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Roadhawk Camera Captures Terrifying Crash
Article by: Darren Griffin
Date: 7 Apr 2011
A Roadhawk Black-Box video camera captured this horrifying crash that happened on the A90 near Aberdeen last month.
In the video you can see the white Vauxhall Astra as it joins the A90 in the wrong direction and hits the lorry head-on.
Miraculously there were only minor injuries but the 20-year old car driver has since been charged with dangerous driving.
The Roadhawk system is a windscreen mounted, GPS equipped camera system that continuously records the view ahead together with your location, speed, and G-forces. We reviewed the system in 2009, see here.
Take a look at the horrifying video in full here.
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 Posted by mostdom on Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:07 pm |
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Footage like that only goes to show how valuable the system is. If you look at the aftermath footage on you tube it isn't quite so clear cut as to how the accident happend and who was to blame. Just a car and couple of lorries.
Watch the roadhawk footage back and he's bang to rights.
Bet the skid marks in his pant were as long as the ones on the road! 
Dom
HERE LIES PND May it rest in peace.
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| Posted by Andy_P on Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:10 pm |
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'Twas a woman in the car according to the report...
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| Posted by mostdom on Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:44 pm |
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| Andy_P Wrote: | | 'Twas a woman in the car according to the report... |
Bet she skidded her pants too! 
Dom
HERE LIES PND May it rest in peace.
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| Posted by gem on Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:22 pm |
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His/her sun visor looks like it's down.
Maybe they were trying out the new GPS mount like the recent post in his Mini car..... 
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| Posted by Darren on Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:24 pm |
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| gem Wrote: | | His/her sun visor looks like it's down. |
That's the windscreen sun strip.
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| Posted by The Rudd on Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:56 am |
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I was speechless when I saw this, she should be made to take her driving test again.
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| Posted by andy-c1 on Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:24 am |
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poor lorry driver never stood a chance ..it was there in a instant
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| Posted by st1967 on Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:16 am |
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| andy-c1 Wrote: | | poor lorry driver never stood a chance ..it was there in a instant |
I would actually go as far as to commend the lorry driver, if he had not swerved I would not have rated the car drivers chance of survival.
It's frightening how quick it looks and happens in real time!
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| Posted by stuartb on Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:22 am |
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She's clearly in the wrong, but in this Google streetview shot I think there's an argument that there should be a no-entry sign (in fact, if you look closely there are some empty poles either side of the road - perhaps some signs have been nicked?). If you backtrack, she has travelled along a dual carriageway and then appears not to have registered two signs (end of dual carriageway and start of two-way traffic) as well as directional arrows on the carriageway before reaching the spot pictured in Streetview below.
Google Streetview
I know it's easy to imagine she may be some mindless loon texting or whatever, but perhaps she may also be like other young people we know who have been rushed through the minimum of training and a basic driving test to get them out on to the road and who have not had the opportunity to develop the experience and observational skills needed to drive solo.
Stuart
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