Barking Mat
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Off to sit in thé corner with my cône of shame...
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James1979
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No I didn’t see it either. I thought you were correct
Barking Mat
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I'm sûre someone said front left ???No I didn’t see it either. I thought you were correct
Haha. I was pulling your leg. I cant see enough of that wheel to say its not burst.
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Exactly all the tyres still look inflated, maybe the Facebook information was incorrect, however I do not believe it can be as everything posted on Facebook is 101% genuine and true.
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Yes, exactly this! That tyre looks far from flat to me.
Can't tell without looking at the incident, however, butI was very close behind an accident on M6 north recently.
The front tyre on a Merc SUV doing 60MPH on the nearside lane blew, the car swerved left, driver overcorrected, and went from inside lane to central barrier in less than a second, taking the front off another car along the way. Very lucky IMHO.
For context, at 60MPH, if something goes wrong, you'll make the 10M journey from left lane to the central barrier in ABOUT 0.4 seconds.
Just pleased nobody was hurt.
The front tyre on a Merc SUV doing 60MPH on the nearside lane blew, the car swerved left, driver overcorrected, and went from inside lane to central barrier in less than a second, taking the front off another car along the way. Very lucky IMHO.
For context, at 60MPH, if something goes wrong, you'll make the 10M journey from left lane to the central barrier in ABOUT 0.4 seconds.
Just pleased nobody was hurt.
If the nearside blew, as soon as you touch the brakes, you are turning right . . . I would guess, even with ABS on a modern car. Similar happened to me a long time ago - takes some quick thinking to come off the brakes and use the handbrake and a lot of corrective lock to get it slowed straight-ish.
I have to load my trials car on backward, even though its front engine. Center of gravity is so far back (just in-front of the rear wheels) its the only way to tow it. But then my Caterham, front engined, and front biased, I simply cannot get it on far enough to get enough nose weight - which I discovered the first time I towed it as soon as I lifted off having achieved my usual trials car towing speed . . . mind you, having a top speed limited to 50mph meant I got the best ever mpg out of my Lancia integrale, towing or not!
Sounds similar to an experience I had one rainy night on the M4 near Swindon. Think this lasted about 20secs. Felt like a lifetime. When I came to a standstill all the curtains were down and the dash warning said 'proceed with caution, reduced tyre pressure'
Insurance assessor couldn't believe I walked away from it!
You see it quite often where two diagonal wheels are strapped but I'm pretty sure you got tugged by DVSA you'd be in trouble. Like you I strap all 4 no matter far I'm going.
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Was driving to the ferry middle of the night, just trucking along in Lane 2, minding my own business. Would have been M25, possibly, was a while back.
This car toboggans past me in lane 3 on its roof, bounces off something in lane 1, then straight back across into the armco then spins back across into the French drain. I sort of adjusted my speed to time not hitting him / being hit but I’ll never forget seeing that.
Never did find anything about it.
This car toboggans past me in lane 3 on its roof, bounces off something in lane 1, then straight back across into the armco then spins back across into the French drain. I sort of adjusted my speed to time not hitting him / being hit but I’ll never forget seeing that.
Never did find anything about it.
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Did you stop to assist ?
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Did I fk!!
Unlit section of motorway in the pitch black without a hard shoulder. No chance.
I did consider it but the main factor was that by then I was a few (at least) hundred metres past by the time I’d had the thought which made the whole thing even worse as I’d have had to walk back. There were lights behind some of whom stopped.
I didn’t call it in once I saw others had stopped as there’s nothing worse than someone calling up emergency services with absolutely no information to give. They prefer someone on scene.
I’ve stopped countless times to assist in other situations but fast roads is one you really need to be careful of as you’ll easily end up making things a lot worse.
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Only ever had one fishtailing incident and that was caused by underinflated tyres on the twin-axle plant trailer. I got into a weave after crowning a hill on the A2 and found that I could not slow down without it getting worse. It was the longest down-hill of my life, keeping the tiniest bit of power on to stop it increasing the weave until the slope flattened out. This must have been in the mid-90's and I've never hooked up a trailer since without checking all of the tyres first.
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I had this a few weeks ago, moving two MF35 tractors and various implements.
First trip went ok but on the second I cocked up the weight distribution and it wouldn't do more than 40mph without a horrible weave setting in. The first dozen or so miles were narrow lanes taken at a snail's pace so by the time I noticed it was too late to turn back and try to re-load it all.
Apologies to anyone who was following me down the A40 that day. I must have pulled into every lay-by west of Abergavenny to let the tailback past.
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Until a few more details emerge, this thread is just mostly full of speculation.
The landy might be aimed at the central reservation, but will not hit it from the near side lane in anywhere near 0.4s. 60mph is 27m/s. 0.4s would be 11m. Straight across, yes, but not when having to change direction, I would think.
Trailer does not appear to have turned over. It should have applied its brakes on becoming detached from the towing vehicle. The load should be secured adequately - I would expect the load to tip over the trailer rather than come adrift. I’ll wait to see some more details, if the truth is ever realised. We might know what should not have happened, but not what did occur, or why.
The landy might be aimed at the central reservation, but will not hit it from the near side lane in anywhere near 0.4s. 60mph is 27m/s. 0.4s would be 11m. Straight across, yes, but not when having to change direction, I would think.
Trailer does not appear to have turned over. It should have applied its brakes on becoming detached from the towing vehicle. The load should be secured adequately - I would expect the load to tip over the trailer rather than come adrift. I’ll wait to see some more details, if the truth is ever realised. We might know what should not have happened, but not what did occur, or why.
