Overtake gone wrong

[SVS]

Thought folks might enjoy this moment of excitement

www.therevcounter.com/staying-alive/72554-overtake...

Any recommendations what I could have done differently

[james_gt3rs]

I almost didn't believe my eyes watching that!

[Nigel Worc's]

Jesus wept, that'd be time for fresh trollies !

[davepoth]

This is the second time I've seen this, and now I think it's an emergency stop on rubbish tyres rather than an overtake. Damn scary either way.

[XG332]

Got the direct link? Nothing showing up on my iPad.

[Mr Gearchange]

Same here.

[BonzoG]

davepoth said:

This is the second time I've seen this, and now I think it's an emergency stop on rubbish tyres rather than an overtake. Damn scary either way.

+1. The nose of the camera car dives before he moves out to 'pass' the box van - so he's already on the brakes. Just not hard enough.

[Funk]

XG332 said:

Got the direct link? Nothing showing up on my iPad.

One of the reasons I no longer really use my iPad... So much of the net just didn't work properly.

[AndyT77]

Funk said:

One of the reasons I no longer really use my iPad... So much of the net just didn't work properly.

I thought that was the point of them?

Anyway, the video, Jesus wept!

[The Black Flash]

BonzoG said:

davepoth said:

This is the second time I've seen this, and now I think it's an emergency stop on rubbish tyres rather than an overtake. Damn scary either way.

+1. The nose of the camera car dives before he moves out to 'pass' the box van - so he's already on the brakes. Just not hard enough.

Yeah, he tries to stop but has to go around or run into the back of the truck. Lucky, lucky, lucky!

[waremark]

BonzoG said:

+1. The nose of the camera car dives before he moves out to 'pass' the box van - so he's already on the brakes. Just not hard enough.

Or too hard? In any case, too late. It is slippery enough for the lorry to jackknife on a straightish bit of road.

[Humper]

SVS said:

Any recommendations what I could have done

Put the lottery on

[JM]

waremark said:

Or too hard? In any case, too late. It is slippery enough for the lorry to jackknife on a straightish bit of road.

Looks like the lorry was caught out by the slow moving/stopped snow plough, presumably he never realised it was going slow or had stopped, and swerved out last second causing the near jack-knife.