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[tuffer]

Just noticed this picture and do not wish to jump to conclusions but what would you say happened here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershi...

Without any other supporting facts I would say the car drove down the wrong side of the barrier and hit the truck head on. I may be completely wrong, I am just basing it on what I can see in the picture. So, poor road design, bad conditions or just bad driving?

[TooMany2cvs]

tuffer said:

Just noticed this picture and do not wish to jump to conclusions but what would you say happened here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershi...

Without any other supporting facts I would say the car drove down the wrong side of the barrier and hit the truck head on. I may be completely wrong, I am just basing it on what I can see in the picture. So, poor road design, bad conditions or just bad driving?

The pic relates to these articles, with a bit more detail...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershi...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24849497

[Pet Troll]

I'm not quite sure how someone could end up on the wrong side of the road there, I travel that road almost every day and don't see why it is labelled as a dangerous part.

It is quite a long hill so perhaps if someone ended up going too fast on the way down (for whatever reason) then they could overshoot the left hand corner near/at the bottom.

We could speculate for ever though...