It's actually hard to work out quite how the mondeo managed to be There, must have damn nearly hit the centre island, which makes it even more bizzare that they didn't stop! Seems that the local news was blaming the lorry driver from the comments section. Love how they still call them lorries.
skin1235,
Apr 12, 9:58am
did the driver with the dash cam (truck )not bother to check his mirrors, the Mondeo must have been alongside him, note the dash cam says he was doing 26km hr when the modeo appeared from the right, obviously the Mondeo was doing more, he'd just come through the intersection, probably behind the red car which pulled out and overtook the truck, and probably didn't realise the road narrowed down to single lane quite quickly, thought he too could overtake the slower truck definitely ruined his holiday finding out two vehicles cannot fit between the island and the side of the road at the same time
have another look at it, and see if you can work out who was in the correct lane, its a two lane merging to one - I get the impression the Mondeo actually had right of way
johotech,
Apr 12, 10:03am
No I think the truck had the right of way. There are merging arrows on the right lane.
Geez those UK caravans sure blow apart easy!
stevo2,
Apr 12, 10:05am
I see arrows as the right hand lane merges with into the left lane. The truck was stopped and began moving to 26 mph. Without seeing a bit more of the road I would think the Mondeo was at fault
grangies,
Apr 12, 11:47am
It's possible the mondeo had to swing right into the oncoming lane to avoid the traffic island, then he flicked it to the left in a hurry to get back to the correct side of the road. And then things turned to custard. Hahahah
No one was hurt, and I find the video actually hilarious. Too many dicks out there see a truck and just HAVE TO GET PASSED. It's as though it's in their psyche feel they need to overtake.
mack77,
Apr 12, 11:59am
As an ex truck driver I couldn't agree more with your last comment. Cars drivers just don't know how to behave safely around trucks and are prepared to risk their life just to save a few seconds, and that seems to be the attitude to time these days.
easygoer,
Apr 12, 12:03pm
Mondeo had to be in the wrong, they didn't appear in view at all until they swept in front of the truck, a case of impatient driving it seems
crankypants69,
Apr 12, 1:01pm
Have come close to doing EXACTLY this a number of times at the Taupiri roundabout heading towards Ngaruawahia. Some are determined they won't follow a truck
gmphil,
Apr 12, 1:16pm
lol funny as ! Mondeo driver wasnt awake clearly his fault , arrow markin clearly road narrows . I missed news other nite!, wot was story re truck versus mobility scooter ,who at fault there ?
mrfxit,
Apr 12, 2:42pm
Some are simply determined to be in from of any vehicle they deem older or slower then themselves regardless of side lengthways spacing. I get this a few times a month in my van where at the end of the merge lanes, the car beside me clearly at least halfway (nose of their vehicle) back down my side will suddenly charge ahead & cut me off, (50/50 if they make it or have to back off).
I don't give a flying crud if I am being slow (to them), me being well ahead automatically gives me right of way.
richardmayes,
Apr 12, 5:54pm
Mondeo clearly coming from behind and trying to beat the truck. Idiot. I have no sympathy.
dr.doolittle,
Apr 12, 6:12pm
Or here's another spin on your judgement. Maybe the driver of the Mondero(?) had a heart attack, aneurysm, diabetes, or to dumb it down for you, a brain fart.
skin1235,
Apr 12, 6:15pm
looking at it again, yep, strange as it may seem the right lane was directed ( arrows) to merge into the left lane, left lane has right of way, merge like a zip BEHIND the other traffic, seems their grasp of merging is as poor as most of NZ drivers too, that must be in front attitude gets them everytime
richardmayes,
Apr 12, 6:47pm
Thanks, I need people to dumb things down for me.
motorboy2011,
Apr 13, 10:56am
In my head, the front wheels of the truck were more or less in the one lane after merging, so he's in front of the car, so has right of way.
tweake,
Apr 13, 11:18am
its not about who is in front. its, can the overtaking vehicle overtake safely? video clearly shows what happens when you don't overtake safely.
motorboy2011,
Apr 13, 11:21am
Well to me it is about who's in front. If I'm merging, and the front wheels of the car next to me are in front, he has right of way.
mrfxit,
Apr 13, 11:45am
Yep 1st in 1st serve in that specific situation.
sr2,
Apr 13, 1:46pm
I know the feeling well. My diesel Ducato is surprisingly quick of the mark when not pulling a big load. It's amazing how often I have to button off when an onramp merges into one lane just to save some idiot that's who's run out of acceleration while trying to get around me. You'd think "merging like a zip" was an easy concept to get your head around!
grangies,
Apr 13, 2:51pm
I love pausing the video at 20s and freeze framing it.
The way the rear whole rear panel becomes perfectly in line with the right hand side, then F$%#%NG WHOOSH LOL. It's like a tornado has torn through it hahahahhaha.
captaink,
Apr 13, 5:01pm
''have another look at it, and see if you can work out who was in the correct lane, its a two lane merging to one - I get the impression the Mondeo actually had right of way'. I've looked at it over and over and can't see your logic at all, the truck is clearly in the single lane having driven straight forward from the intersection. The Mondeo is merging from the right therefore has to change lanes, the onus is on him as he is changing direction, he either had to drive around or over the traffic island to get to the point where he tried to get in front, I wonder what speed he came through the intersection at, he can't have been anyhere near the first car through! Those Euro caravans are tough tho, clip a bumper and it's a write off, no chassis at the back = no strength!
skin1235,
Apr 13, 6:13pm
captaink, so which is it, a single lane as you say, or a double lane as you say when this " merging from the right " comes up I was at first thinking Kiwi, where do we ever have the inside lane merging to the outside, its a double lane intersection that then peels to the right
Later on a second look I saw the arrows directing such, ie centre lane merging out into the left lane ( do you know of anywhere in NZ that this happens )
heres a thought, he was an immigrant, a foreigner to their roads, and had no idea they had switched all normal sense of road directions off for that intersection, he thought the lane continued around the corner, and the truck continually squeezing into "his" lane caused him to accelerate to try to get out of its way - the concrete bollard caused him to swing back in before the caravan was clear of the trucks front
we all know what antics foreigners get up to, god forbid they should have a caravan up their chuff and not allow for the extra length before pulling back in
fordcrzy,
Apr 13, 7:17pm
take that common sense and get outta here!
skin1235,
Apr 13, 7:23pm
so you're not a Kiwi Male the are you, they must be first, even if near death to others is involved, fek, if you beat me in by some cheating method I will drive under your bumper for the next 5 k's until I can swing out, get past and cut you off, giving you the finger at the same time, cos then we may be even, until tomorrow
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