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Originally Posted by Darcydog
They showed the entire footage from the lorry previously. The Lorry driver had no chance whatsoever to avoid the collision. He was overtaken by another HGV who then pulled in front of him and blocked his view. Then this lorry swerved to avoid the minibus leaving him no chance to avoid it himself.
Incredibly sad - and the question has to be why and what caused the minibus to come to a halt in lane one?
Was blocking off whole sections of the motorway hard shoulder for work to be done on it to convert it to a “smart motorway” (with no hard shoulder  ) sensible as this left the driver of the minibus no opportunity of a safe zone to pull into? |
I think Ford are looing at the transit to determine why it stopped and Highways England have been asked about the barrier and no place of safety.
This of course could happen on a smart motorway where the hard shoulder becomes lane 1.
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