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Old 27th March 2012, 18:53
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Originally Posted by coastie View Post
What I don't understand it is, given that the bus was reported as being on the inside lane how did the wagon collide with it on that side and not the other way around? (Wagons nearside colliding with buses offside.)
The obvious suggestion is that he couldn't swerve out, in to lane 2, due to overtaking traffic. So he tried to go up the hard shoulder, to avoid it.
Another possibility is that he was foreign and more used to a LHD vehicle. In which case, I think the instinct would be to swerve left, rather than right/ I do know that F.W. do employ some Polish drivers but, I don't think we know if this was one of them.
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