Almost crushed a toddler today

**SPman** · 13th March 2009, 14:22

Who knows what might have happened if you had breaked?

Indeed - disassembled the vehicle into constituent molecules which swarmed around the kid and reassembled on the other side, leaving the little shit intact, perhaps.....

**carver** · 13th March 2009, 16:42

Originally Posted by wbks

Not long ago I asked you how you would feel if you ran over a kid, and you said they would deserve it for being on the road you travel on, and now you swerve to avoid one... Are you going soft or something? lol

of course i would try avoid him!

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Ah, every problem is solved by braking. A true cage driver.

im not much of a 'slam on the brakes guy'

Originally Posted by driftn

Should have done a stoppie got the cab half an inch away from his/her head then flicked the wipers on and used them to slap said kid in the face.

That would be true moron few c@#t crew antics.

haha, that would have been great, but the truck would have fallen to bits by the landing!

Originally Posted by 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 !

just a 2 man.
worse, its a nissan PK!
loaded it stops alot worse, hence my distrust of the brakes!

Originally Posted by Badjelly

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?

its just a retarder that works by blocking off the exhaust, its no engine brake!

i did not think it would stop in time

Originally Posted by roy.nz

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

i know that once the brakes are locked, the steering is useless, so why not use the steering first?
not alot of time left for braking, but i got the truck away from the kid

Originally Posted by firefighter

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?

i saw him, and my foot was quite possibly on the brakes, but i sub consciously did not choose to use em

**trustme** · 13th March 2009, 18:54

If you made any of the comments in the previous post to a copper at the scene you would get done like a dinner
Of course you are not that dopey , but it is amazing how many that are.

In your original post you asked would have been in the wrong ,probably, because just about everything you have just posted would be used against you.

The last sentence would make it a slam dunk

**CookMySock** · 13th March 2009, 18:58

Originally Posted by Number One

OI YOU - settle down! Would you have given me the learn when SullyOne wrestled clear of me and Sully to run straight out the front door of the local swimming pool onto the road? I can tell you ya would've got the learn back Mr - not all women whose kids get away on them are 'dumb-bitch mothers' sometimes it takes more than two hands to keep a determined kid under control...hence the idea of the lead still being available and in use.

Yes, er, I mean no Ma'am. Sorry Ma'am.

I guess I meaning parents who stand back with not even any attempt at control. Scuse.

Um, the wrist thing works good on short notice tho.

Originally Posted by Radar

For some stupid reason I can put up with the likes of Mooloolaba, Coonabarabran, Woolongong, etc....

Woowatabigwun, Ooohilikethatalot, Mmmurabarbarian.

Originally Posted by Badjelly

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

Thats where he hangs his dick out the door and lets it get under the front wheel. I cant use this method coz I keep denting rims.

That reminds me, you know why elephants wear condoms on their feet dont you? Its coz they fuck everything they stand on.

Steve

**carver** · 13th March 2009, 19:02

Originally Posted by trustme

If you made any of the comments in the previous post to a copper at the scene you would get done like a dinner
Of course you are not that dopey , but it is amazing how many that are.

In your original post you asked would have been in the wrong ,probably, because just about everything you have just posted would be used against you.

The last sentence would make it a slam dunk

so perhaps i was, but in a split second ya gota make the call

**trustme** · 13th March 2009, 19:15

Originally Posted by carver

so perhaps i was, but in a split second ya gota make the call

' So perhaps I was ' care to clarify a little

'Ya gota make a call ', sure thing , I don't say you are right or wrong,you made a decision that worked out OK which is great but if you hit the kid I don't think plod would see it that way.

They would take the approach :- did you take each & every, reasonable & practical means available to avoid snotting the kid. The answer in their eyes would be that you did not. They would prosecute & let the court decide. Just my opinion

**carver** · 13th March 2009, 19:23

Originally Posted by trustme

' So perhaps I was ' care to clarify a little

'Ya gota make a call ', sure thing , I don't say you are right or wrong,you made a decision that worked out OK which is great but if you hit the kid I don't think plod would see it that way.

They would take the approach :- did you take each & every, reasonable & practical means available to avoid snotting the kid. The answer in their eyes would be that you did not. They would prosecute & let the court decide. Just my opinion

i agree with your statement

**wbks** · 13th March 2009, 19:37

Ofcourse this 5 page debate could have been avoided if you had just kept driving straight...

**Big Dave** · 13th March 2009, 19:42

tsk, amateurs. If you were 'Chuck good' you would have swung the truck, balanced on half its wheels whilst using the passing wind to part the little darling's hair and wipe its snotty nose.

**Headbanger** · 13th March 2009, 19:44

You may need to recreate the event for the next video instalment.

**carver** · 13th March 2009, 19:51

Originally Posted by wbks

Ofcourse this 5 page debate could have been avoided if you had just kept driving straight...

for sure, if i had hit the brakes without swerving that may have happened

Originally Posted by Big Dave

tsk, amateurs. If you were 'Chuck good' you would have swung the truck, balanced on half its wheels whilst using the passing wind to part the little darling's hair and wipe its snotty nose.

might have had a go over the traffic island, would have lost the load though

Originally Posted by Headbanger

You may need to recreate the event for the next video instalment.

might have to practice the truck stoppie.
the windscreen wipers slapping the person might be hard