Lorry pushes car at 60mph in Yorkshire - Video Included! - Polidicks

[quote=Guardian]A haulage firm today began an investigation after a video emerged that appears to show a lorry driver speeding along a motorway unaware that a car was trapped under its bumper. The mobile phone footage shows an Arclid Transport lorry travelling in the fast lane on the A1(M) near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, with a blue Renault Clio trapped sideways under its bumper. The footage, believed to have been filmed in January by passengers in a vehicle on the same road, showed the driver of the Clio – who has not so far been identified – appearing to try to release the car by pressing the brakes. A male voice can be heard inside the car from which the scene was filmed, shouting: "He [the lorry driver] hasn't even seen it." It is believed the car driver emerged without any serious injuries once both vehicles had come to a stop. The footage was later posted on YouTube. A spokesman for Cheshire-based Arclid Transport, which specialises in transporting bulk powders and granular products throughout the UK, said an investigation had begun. "I've no idea if the video is genuine," the spokesman added. "We're actually doing an internal investigation at the moment." A West Yorkshire police spokesman said: "On 13 January at around 8.30am, we attended a road traffic collision on the southbound A1 near Wetherby, to a report that a blue Renault Clio had been in collision with an HGV. "At the time of our attendance, there were no injuries and both vehicles were on the hard shoulder of the motorway. "As a result, at the time, the incident was treated as a damage-only collision. However, in light of the new evidence, we are re-investigating the collision and the matter has been passed to our major collision inquiry team. Inquiries are ongoing."[/quote] [B]Video is reuploaded here:[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lze88sU9IGg[/media] [B]Source:[/B] [I][url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/18/lorry-pushes-trapped-car-motorway[/url][/I] :sax: Also side note: Just because you seen it on the news doesn't mean I'm fucking late. [/rant]

Holy shit.

Haha lorry. I love you Brits.

[QUOTE=Panda X;20819485]Holy shit.[/QUOTE] Apparently this went on for over a mile before the driver actually realized.

The truck is a Toyota? Another Floormat malfunction?

haha what the shit?

Hahahahahah oh my god yes

Wasn't there photos of this drifting around the forums 2 days ago?

the lorry was probably a toyota one

This is what happens when lorrys restricted to 60mph leave the slow lane

Just saw this on BBC3 about 20 minutes ago.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hHvYX-px0o[/media] Reminds me of this story.

Driver must have been a pretty slow guy.

[QUOTE=pyrofiliac;20819973]Driver must have been a pretty slow guy.[/QUOTE] It's funny because he was driving at 60mph! Which isn't considered slow! HA hA HA

Woohoo! Yorkshire is mentioned on the news!

In the fast lane... thats illegal anyway. Dah fuck is wrong with some lorry drivers

[QUOTE=slamex;20820187]In the fast lane... thats illegal anyway. Dah fuck is wrong with some lorry drivers[/QUOTE] It looks like it's in the middle lane, which is allowed

What I want to know if why the trucker wasn't paying attention to the road before the "collision" :raise: How is this possible.

[QUOTE=MUFC2007;20820327]What I want to know if why the trucker wasn't paying attention to the road before the "collision" :raise: How is this possible.[/QUOTE] Midget driving the truck?

Holy crap.

So why was the semi going faster then the car(that the video was being shot from)?

[QUOTE=InsanePyro;20822461]So why was the semi going faster then the car(that the video was being shot from)?[/QUOTE] it's the uk, they drive on the wrong side, the fast lane is furthest to the right

[QUOTE=_Twitch_;20822697]it's the uk, they drive on the [b]correct[/b] side of the road, the fast lane is furthest to the right[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=JSharpe;20824303][/QUOTE] JSharpe, stop right now, and look. Do you realize how much frustration this might have caused for people that drive on the right side of the road? Don't turn this into another one of [I]those[/I] threads.

hahahaha...... lorry

What kind of person is stupid enough to NOT notice THAT?

I saw this on cosmic duck's twitter. That was hilarious.

At first I thought it said "Larry" instead of "Lorry", so I thought "Holy shit he must be strong".

The driver of the car must have been shitting himself.

WOW!! That was rad!