Does anyone know if the interlink driver was sacked or just given a stern talking to ■■?
Interesting as the dash cam doesn’t have the speed on it. I have read through this thread and have to smile at some of the comments.
The 40 MPH limit is as dangerous as the people that stick to it. If you do 50 mph you don’t get the suicidal car drivers trying to overtake
In my book the Dash Cam guy is as the one at fault for not letting the interlink driver oast earlier as there is clearly some frustration there 
TTX boy:
Does anyone know if the interlink driver was sacked or just given a stern talking to ■■?
Go back onto the You Tube page and have a look at the comments lol…there are quite a few now!!
Meeee like england … .this job is good me drive truck for £4.50 per hr … i like i like
MrReliable:
If you do 50 mph you don’t get the suicidal car drivers trying to overtake
If we were limited to Mach 1 on SC roads, you’d get car drivers wanting to do Mach 1 + 5mph.
MrReliable:
I have read through this thread and have to smile at some of the comments.
Then goes on to say…
MrReliable:
The 40 MPH limit is as dangerous as the people that stick to it.
Rhythm Thief:
MrReliable:
If you do 50 mph you don’t get the suicidal car drivers trying to overtake
And there’d still be a few lorrys behind wanting the same thing.
Here’s a radical thought, if dash cam man had been doing 40, then interlink would of flown past him.
Cant believe some of you people om here defending this ■■■■■■,for one there would be signs saying that you are approaching the roundabout and two,there would be the obligatory cluster of lights ahead to tell you that a junction is approaching… FFS,get a grip,why should this guy back off and let him in if he is doing the correct speed limit and besides if he does back off it takes so much braking distance way from him,never mind the Interprick driver who will have to stand on his brakes as he would be virtually on top of the roundabout thus most probably causing a rear end smash… I`m astonished that anyone gives this guy any defence in what was a manoevere that should never have been attempted and this moron should be off the road pronto… I despair at some of you people on here that call yourself truck drivers that defend this trash driver,you are no better than him!!
tachograph:
TTX boy:
Has anybody seen this video before ■■? this driver wants banning not just sacking!youtube.com/watch?v=n0Sit4lg1zw
sorry if it’s been posted before.
Again we see someone posting a video that shows potentially dangerous driving and also highlighting their own appalling driving.
That was terrible and potentially dangerous driving by the Interlink driver but why didn’t the driver with the dash-cam slow down and let him in when he realised that he’d made a mistake.
I’m not sure which driver displayed the worst driving attitude, but if I was an employer I wouldn’t employ either of them.
I suppose now people will say it wasn’t his mistake so why should he slow down
I’m with tachograph on this one. The dash cam driver could and should have slowed to let the idiot get past. Clearly interlink is wrong for attempting an overtake in the first place, but any professional driver would have backed off and reported the driver to his company. I wonder what had gone on before this exactly…
Both drivers demonstrated poor driving in my mind. Although interlink more so.
Hang on a bit… no-one is defending the interlink driver- he made a grave error - what we are saying as a professional driver (sic) the other driver could and should have reduced the risk to himself and other road users by simply backing off and letting the idiot in, by not taking action in my view he has only added to the situation, where he could if he chose to stepped back and made an opportunity for the actions of the idiot to be less dangerous for everyone else.
I would have backed off as hard as I could. let him in before the roundabout- and at the same time called him every name under the sun- if someone had come the other way by doing so I may have stopped the muppet hitting them
and that’s what makes the difference, you cant control what other people do on the road, but you have control of what you can do to mitigate their actions - if you cant or don’t want or have this macho thing that they screwed up therefore you don’t need to do anything, get of my roads because your as dangerous as they are.
Rikki-UK:
Hang on a bit… no-one is defending the interlink driver- he made a grave error - what we are saying as a professional driver (sic) the other driver could and should have reduced the risk to himself and other road users by simply backing off and letting the idiot in, by not taking action in my view he has only added to the situation, where he could if he chose to stepped back and made an opportunity for the actions of the idiot to be less dangerous for everyone else.I would have backed off as hard as I could. let him in before the roundabout- and at the same time called him every name under the sun- if someone had come the other way by doing so I may have stopped the muppet hitting them
and that’s what makes the difference, you cant control what other people do on the road, but you have control of what you can do to mitigate their actions - if you cant or don’t want or have this macho thing that they screwed up therefore you don’t need to do anything, get of my roads because your as dangerous as they are.
This is spot on in my book…
Rikki-UK:
Hang on a bit… no-one is defending the interlink driver- he made a grave error - what we are saying as a professional driver (sic) the other driver could and should have reduced the risk to himself and other road users by simply backing off and letting the idiot in, by not taking action in my view he has only added to the situation, where he could if he chose to stepped back and made an opportunity for the actions of the idiot to be less dangerous for everyone else.I would have backed off as hard as I could. let him in before the roundabout- and at the same time called him every name under the sun- if someone had come the other way by doing so I may have stopped the muppet hitting them
and that’s what makes the difference, you cant control what other people do on the road, but you have control of what you can do to mitigate their actions - if you cant or don’t want or have this macho thing that they screwed up therefore you don’t need to do anything, get of my roads because your as dangerous as they are.
There only needs to be a vehicle turning from the roundabout junction to his right and he/she is totalled by this moron
,how the hell is he meant to back off so close to a roundabout,let him in and brake to a reasonable speed for the junction,get real!!!,this interlink driver is a 110% to blame and does not deserve to get behind the wheel ever again… Dash cam man has every right to keep to his position,especially approaching a junction… The consequences of this jerks actions could have been catastrophic,i`m still at a loss as to why you guys are defending him and blaming someone who is not doing anything wrong…dash man couldnt have known this numpty was going to do this until pretty much 2 or 300 yards from the roundabout so no blame at all can be attached to him as it was too close to take any action without endangering himself… Again those who blame dash cam man for not backing off,I despair of you !!!
Not sure anyone can post a definite opinion without seeing more footage of the leadup to this incident or how fast the camera truck was going.
Although the Interlink driver was in the wrong I can’t help but wonder if the camera truck didn’t put his foot down when he realised he was being overtaken. Watching it a second time, I would say that the camera truck is going pretty fast. I sincerely doubt he was doing 40mph at any point in the clip posted.
Maybe the Interlink driver is a certified nutcase, or maybe he simply tried to overtake and got caught out? Maybe the camera truck sped up? Maybe the Interlink driver thought it was too dangerous to cut the other wagon up, checked the roundabout for oncoming traffic and decided it was the safest bet to do what he did?
Nobody can know for certain until they see the camera trucks speed and a few minutes footage prior.
Tailthesnail:
Rikki-UK:
Hang on a bit… no-one is defending the interlink driver- he made a grave error - what we are saying as a professional driver (sic) the other driver could and should have reduced the risk to himself and other road users by simply backing off and letting the idiot in, by not taking action in my view he has only added to the situation, where he could if he chose to stepped back and made an opportunity for the actions of the idiot to be less dangerous for everyone else.I would have backed off as hard as I could. let him in before the roundabout- and at the same time called him every name under the sun- if someone had come the other way by doing so I may have stopped the muppet hitting them
and that’s what makes the difference, you cant control what other people do on the road, but you have control of what you can do to mitigate their actions - if you cant or don’t want or have this macho thing that they screwed up therefore you don’t need to do anything, get of my roads because your as dangerous as they are.
There only needs to be a vehicle turning from the roundabout junction to his right and he/she is totalled by this moron
,how the hell is he meant to back off so close to a roundabout,let him in and brake to a reasonable speed for the junction,get real!!!,this interlink driver is a 110% to blame and does not deserve to get behind the wheel ever again… Dash cam man has every right to keep to his position,especially approaching a junction… The consequences of this jerks actions could have been catastrophic,i`m still at a loss as to why you guys are defending him and blaming someone who is not doing anything wrong…dash man couldnt have known this numpty was going to do this until pretty much 2 or 300 yards from the roundabout so no blame at all can be attached to him as it was too close to take any action without endangering himself… Again those who blame dash cam man for not backing off,I despair of you !!!
Are you a complete imbecile/standing in for one/ hoping for a reaction with your idiotic ramblings? Read this slowly and it just might sink in ; NOBODY IS DEFENDING THE INTERLINK DRIVER! Do you understand that?
Indeed what the concensus seems to be from people who actually do the job rather than merely troll is that the Interlink driver made an inexcusable and potentially fatal mistake, however (and the bit you fail so miserably to grasp) is that dash cam man did absolutely nothing to alleviate the situation. Did he have to? Absolutely not, but why would he willingly put himself in a potentially dangerous position merely because his pig headedness convinced him he was in the right? A truly professional driver makes allowances for the actions of other idiotic road users. He may not like doing it, but it’s one of the things that separates true pros from people like you dash cam man!
Yeah, I know it was you ya numpty!
There only needs to be a vehicle turning from the roundabout junction to his right and he/she is totalled by this moron
,how the hell is he meant to back off so close to a roundabout,let him in and brake to a reasonable speed for the junction,get real!!!,this interlink driver is a 110% to blame and does not deserve to get behind the wheel ever again… Dash cam man has every right to keep to his position,especially approaching a junction… The consequences of this jerks actions could have been catastrophic,i`m still at a loss as to why you guys are defending him and blaming someone who is not doing anything wrong…dash man couldnt have known this numpty was going to do this until pretty much 2 or 300 yards from the roundabout so no blame at all can be attached to him as it was too close to take any action without endangering himself… Again those who blame dash cam man for not backing off,I despair of you !!!
there is a pedal called a brake… dash cam man could have used it to show he was better than the numpty overtaking him- he didn’t or chose not to- and made a bad situation worse- I dont know if you have comprension problems - but no one here is defending the Interlink driver, but questioning if the other guy had an ounce of sense wether he could have helped alleviate this potentaialy lethal situation- just because you don’t have too, doesn’t make not trying not right
Dash cam man could have made a difference, a difference that could have meant some one innocent wasn’t involved and hurt by the idiotic manoeuvre by Interlink, he chose not too that to me makes him almost as idiotic as the nutter who over took at the wrong place, not understanding this simple fact is why some folks will never be drivers and will always remain nothing more than steering whel attendants
Rikki-UK:
There only needs to be a vehicle turning from the roundabout junction to his right and he/she is totalled by this moron
,how the hell is he meant to back off so close to a roundabout,let him in and brake to a reasonable speed for the junction,get real!!!,this interlink driver is a 110% to blame and does not deserve to get behind the wheel ever again… Dash cam man has every right to keep to his position,especially approaching a junction… The consequences of this jerks actions could have been catastrophic,i`m still at a loss as to why you guys are defending him and blaming someone who is not doing anything wrong…dash man couldnt have known this numpty was going to do this until pretty much 2 or 300 yards from the roundabout so no blame at all can be attached to him as it was too close to take any action without endangering himself… Again those who blame dash cam man for not backing off,I despair of you !!!there is a pedal called a brake… dash cam man could have used it to show he was better than the numpty overtaking him- he didn’t or chose not to- and made a bad situation worse- I dont know if you have comprension problems - but no one here is defending the Interlink driver, but questioning if the other guy had an ounce of sense wether he could have helped alleviate this potentaialy lethal situation- just because you don’t have too, doesn’t make not trying not right
Dash cam man could have made a difference, a difference that could have meant some one innocent wasn’t involved and hurt by the idiotic manoeuvre by Interlink, he chose not too that to me makes him almost as idiotic as the nutter who over took at the wrong place, not understanding this simple fact is why some folks will never be drivers and will always remain nothing more than steering whel attendants
+1
Sounds to me he is the sort of driver that would put his foot down if you was to overtake to make it harder and slower to get past
ps if you subscribe to the view that dash Cam man didn’t need to do anything-then you have no idea of what being a real driver is, your a danger to yourself and others and do us a favour . hang up your keys and GTFO of our industry- we have enough morons without you adding to the collective.
Every time we go on the road- we have to expect every other road user is a moron, and adjust what we do to accommodate them, it is why this job is so special- it is why we are unique amongst road users, we take the time to expect the unexpected and even if its nothing to do with us we do what we can to alleviate the problem- that’s why being a truck driver still has some prestige - even if it is within our own little world, - ok everyone else out there doesn’t know what we do all day every day to keep them safe, but we do and idiots who cant see that/don’t even try are the ones who are dragging us all down
Well said.
Old saying but it rings true on this…Two wrongs don’t make a right!
For those that don’t know the true meaning of that saying, look it up!!!
Wow 4 pages in this lol.
You can get the camera speed. The white lines approaching a hazard are a total of 9000mm apart. That’s is to say the start of the line and the length of the gap.
40mph = 17,881mm per sec.
That is approximately a line, gap, line, gap and half a line.
Just to throw something else into the mix. 