Somebody's week hasn't started too well.

redvee

Redcliffe roundabout/Clarence Road this morning.





No injuries thankfully, damage to the railings and a change of underwear needed. Police say if the mixer was loaded then it would have been in the river.

rjsterry

Eeek!

EKE_38BPM

redvee wrote:

Police say if the mixer was loaded then it would have been in the river.

Depends on a couple factors:
1) How fast it was going? If it was loaded it may have been going slower, so may not have lost control in the first place, but then, at the same speed if it was loaded the extra momentum may have taken it over the edge.
2) Centre of Gravity. If it was loaded the CofG would have been further back, so it would have been even less likely to go over.

porlyworly

3) Momentum - stopping distance of loaded truck > stopping distance of unloaded truck

EKE_38BPM

PorlyWorly wrote:

3) Momentum - stopping distance of loaded truck > stopping distance of unloaded truck

That is covered in my point 1.
Using speed as the variable, laden/unladen mass would affect the momentum.

veronese68

EKE_38BPM wrote:

redvee wrote:

Police say if the mixer was loaded then it would have been in the river.

Depends on a couple factors:
1) How fast it was going? If it was loaded it may have been going slower, so may not have lost control in the first place, but then, at the same speed if it was loaded the extra momentum may have taken it over the edge.
2) Centre of Gravity. If it was loaded the CofG would have been further back, so it would have been even less likely to go over.

Is that like "Doctor said wearing a helmet saved my life"?

cornerblock

redvee wrote:

Police say if the mixer was loaded then it would have been in the river.

Have they got concrete evidence to prove that. :oops:

I know I'm going.

Ben6899

I fixed the thread title.

Very happy nobody came to harm, but WHAT THE FCUK was the driver playing at?

redvee

From the news reports on the incident there were two other vehicles involved. The lorry came to rest just before a pedestrian crossing and just as the traffic leaves a roundabout with a left turn to flats and a school.

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