Bloody artic drivers!

Dr. Z · 21-02-2008, 01:02

Just got a call from my mate (Matt, I have spoken about him and our projects before, www.matt-j.co.uk) to say that as he was overtaking an artic in a 50mph stretch of motorway, as he got level with the cab it just smashed into the side of him.

He span through 180 degrees and went "under" the front of the artic and then flipped over, rolled and then slid along on his drivers door, smashing into the armco on the hard shoulder and slid to a halt on its side.

He has just been put under an anaesthetic and is having at least some stitches but he was at least talking enough to speak to me on the phone about it.

My guess is that it was probably a left-hand drive artic from the continent which simply cannot see what is going on alongside them in lane 2.

I try and get past artics as quickly as possible but it seems like the speed limit on the heavily-enforced stretch of motorway he was on prevented him from doing so.

Grr! I am glad he is OK. If he had been killed I would have been pretty devastated.

21-02-2008, 01:02	#1
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	Bloody artic drivers! Just got a call from my mate (Matt, I have spoken about him and our projects before, www.matt-j.co.uk) to say that as he was overtaking an artic in a 50mph stretch of motorway, as he got level with the cab it just smashed into the side of him. He span through 180 degrees and went "under" the front of the artic and then flipped over, rolled and then slid along on his drivers door, smashing into the armco on the hard shoulder and slid to a halt on its side. He has just been put under an anaesthetic and is having at least some stitches but he was at least talking enough to speak to me on the phone about it. My guess is that it was probably a left-hand drive artic from the continent which simply cannot see what is going on alongside them in lane 2. I try and get past artics as quickly as possible but it seems like the speed limit on the heavily-enforced stretch of motorway he was on prevented him from doing so. Grr! I am glad he is OK. If he had been killed I would have been pretty devastated. __________________