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discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2135 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I wouldn't like to experience it in anything |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 12509 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Yes, I didn't phrase that very well, did I?
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Simon Audi Member Since: 19 Nov 2020 Location: Newport Posts: 201 ![]() ![]() |
Great that no one stopped to see if he was alive... call police... etc.... |
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donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1195 ![]() |
Looks like he lost the nearside rear wheel - you can see it bouncing off into the grass.
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bcp Member Since: 01 Aug 2012 Location: East of Scotland Posts: 85 ![]() ![]() |
Looks like the M11 north of Stansted |
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 12509 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The trucker whose dashcam recorded the crash says it was the M4. |
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SN Member Since: 29 Jun 2007 Location: SK6 Posts: 149 ![]() ![]() |
Its the M4 25 miles west of Swindon - there is a glimpse of a sign
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LR90XS2011 Member Since: 05 Apr 2011 Location: bickenhill Posts: 3044 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
for anyone not seeing this yet watch from 55 seconds DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,
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Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 4916 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bloody hell. As pointed out by Donmacn it looks like a near side front wheel failure. Wonder if it was loose or sneered bolts? I got more and more tense waiting that first minute. Hope they were ok.
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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 12509 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Traffic on the opposite carriageway appears to me to be stopping (I guess it could just be slowing down). I have no doubt that several people will have stopped. To be honest I am not sure that I'd expect the dashcam owner to stop since obstructing the hard shoulder, crossing a live carriageway strewn with debris, and entering another live carriageway with a wrecked vehicle is an exceptionally hazardous undertaking and would undoubtedly attract criticism. It is entirely possible that the reason the trucker slows and pulls back to L1 is that he's already dialling the emergency services to report the incident (and tell them it is caught on camera), as well as checking in his mirror that people on the other side are stopping. |
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discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2135 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think Blackwolf is correct. A similar thing happened to me a few years ago on the M18 where a van had a blow out immediately in front of me in Lane 2 and finished up going over the central armco onto the opposite carriageway. I immediately pulled onto the hard shoulder and dialled 999 while at the same time checking that someone had stopped to help on the other carriageway. The driver behind me also pulled on the hard shoulder to check that I was ringing for the emergency services.
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