There was no way the truck driver would have seen her, she crossed straight in front of him completely out of his view, he would have had no idea she was there with the length of his bonnet
bill-robinson,
Sep 5, 6:18am
should have seen her overtaking and when she did not appear in front of him and was not in the mirrors where else could she be?
She cut right in front of him from his left, surprised she didn't clip the truck then, would have been in a complete blind spot for the truck driver & no way he would have known she'd got in front of him
bill-robinson,
Sep 5, 6:57am
she must have knocked the mirrors off then? if the truck driver did not know, why did he stop further up the road, i am not commenting on the visibility from the cab i know what it is like, just his spacial awareness is not that great
hamhonda,
Sep 5, 7:00am
Did you watch it? She was in front of his mirror IN HIS BLIND SPOT
bill-robinson,
Sep 5, 7:02am
did she just grow there then?
hamhonda,
Sep 5, 7:04am
He would likely have seen the car spin out in his mirror & then stopped at his next available chance. The length of his bonnet & the small size of her car would have made it impossible for him to see her cut in front like she did and no way of seeing her sitting right on his bumper
bill-robinson,
Sep 5, 7:09am
he did not see her overtake him then? could not see lights in his mirrors as she overtook then? he drives 40 ton truck safely then? really?
thunderbolt,
Sep 5, 7:44am
I'm guessing you didn't see the incident, but clearly have made your mind up already. The reporting laid the blame squarely on the Truck Driver, but in this case, I feel the car driver has to take her share as well.
It is entirely feasible that the first the truck driver new she was there was after she was spat out into the left lane and he spotted her in his mirrors.
bill-robinson,
Sep 5, 9:16am
your guess is right.i did not see the incident only the footage shown on tv. were you there? i agree both were at fault.but he was not using his mirror as she came up along side. if he had been he should have wondered "what happened to the silly girl that was passing me" that is my view but people will only see what the want to see.
tony9,
Sep 5, 9:28am
The "show" blamed the truck driver. The police did not. The truck driver was not prosecuted, I imagine the cops did more investigation than the show did.
hamhonda,
Sep 5, 9:41am
Well without the truckie taking notes of rego numbers he could easily miss her. He may have seen her behind him in his mirror then crazy as it may seem he may have looked up at road in front of him, look back at his mirror after she'd passed, seen another black car in his mirror and conclude it was the same.
kazbanz,
Sep 5, 10:13am
Bill--can I ask you. Do you drive or have you driven a big or even mid sized rig? If not I'd suggest you see if you can get a ridealong in one. See how long they take to stop or start to slow down. After you do I strongly suggest you will change your POV. I suspect to you will drive differently around trucks. Honestly dude -a big rig has a massive blind spot Combine that with a black car in a tunnel and the trucky was on a hiding to nowhere.That was one reason why the Auckland tunnel has a "no lane change rule" Matey I DON'T think truckies are "driving gods" but I do feel that for your own protection the general public should be more carefull driving around them.
clampits,
Sep 5, 10:21am
She cut the truck off then slowed down dizzy tart.When she changed into the truck's lane she had less than a car length between them.imagine the mess if the truck stopped in the tunnel with the traffic flowing into the back of it at 80 ks
theram1,
Sep 5, 10:33am
There is a rather large blind spot right in front of those T900's, looks like she pulled across to soon and was right in that spot.
Q1 yes so sorry I was thinking about the whole scenario, not just my truck is bigger than you car. SORRY I THINK ABOUT THINGS AND PRESENT THEM FOR DEBATE no debate on this thread, too may truckies.
bjmh,
Sep 5, 12:53pm
I 'd think twice before touching those car park barriers after watching that programme.
hamhonda,
Sep 5, 1:00pm
bit sticky ya reckon?
kazbanz,
Sep 5, 1:03pm
Nahh dude If you have driven in a truck then you'll know what the story is. Debate is what its all about. I just feel your opinion is wrong. Or to rephrase a little-"I will fight to the death for your right to express your opinion-But that doesn't mean I agree with it"
bill-robinson,
Sep 5, 1:16pm
so thousands of miles in a right hand drive truck in left hand drive countries is not as good as a dumb driver not able to remember what he saw in his mirror for more than 1 second. keep driving your way, I will avoid you
vivac,
Sep 5, 1:23pm
Total stitch up by the TV program. Where the video starts you clearly see her cut in right in front of the truck, if you were in the driver seat of the truck she could have still been in the other lane and not been visible even if she was slightly ahead of you, im picking the truck driver would have thought she was still there as he wouldn't have been able to see the lane change as it was too close to the front of his rig. Her fault.
tamarillo,
Sep 5, 2:45pm
Won't the truck have a dash cam? Love to see it.
saki,
Sep 5, 3:09pm
I was more concerned about the shiela strutting her stuff on the parking building barrier arm.
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