blimey

[barrett]

holy shit you guys... bad times.on the plus side, WVM you have a top beard!

[bigstraight6]

Jeez, that must have smarted a bit whitevanman

[whitevanman]

/\ Not really the only times it hurt were the initial fitting 32lbs/ft is not what your skull is designed for and about 30 minutes later my neck muscles went into spasam for about 3 hours...the worst pain I have EVER come accross.....quite decided that death was a more pleasent option at that point thankfully they gave me something other than Morphine as I am pretty much immune to most pain killers for a laugh I'll put a pic up of the missing fingers....courtesy of a Mondeo PAS bracket !!!!

[whitevanman]

WVM you have a top beard!

Ha, thanks B, but it is the only time I've kept a beard, however I have sported a few dodgy moustaches and looks over the years....

 

1974... the other ones my brother

 

1976..Blackpool, Oxford bags........

 

1983...bad times, very bad times.....

 

1985...No only 3/4 of those cans were mine...

 

1986....still not getting this "style" business.......

 

1989....Much more like it...

 

1992....OH godz another "Arnie" replica also the last year my hair was cut

 

 

right, now that I've embarred myself I'm to have a drink..I need it !!!

[garbaldy]

right, now that I've embarred myself I'm to have a drink..I need it !!!

looks like youve had a couple already from that wreck pick you posted you are a lucky so and so i take it it was a delicia, its prety hard to tell from whats left.

[retrogeezer]

Superb Photos!

[VWPowered]

back on topic..

 

 

i'll get me coat

[garbaldy]

i'll get me coat

why you cold like.

[Minimad5]

Enjoyed the pics - Thanks WVM .

[autofive]

 

dunc, that pic is a corker

 

but, im becoming concerned you might have inspired hotwire from retro rides

 

 

* i decline to post up pics of my previous haircuts

[whitevanman]

right, now that I've embarred myself I'm to have a drink..I need it !!!

looks like youve had a couple already from that wreck pick you posted you are a lucky so and so i take it it was a delicia, its prety hard to tell from whats left.

Aye it was indeed...any less of a vehicle and I certainly wouldn't be here, sod airbags etc, get a chassis with rollover hoops built in

[whitevanman]

but, im becoming concerned you might have inspired hotwire from retro rides * i decline to post up pics of my previous haircuts

who he then??

[scruff]

Wow WVM

 

I got hit by an artic in one of the company LRs on the A1M a few years ago, someone didn't see me and pulled off the hard shoulder right under the bumper. I anchored up, span on the wet tarmac and...

 

 

 

Bump on my head, otherwise fine. The Landy drove onto the low loader, the tractor unit that hit me had to be craned onto a transporter.

[VWPowered]

 

is this what happened to the clio i wonder

[Polystratus]

this what happened to the clio i wonder

You could be onto something there, it's the same sort of incident.

[MrRegieRitmo]

These video clips really send a chill down my spine

[worldofceri]

 

is this what happened to the clio i wonder

Without a doubt. Except judging by the face that they're travelling in lane 2, I wouldn't be surprised if the Clio pulled out on the lorry making it more likely that the driver is genuinely oblivious. The car is in a blind spot for the trucker, unbelieveable as that sounds. Interesting that the truck pushes the car for just as long in the clip above (on a dry road) as in the UK clip (very wet road).

 

Obviously we don't know the circumstances, and it's unfortunate that the clip starts when it does, but I hope a professional driver doesn't lose his livelihood due to the actions of some dipshit car driver and some sort of OMG DEATH TRUCKER SCUM media frenzy.

[Mr Lobster]

Obviously we don't know the circumstances, and it's unfortunate that the clip starts when it does, but I hope a professional driver doesn't lose his livelihood due to the actions of some dipshit car driver and some sort of OMG DEATH TRUCKER SCUM media frenzy.

Quite possibly not the truck drivers fault with the Clio and I'd hope the media frenzy doesn't see him lose his job if its not his fault. He very probably would be able to see the Clio until it was too late, and once he had hit it, maybe he didn't brake that hard to try and avoid jacknifing the truck and making matters a whole lot worse.

[retrogeezer]

Well, I don't see why the truck driver should lose his job for having an 'accident' and I would find it very hard to believe he would have done it on purpose.Also, I would have thought the best thing to do in that situation would be to just come off the gas and coast to a halt if possible rather than braking and flinging the Clio off the front?

[Lankytim]

Apparently the whole situation was resoilved by Arclid transport and the rozzers back in January, since this clip has come to light the police are looing back into it and the driver has been suspended. Id be pretty miffed had I been that driver!Looking at the clip it wouldnt surprise me the clio moved over to allow cars, such as the camera car to join the A1. Unfortunately the clio driver didnt see the lorry. Well it does weigh 44t and is 50ft long so its easy to miss. The road looks wet so the clio could be pushed along easily with very little drag on the truck. I bet a good gust of headwind would have more effect on the trucks speed than a trapped french shopping trolley.The clio *should* be visible to the lorry driver but if hes a bit of a short arse, and has the air suspension seat turned off so the seat is on the deck (V common, as they never seem to work properly) then theres every chance he wouldnt see a small car across his bows.

[pogweasel]

Yes the driver could be totally blameless. Though it is equally* likely that he was:(a) fast asleep( caning his tits off on amphetamine sulphate© pissing into a bottle(d) watching a DVD(e) wanking over some pr0nPlease note that other sweeping generalisations regarding lorry drivers are available.

[155V6]

Yes the driver could be totally blameless. Though it is equally* likely that he was:(a) fast asleep( caning his tits off on amphetamine sulphate© pissing into a bottle(d) watching a DVD(e) wanking over some pr0nPlease note that other sweeping generalisations regarding lorry drivers are available.

See also Eating a bowl of spaghetti like I saw on one of those Police STOP! programmes

[retrogeezer]

yeh, or programming a route change on his laptops navigation system like that wanker that killed a family on the M6 a year or so back.

[Guest Tony Hayers]

F. Eating a yoghurt whilst steering with your elbows and reading the autotrader.

[barrett]

Please note that other sweeping generalisations regarding lorry drivers are available.

Killing a prostitute?

[trigger]

I remember a little while ago one of the crane drivers at work knocked a 40ft container of a stack about 4 high which must be 50ft, It landed on the trailer and squashed it, When the lorry driver got out the cab he was covered in tea where he was making a cuppa in the back.

[pogweasel]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/envi ... 003192575/

[Mr Lobster]

"By 2015 we would hope to see hundreds of hybrid cars full of local authority recycling consultants being pushed up and down our motorway network by the vast fleet of bio-diesel lorries transporting George Monbiot's weekly medication."