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Rare? do you not listen to the daily traffic reports? Well maybe in West Yorks but as an M25/M4 commuter there are not many days when some idiot has had to try and fail to cut someone up.

Makes you wonder why he didn't hit the hazard flashers and steer for the hard shoulder.

With it being fly by wire an electrical failure would make it hard to do either. I've only driven a lambo for a short time but they are nice cars

Did put a conrod through the block of a Golf many years ago while in outside lane of M25 and like Neil freewheeled onto hard shoulder

Edited By JasonB on 25/06/2020 17:19:28

Bazyle. Statistically speaking RTCs are rare, when you consider the number of Miles driven without incident.

I know what you mean though, junction 28 29 of the M1 must be a good place to run a recovery operation.

And yes Neil, one has to wonder why stopping in lane 3 was necessary. I would rather be anywhere other than a live lane at any time of day or night on our motorway network. And even the hard shoulder was not without its risks.

A good friend of mine lost both his legs to a Frenchman driving a double decker bus M1 south on the hard shoulder.

He was recovering a previous bump, full recovery vehicle precautions, lights, cones etc and this boy still managed to drive straight into the car transporter he was loading with a vehicle.

I don't believe there was a prosecution either as he was a French national.

Some kind people wont let you pull over and cross their lane either.

If, in an emergency, you have to stop in the outside or any other lane of the motorway, and you're the first in line, it's a good idea to turn your wheel slightly to the left as you come to a halt so that you stop at a slight angle to the direction of traffic. That way, vehicles behind you have a bigger clue that you are not moving. Police drivers do this routinely.

Michael, thank you for this posting. I can confirm that I have now cancelled my Lambo order….

Don't feel too sorry for the fellow, he obviously has so much money that his garage is full of cars which are about as much use as a chocolate teapot in 70mph limits. Back in the days when I had a 200cc Honda Benley which did 70 flat out, I overtook 50 times as many supercars as ever overtook me.

A gearbox failure can bring you to a rapid halt and no matter how quick you are on the clutch it will not help you. I had an entertaining day stripping the Trident gearbox on the side of the road, I nearly got back home with a bent main shaft and some damaged gear teeth, it finally gave up just yards from a mates house so left the bike with him and he gave me and wife a lift home. Finally got bike home the next day under its own steam but had to buy complete gearbox cluster and shafts to rebuild.

Mike

Dare I suggest that the van driver failed to observe the "2 second rule" advocated in the Police driving manual, "Roadcraft"? Consequently "Driving without due care" should be the charge.

This book is available for sale to the general public. I bought a copy for one of my Grandchildren, last year.

Furthermore, any driver should look well ahead to see a situation developing, so that corrective action can be taken in good time.

Most of the time, heavy braking should be almost unnecessary..

Maybe I am prejudiced, having been involved with commercial vehicles of various sorts since a teenager, and taught to drive by my father who had passed the Driving Examiner test. And I held a PSV licence for nine years, in the days before synchromesh, automatic transmissions and anti lock brakes. The difference between stopping a double decker with full compressed air brakes and an older one with vacuum servo is quite marked!

Howard

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I think I'll stick with motorbikes. They look much safer.