never next to a huge truck!
SemirKardas 3 months ago
jeez, his convoy biddy didnt even sstop.good mirror obeservation (not) - i guess shit happens
deviatea 3 months ago
This is what I love about Britain. You see all these videos of cars crashing & serious collisions & not one motorist stops. Whereas in every British video, plenty of people stop to help. There are at least 6 motorists on the opposite carriageway that have stopped. Notice also how people on the same carriageway give plenty of warning to following drivers by putting on their hazard lights & keeping a large distance from the crash scene. Well done & thank you to everybody who stopped to help.
uzijn 3 months ago
@uzijn yer i love that its great how the brits are
ashleyhat 2 months ago
If that guy in the Porsche was allowed to use his car properly he would have been long gone and the accident would have never occurred, amirite?
AleksandrsLV 3 months ago
The truck driver would not be in the middle lane without reason.He probably allowed the other car to join the motorway and he went back in his lane where he was supposed to be.This should be an act of courtesy,in fact he overtakes the joining car, wich should keep a steady speed when and after joining.Trucks and busses the best to avoid them in the roundabouts as well
jacobsczgmail 3 months ago
cant say if the car was undertaking or just came on from a slip road either way he should have got the fuk out of there he cld do 0-70 in 7secsthe lorry will only do 56mph unless heading down a hill why why why was he caught with the lorry in the first place i say ?????
malkythescot 3 months ago
By "Truck" you mean "lorry", this isn't America.
FrankieSayRelaxxx1 3 months ago
@FrankieSayRelaxxx1 Funny how one of the main HGV mags in the UK is called Trucking and another is called Truck & Driver. Why is that if this isn't America?
malcookie 3 months ago
@FrankieSayRelaxxx1
Actually this isnt America or Europe. Its the internet. Dont be so ignorant to others ways.
Its very small minded of you to say something like that.
ddawg132 3 months ago
I hate it when cars slow down to see that crap. Causing traffic and everything on the side that doesnt even have the accident.
MasterMegaManX 3 months ago
Dont undertake. Simples.
cguk2012 3 months ago
people on the other side think they are helping but by stopping on the hard shoulder just to have a good look is not helping anybody, dont block the shoulder less u need to or atleast if u do, atleast bloody help.
CarpMagic95 4 months ago
Wow! I was expecting that Porsche to be crushed and then to see the car intact in the close up was quite surprising, he should call himself very thankful...
tactheemt 4 months ago
Similar thing nearly happened to me on M62. Driving at steady speed in Mini, downhill, passed by artic. in middle lane, who then proceeded to cut across front of me when 2/3 of way past. I was not accelerating. I braked and swerved on to hard shoulder to miss him or I would have been dead. He knew I was there. He was probably reading his newspaper or something. For similar reasons no-one is safe parked on hard shoulder nowadays.
CottferLAD22 4 months ago
The Porsche driver probably felt it would be a blow to his ego to hold back and let the lorry driver get ahead. A woman ended up being hooked across the front of a tanker on the A1 in similar circumstances. She joined alongside it and tried to get ahead and dodge out in front rather than holding back and moving out behind. People drive along thinking they're good drivers and they're invincible and they're oblivious to the dangerous situations they're driving headlong into.
Flossie1985 4 months ago
I shouldn't be watching these sort of vids i have to take the motorway home. Shiteing myself know!!!!!!
samfitzy8 4 months ago
How many times have you witnessed people on the motorways either early morning or late at night when the traffic is lighter just stting in the wrong lane.
MAKE YOUR MANOUVRE AND THE RETURN TO THE LEFT HAND LANE.
KEEP LEFT!
fartingvicar 4 months ago
@fartingvicar excellent comment indeed. Why don't the motorway cops pull these lane hogging scum off the motorway and slap a heavy fine on them for dangerous driving?? Bloody baffles me!!!!
DJPaulgee1 4 months ago
My first reaction was "Why didn't the trucker she the car directly next to him?"
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And then I remembered that the driver is on the far right of the cab in the UK, and can't see cars to the left of him
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electrictroy2010 4 months ago
@electrictroy2010 it was the car drivers fault tho for undertaking the truck. Don't matter what side the steering wheel is on or where the truck comes from, you should still never ever undertake any truck on british roads!
DJPaulgee1 4 months ago
never undertake a truck.....
infact be careful overtaking a European truck on british roads.... if you take too long.. your sitting in their blind sport.... and if they decide to over the truck in front, and your hanging next too them... well you know what happens next.
must be hard driving a truck (uk truck) on the continent where everyone over takes you in the blind side....
thunderRus 4 months ago
why have people parked on the hard shoulder?? You are not supposed to do this. Only if YOUR vehicle has an emergency. Parking on the hard shoulder can prevent emergency services getting to the crash scene.
chatteyj 4 months ago
@chatteyj my thoughts exactly. So many dumb idiots on our roads these days who just haven't got a clue. I noticed after the camera zoomed back out that those vehicles, including the white van had all disappeared!! I wonder if the police were just out of sight from the camera had moved them on??
DJPaulgee1 4 months ago
sigh look at all of the nosy gits slowing down to have a look on the other side ;\
MyFatty69 4 months ago
I don't think this car was in the blind spot here. The car was just passing and the truck turned into the car.What are you supposed to do when you see a truck not pass it?
turdsandwicher 4 months ago
@turdsandwicher I hope to Christ your not driving on a British motorway with that answer.
Read your highway code and start your driving lessons again, because you my friend will be appearing shortly on one of these clips, if that's truly how you believe you should pass a truck by undertaking.
forzacfc 4 months ago
@forzacfc He's Canadian. They drive on the right, so to him it would look like the Porsche was overtaking legally, on the left. Easy mistake for someone to make I think!
Mattaeopteryx 4 months ago
@turdsandwicher The country this was in has the steering wheel on the right side of the truck, therefore the car was in the trucks blind spot.Car in wrong in this country.
furlougha 4 months ago
@turdsandwicher WHAT??? This idiot in the porsche was clearly in the wrong!! He shouldn't have undertaken the truck. It's idiots like the porsche driver who cause accidents like this. It's a damn shame there's too many drivers who drive recklessly like this on a motorway.
DJPaulgee1 4 months ago
1. Here in my country you can´t change line if you are passing through a bridge... 2. When you are driving, either an automovile or a car, you must check your blind spot before you make any dangerous move like changing lines.... 3. I can´t believe the porshe didn´t honked... and the trucker couldn´t listen that... I don´t know, I want to believe this accident was caused because of the blind spot... but the more I see it, less I believe it...
MultiCarllewis 4 months ago
When I start driving in not going to sit in peoples blind spots and when I go to pass a truck in not going to hang around next to him. This video shows why you don't stay in a trucks blind spot
CPWindsorsub 4 months ago
A full half after mile after joining sitting under the drivers cab on his blind side. My sympathy lays with the trucker. Too many idiots on the roads who are perfectly happy to do this and whine like stuck pigs about irresponsible and dangerous truckers when they get in an accident. Worse, in the UK, they now get ever more continental trucks with left hand steering, and the sheer numbers who will sit contentedly on the drivers right for mile on mile is shocking.
twohelmets 4 months ago
Great video, I happy to see more people getting the word out to people stay the hell out of commercial sized vehicles blind spots!!! If you don't know where these blinds spots are then go to your local DMV and learn. If you don't like my tone then fine ignore me and tell me I'm an idiot just don't complain when this happens to you.
df0x1977 4 months ago
Funny, the rubber neckers on the opposite lane use the hard shoulder and are getting out uof the cars.....
InvasorEspacial007 4 months ago
@InvasorEspacial007 They're stopping to make sure everyone is OK rather than just driving on by and leaving people dying in the road. There's nothing funny about traffic accidents.
Flossie1985 4 months ago
Typical Yorkshire Police, sitting about like the twats and bent coppers they are.
TheLordMilton 4 months ago
If the Porsche driver has joined the carriageway at the junction a half before, then they are at fault here. When you join, you are automatically in the inside lane, and, in my opinion, you MUST allow vehicles in the outer lanes to get past you before accelrating up to normal speeds. The truck appears to have taken to the outside lane to allow other traffic to join. That traffic should wait to be overtaken, and allow outer lane traffic to regain the inner lane! This is just good driving sense.
wordreet 4 months ago
@wordreet well said this man!
stevo7281 3 months ago
They are all ghost riders driving in the wrong direction
merstrand 5 months ago
Look at all these assholes driving the wrong way
kylesmith33 5 months ago
@kylesmith33
you are right thats the real problem in UK :)))
leun35638 5 months ago
@kylesmith33 Yeah, no wonder these accidents happen lol
Jonassoe 4 months ago
this could happen to the best truck driver its crazy stuff
goochbuntu 5 months ago
I hate the M621. I drive on here everyday! Recently finished doing road works on this part, and it was a night mare. It's a accident spot!.. This is just at the side of the Leeds United Stadium. Fuck you M621!! lol
strathmann2007 5 months ago
i hate when people drive beside the truck either speed up go in front or stay behind dont drive beside truck trailer unless road is packed
777Chatha 5 months ago
@777Chatha Yeah, when I went on my trip from the midwest to the east coast I either slowed down if I couldn't pass or passed as fast as I could. I've seen what happens when trucks have a wheel failure or they don't see a car. Plus I'm in a compact. ;p
DarkMuu666 5 months ago
The first truck did not get into an accident because the van was in front of it so technically, the driver of the first truck was able to see the van. Unfortunately, the mini sedan was in the blind spot of the second truck and it was probably difficult for the driver of the second truck to notice it. The driver should also have checked its blind spot mirrors (if the truck has them). Guess its both parties' fault.
timmyy021604 5 months ago
A lot of trucks(or lorries)have a dirty great sticker saying if you can't see me in my mirror, I can't see you. Simple and effective.
brettv8 5 months ago
well donr to the drivers that pulled over 2 help and for the positioning they took down the affected carriageway to warn oncoming cars
Jamingedling 5 months ago
The porsche was travelling way to slow forceing the lorry to over-take it. The driver of that porsche was very lucky, and the driver of the truck, it could of been a lot worse, they could of gone through the barriers into the traffic below.
stuartpatto1976 5 months ago
porsche boxters drive could be a Idiot woman if you die with a porsche die at least at 130mph or more not at 40 mile lorry fixed at 55 mile huh.
wafi0123 5 months ago
@wafi0123 More likely to be an idiot man - like some baldy twat I saw parking in disabled parking the other day in his porsche boxter.
Spellbinder888 4 months ago
And why have those idiots stopped on the hard shoulder on the other carriageway?
pitielbasani1 5 months ago
Why do they not clear the debris from the opposite carriage way and get that parked van out of danger while they are all just standing around for 10 minutes? I'm surprised there wasn't a second accident there....
prb2189 5 months ago
not the car driver's fault obviously, but it highlights a dangerous situation and why you should never sit alongside a truck keeping him in the overtaking lane. he may not know you are there
mrspivvy 5 months ago
@mrspivvy how is it not the car drivers fault ?
blobby1972 5 months ago in playlist blobby1972's Favourited Videos
if you cruze along side a truck thats limited in his speed you get all you ask for ether ease off or get gone there is a chance the lorry driver has no idea you are there .its about time a campain was run on tv instead of those stupid insurance adds .
blobby1972 5 months ago
@blobby1972 You got THAT right mate!
Cheers,
RT
rogertrucker 5 months ago
Hmmmm. I thought the other drivers coming behind - the car drivers in particular - got it right. The first two cars were very prompt in stopping and in getting their emergency flashers on
The Vans and small lorries get it wrong by trying to thread their way through the stopped cars - The cars who move onto the hard shoulder are doing the right thing. The hard shoulder is NOT there as a route for emergency vehicles - it's a place of refuge to avoid getting rear-ended.
newsnetuk 5 months ago
The first of a pair of trucks had successfully overtaken the Porsche properly and with little room to spare pulled back into the left (or driving -UK term) lane. The Porsche at 1:07 had already moved to the left of the left lane and in my opinion with the knowledge that the second of the pair of similar trucks was extremely close. This second truck appears not to have seen the Porsche when returning to the left lane. The slower Porsche should have used the emergency lane on the far left.
TerrysOnFaceBook 5 months ago
I try to avoid the blind spots of any semi, especially arond turns. Common sense if you ask me. I was taught that in drivers ed, thankgoodness.
train52000 5 months ago
I like how the lead truck, obviously from the same company, just keeps going! LOL!
softrocksully 5 months ago
you can see that all of the people on the other side are slowing down to see what happened
lightshot1 5 months ago
thats why u should never passing a truck on a curve. actually he was too fast u can see it clearly and the poor porshe driver could nothing do, maybe if he would brakes but on that situation u have little response time.
TheApo91 5 months ago
if you didn't know that this was an actual wreck caused by a blind spot you would think the wreck was caused by an extreme case of road rage.
SteelCity1981 5 months ago
And so after the accident and for no good reason, every car decides to block the emergency lane? How fucking stupid are these people?
tjvert1 5 months ago
And this is the reason I never stay parallel to a truck cab for longer than 5 seconds
deathstardisco 5 months ago
GOOD VIDEOS LIKE THIS CAN TEACH EVERYONE DEFENSIVE DRIVING HABITS.HERE IN OHIO,USA I-75 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THESE KIND OF ACCIDENTS ARE A DAILY THING THAT IS AVOIDABLE-MOSTLY EVERYONE IS SPEEDING OR NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION
cropcritter 5 months ago
Almost 10 minutes after the crash, only one emergency service vehicle has arrived, and it parked on the wrong side of the median. What sort of organisation does the Yorkshire police have? Obviously could have done more to attend this accident.
In towns here in New Zealand, it's only 5 minutes for at least 5 vehicles to be present at a major crash.
SamuelJamieArnold 5 months ago
@SamuelJamieArnold Cant really blame the service on the basis of one video. Its possible that there was a high number of call outs in the area. You need more info before you sling.
Vash002 5 months ago
@SamuelJamieArnold not trying to talk bad but you only have a few million people living there it aint that hard to get to a seen of a accident....lol you probly have more police than citizens
StormFlank6 5 months ago
dont understand. how does the porsche end up there these rsols usually fuck off and leave you standing in the outside lane looking like aright dick when you pull out and let them on. i stopped doing this years ago cos of this. always stand youre ground in the inside lane at slip roads. all that agro for 9 quid an hour
TheHairybaz 5 months ago
The Van or PTS Ambulance that stopped the other side of the carriageway to assist could have caused another collision .... not good..
bigmitch2911 5 months ago
@bigmitch2911 i know RIGHT
CLARMP98C 5 months ago
@bigmitch2911 Got to agree with this. Whoever this guy was, he needed to open his eyes and think about what he is doing. He wasn't even an eye witness but just stops in the outside lane of an otherwise unobstructed urban motorway. He deserved 6 points on his license for this.
StevesProjects 5 months ago
@bigmitch2911 you know what i don't understaind is why don't they have emergency unlockable guard rails in place on long sections of guard rails so that the guard rail can open up and allow an emergency EMT to get acorss the lane into the lane tjat has the wreck in on it if they were driving in the opposite direction.
SteelCity1981 5 months ago
Watch your speed...
MrSpitz13 6 months ago
I thought lorry drivers werent allowed in the overtaking lane?
traineespark 6 months ago
@traineespark nah mate its a dual carriageway i think they're allowed, its only on motorways like 3 lanes they cant go in the 3rd lane
ATBparkour 6 months ago
@traineespark Yes that's on a three lane motorways mate, they are on a two lane.
stuartpatto1976 5 months ago
Modern trucks are very comfortable and require very little physical effort to drive - this is where reality becomes a rude awakening. Braking systems are now incorporating distance measuring [similar to the parking sensors] that will help prevent this kind of incident - nothing will replace a competent driver. However, speed limiters make truck drivers drowsy with the monotony of 56mph on motorways hour after hour - reality check.
Cruner62 6 months ago
The Porche appears to pull the truck onto the shoulder but the reality is he [The truck driver] probably tried to pull on the shoulder when he felt something amiss. There is no way a flimsy Porche could control the steer wheel of a truck this size 44t - Power steering, mass of wheel, weight and inertia of a fully laden truck. The Porshe looks undamaged - not as if it had contacted a rotating load of nuts.
Cruner62 6 months ago
It is unlikely that the wet sand load shifted but the tractor unit was pushed to the right by the Porshe when it was squashed against the rail, this together with the driver trying to steer out plus the camber on the hard shoulder and the inertial twisting action on the trailer probably caused the toppling over - never try to steer an artic out of trouble, always keep the combination straight where possible.
Cruner62 6 months ago
If there was more traffic, they would have bloked the route for emergency vehicles on the hard shoulder.
twodogsbernie 6 months ago
It's even more remarkable the queue that builds up on the opposite lane due to people stopping over to watch
damycityrocker 6 months ago
@damycityrocker yepp, people are so nosey
xJAKEWx 6 months ago
They probly caused another accident
Alko7406 6 months ago
Those vehicles pulling over on the hard shoulder are causing obstructions for emergency vehicles to attend the accident!
southcoastcruiser 6 months ago
10 minutes, wheres the ambulance?
myplaceoryours 6 months ago
Differences in speed are more deadly than speed.
ArtStone 6 months ago
MUST have been a woman driver.... 'oh but theres a white line!! i cant go over it!!!'
eddp777 6 months ago
If the car driver was paying attention they would have moved into shoulder to avoid being sideswiped
sonic2batt 6 months ago
This is why when lorries pull out to let you join the motorway, i hold back, let them pass me, flash them back into the inside lane and then i overtake. I thought that was just common sense? then again, in my experience...the nicer the car, the worse the driver...
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rawl21 6 months ago
That van stopped on the outside lane on the opposite side isn't helping matters!
bmused55 6 months ago
@bmused55 even though it looks like a police van, yea.. wtf just park in the middle lol
eddp777 6 months ago
holy fuck!!!!
DaveDoomm 6 months ago
that's England for yer, people stop and help straight away
MickeyLove01 7 months ago
Total numptie car driver could have very easily pulled in front of the truck but thought he couldn't over take on near side......first class tosser...could afford a "sports car" but doesn't know how to drive it.
tzagnasti 7 months ago
Where is the fire department?
TheGetsome13 7 months ago
Now I know why the crash happened...... They were driving on the WRONG side of the road..... LOL (from USA)
fueledbymusic3 7 months ago
@fueledbymusic3 No that's the wright side of the.From New Zealand
Legendliveon 6 months ago
he was exactly in the trucks blind spot, trust me im a truck driver
lifesnojoke333 7 months ago
You notice the camera starts zooming it at 5:50, and when it zooms back out again at 9:40 all the cars are gone? It's fkn magic!
karlww 7 months ago
the truck let the car on, the car then matches the trucks speed, on the near aide, the trucks are speed limited, cant accelerate, but the car will stay there for miles, till the truck slows down, in the overtaking lane, to let the car undertake, it happens time and time again, daily, its why a lot of trucks now wont pull out to let cars in
TheAndypanda 7 months ago
All this modern tecnology there shoud'nt be any blind spots. Mirrors should cover every angle.
Some lorry drivers drive like a **** cos they're vehicles bigger than others.
richspence1969 7 months ago
The first truck, his college drive away. what a fucking asshole!!!
eurojobber2 7 months ago