Video: Scary moment as motorcyclist escapes mobile crane with "brake failure"

[Kinnock]

3 minutes ago, robin hood said:

Yes you are right all trucks have fail safe brakes, if you lose the air the brakes come on and you stop dead.

 

Yep - strong springs hold the service brakes on, and the air pressure keeps them off - so if the air pressures fails, the service/parking brakes will come on automatically.  The main brakes can fail if the air pressure in the reservoir falls, but this should also cause the service brake to come on.  So looks like the parking brake was already faulty and then the main brakes failed as well ....... or the driver fell asleep?

[r136dg]

Spring brakes could have been way out of adjustment, pads could've been fried, rotors could've been distorted & cracked. Everything that has to do with brakes on a commercial vehicle should be checked daily., but I'm sure they're all over inspections & maintenance here.

[Xaos]

Notice not one little beep of the horn!

No one uses here. And they get mad if u do. Why?

In vietnam they abuse it.

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[DefaultName]

7 hours ago, r136dg said:

Spring brakes could have been way out of adjustment, pads could've been fried, rotors could've been distorted & cracked. Everything that has to do with brakes on a commercial vehicle should be checked daily., but I'm sure they're all over inspections & maintenance here.

Or they were squeaky, so the driver oiled them.  TIT after all.

[kannot]

13 hours ago, scotchonrocks said:

The motor cycle rider certainly had an Angel looking after him. Note the way the traffic light pole was pushed over as the crane came through. The m/Clist was lucky to stay in the narrow channel between the crane as it passed through and the traffic light pole. Tight space alright!!

Hope he bought a lottery ticket!

new underpants  might  be  more  useful

[catman20]

17 hours ago, Crash999 said:

"Sanook.com said that the intersection was well known for incidents of this nature."

 

Accidents involving mobile cranes with brake failure? 

yer happens all the time 

[catman20]

1 hour ago, kannot said:

new underpants  might  be  more  useful

to be honest i thought he was a bit slow trying to get out of the way

[jerojero]

Emergency brake anyone? Oh, sorry that brake failed too, along with the horn.

 

 

[jerojero]

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[worgeordie]

Brake failure, and the crane looks to be in tip top condition ,

regards worgeordie

[tiocfaidh]

Brake failure??? I saw skid marks.....wait, they are on the motorcyclist underpants

 

 

 

 

[rgrdns]

The way it looks to me the driver use the gas pedal instead of brake pedal.....inexperienced driver maybe (not surprising)?!

[smotherb]

23 hours ago, dictater said:

Notice not one little beep of the horn!

honking that horn may insult someone or make them lose face

[balo]

He wet his pants for sure. Lucky guy. 

 

[Maggusoil]

Glad to be alive moment . . . .