Touched by an HGV
Nov 25, 2017 17:14:05 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2017 17:14:05 GMT
I spent a few hours stuck on the autobahn this morning going nowhere, the motorway had been closed after an HGV is reported to have touched a broken down Sprinter van on the hard shoulder.
3 seriously injured, no one killed thankfully. We knew it was serious when we saw the helicopter fly in and around 30 minutes later out again.
There's a rule now in Germany in such an event lane three moves over as close to the hard shoulder as possible, lane two onto the lane one divider/marker to create a lane in the middle for emergency vehicles to have quick access, must have been previous issues with the hard shoulder for them to write this one into law. When sitting hard up against the 3' concrete wall with vehicles on the other carriageway making significant progress about 10' away the situation gives you time to think about things and put them in perspective, not that it made much difference to some aggressive driving styles once the traffic was freed to move again.
www.ksta.de/region/rhein-erft/kerpen/a4-bei-kerpen-gesperrt-lkw-touchiert-sprinter-auf-standstreifen---drei-schwerverletzte-28951528
Scary stuff and a reminder to get well away from the vehicle when it's on the hard shoulder.
3 seriously injured, no one killed thankfully. We knew it was serious when we saw the helicopter fly in and around 30 minutes later out again.
There's a rule now in Germany in such an event lane three moves over as close to the hard shoulder as possible, lane two onto the lane one divider/marker to create a lane in the middle for emergency vehicles to have quick access, must have been previous issues with the hard shoulder for them to write this one into law. When sitting hard up against the 3' concrete wall with vehicles on the other carriageway making significant progress about 10' away the situation gives you time to think about things and put them in perspective, not that it made much difference to some aggressive driving styles once the traffic was freed to move again.
www.ksta.de/region/rhein-erft/kerpen/a4-bei-kerpen-gesperrt-lkw-touchiert-sprinter-auf-standstreifen---drei-schwerverletzte-28951528
Scary stuff and a reminder to get well away from the vehicle when it's on the hard shoulder.
