Almost crushed a toddler today

[The Stranger:Me]

A cage driver , a motorcyclist & a driver of heavy vehicles up to 44 tonne, experienced in overweight & overdimension loads over a 30 year period,

Ah yes, with all that experience you must be right.

Everyone hit the brakes every time, our resident authority on driving has decreed this is the appropriate action.

[trustme]

I think you need new glasses because that is not what I said at all.

You seem to exemplify your first quote

[The Stranger:Me]

I think you need new glasses because that is not what I said at all.

You seem to exemplify your first quote

No, I realise only too well you were only intent on covering your arse.

This is of course weaseling and tends to bring out the cynic in me. Have the strength of your convictions and be prepared to defend them if necessary.
Be a man!

[sinfull]

i have 9 tonnes to stop, the truck is unloaded, and my snake brake is on.


Prolly a shitty old drum brake canter or something was it ?
Snake brake lol first time i've heard it called that hissssssssssssss !
You doing your 2L are ya ?

40 kph , unloaded, if it was dry i would've stomped on the picks probably, but hey i wasn't there, was your call !

[Badjelly]

see the truck stops ok~ unloaded, but loaded its a different story. i bleed the water trap daily so there is minimal moisture in the pneumatic lines that operate the brakes.

loaded it would take maybe twice as long to stop, which is too far with something that requires instinct

Out of curiosity, what do you think the stopping distance of the truck would be from, say, 50 km/h? Loaded and unloaded. (Bearing in mind that the stopping distance for a vehicle decelerating from 50 km/h at 1 g is 9.84 m, which is about what most cars & bikes would actually do on a dry road. But Skidmark can stop in 2 m.)

And what is this "snake brake" you speak of? An engine brake?

[mister.koz]

Out of curiosity, what do you think the stopping distance of the truck would be from, say, 50 km/h? Loaded and unloaded. (Bearing in mind that the stopping distance for a vehicle decelerating from 50 km/h at 1 g is 9.84 m, which is about what most cars & bikes would actually do on a dry road. But Skidmark can stop in 2 m.)

And what is this "snake brake" you speak of? An engine brake?

Skidmark does have amazing stopping power.

[Radar]

That dude sounds nearly as hard as chuck norris..

Headbanger is the meanest mf in wHanganui. Keeps his Harley inside on the carpet and makes his woman polish it daily. He posted a pic of his bad ass tat on another forum and half the members unsubscribed. Yeah and he really does bash the shiite out of buildings.

[roy.nz]

No braking would of made you uncontrolable, you didi the right thing...... Well done mate....

[roy.nz]

Headbanger is the meanest mf in wHanganui. Keeps his Harley inside on the carpet and makes his woman polish it daily. He posted a pic of his bad ass tat on another forum and half the members unsubscribed. Yeah and he really does bash the shiite out of buildings.

You spelt wanganui WRONG sorry.....

[jim.cox]

i never touched the brakes.

i laughed afterward, i saved the kids life, but should i have braked?

would i have been in the wrong?

You done good

The outcome could not have been better

Rather than torturing yourself over what might have been

Just thank yourself for having such good skills.

[trustme]

No, I realise only too well you were only intent on covering your arse.

This is of course weaseling and tends to bring out the cynic in me. Have the strength of your convictions and be prepared to defend them if necessary.
Be a man!

What a load of garbage.

[Radar]

You spelt wanganui WRONG sorry.....

I know I know. Just trying to get a rise out of Headbanger.

And to me its Mt Egmont and Mt Cook !

[Headbanger]

I know I know. Just trying to get a rise out of Headbanger.

And to me its Mt Egmont and Mt Cook !

I'm busy hiding from Our Lord Chuck Norris, I'm thinking his greatness may have seen what I wrote and is about to kick over my house and then give me the punch of 1000 bearded fists. Little known fact is he scissor kicked the H out of Wanganui.

in the meantime I'm drafting a submission to get the H put into Masterton.....and maybe a u.

Mhasterton?
Muhsterton?

[Radar]

in the meantime I'm drafting a submission to get the H put into Masterton.....and maybe a u.

Mhasterton?
Muhsterton?

I'll then move to Oz!
For some stupid reason I can put up with the likes of Mooloolaba, Coonabarabran, Woolongong, etc....

[firefighter]

i never touched the brakes.
i dont have alot of faith in this trucks brakes, and whats better, 9 tonnes of mass sliding uncontrolled, or 9 tonnes of direct-able mass?

i saw the kid on his knees about i foot from the rear tires as we passed him.
big dual tires on the rear, very easy to go under.

i laughed afterward, i saved the kids life, but should i have braked?

YES, YOU SHOULD HAVE BRAKED, YOU SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE BRAKE AS SOON AS YOU SPOTTED SAID MA AND TODDLER, BASIC LICENCE SHIT THERE.......you didn't save the kids life, that was luck, you get taught (well I did) to control the hazards, don't wait until your locking it up and praying it turns out well with the typical swerve right thing (which is human reaction-to turn the same way as the hazard is moving)

Seriously...., you should have been ready for that shit as soon as you saw it, maybe you needa scan a bit further?