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Author: nik.morgannik.morgan Date: Aug 30, 2008 06:23
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:55:48 +0100, nightjar wrote
(in article giganews.com>):
>> Any idea what happened to the truck? Thats a very sudden loss of
>> control. Burst tyre?
>
> I was following a lorry up the M1 that had a burst tyre and it produced a
> huge black cloud as it went; large enough to hide the entire vehicle for a
> second or two from where I was, about half a mile behind. Fortunately, it
> was in the 1960s, so there was nothing around, apart from me, as it swung
> across all three lanes and back again. I don't see anything like that in the
> video. If I had to guess, I would suggest something like a steering link
> failure.
>
> Colin Bignell
>
>
Steering failure should result in straight ahead, due to the toe in of the
tracking. I had the drop arm fracture on a Standard Vanguard many moons ago,
we just went straight on then wandered down the camber to a halt on the N/s.
The filme is more like a instant blowout on the steering axle or a sudden
steering axle brake seizure on one side. Immediately prior the driver was not
in a situation where avoiding action was needed, therefore if it was a sudden
death it would be most likely to continue straight on IMO.
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