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Guess they skipped the safety classes! Motorists watch in horror as perilously triple stacked lorry
- Published_at:2014-10-09
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:fashion sport
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- description: Guess they skipped the safety classes! Motorists watch in horror as perilously triple-stacked lorry thunders along busy road - and nearly topples over on roundabout Driver films lorry leaning treacherously to one side on Kent roundabout The towering vehicle's wheels appeared to lift off the road as it turned Terrified motorists attempted to keep distance and argue load was too high But company chief for A-Skip4U insists that no laws were broken And he's accused driver who filmed the scene of causing danger by using his mobile phone while behind the wheel This footage captures the nail-biting moment a dangerously triple-stacked lorry leans treacherously to one side as it attempts to navigate a busy roundabout at speed. Nervous drivers attempted to keep their distance as the vehicle, carrying three skips, shifted one way then the next - appearing to come terrifyingly close to toppling. One driver said the lorry went so fast that the wheels appeared to lift off the ground as it shot over two roundabouts. Scroll down for v Horror: A driver on the outside lane of the roundabout in Kent attempts to keep their distance as the triple-stacked skip lorry leans perilously to one side Duncan Pout, 37, who filmed the incident in Thanet, Kent, said: 'I followed it round the first roundabout and it went over that far the tyres were off the ground. 'I decided to video just in case it was a You've Been Framed sketch.' He posted the startling video on Facebook where Matt Hurley commented: 'Plain right dangerous. Both driver and company should be fined.' Kristian Toogood added: 'That's insane, looks like the car on the roundabout had a lucky escape!' Jade Wallis said: 'The top skip shouldn't have even been allowed on. If that falls off then it could have caused a hell of bad things!' Mario Campion, 57, who runs A-Skip4U, defended his driver - but said he would tell him not to stack the skips so high in future And he even accused the motorist who filmed the footage of dangerous driving. He said: 'It looks high, and I've instructed the worker driving the lorry not to stack it that high again, but it does not exceed the legal weight or height limit. 'We use a compressor to push the waste so the skip on top can squash in. 'In this case it was bulky wood which does not compress, but he put all three on there anyway so the skips were stacked higher. 'There were also four chains pulGuess they skipped the safety classes! Motorists watch in horror as perilously triple-stacked lorry thunders along busy road - and nearly topples over on roundabout
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