How did the truck driver not see the car?!?

[SlyPokerDog]

This is insane!

[video=youtube;lze88sU9IGg]

Talk about an unthinkable string of events:

Big truck hits the driver's side of a compact car. Truck driver doesn't notice. Going 60, truck pushes car down the highway. Stupefied passenger in a passing car catches it all on video.

Via the BBC:

In a bid to release her vehicle, she said she pulled on the handbrake and flashed her hazard lights to try to catch the driver’s attention, as well as that of other road users, but she said it took the lorry driver nearly a minute to notice her.

When he did he was “all over the place”, Mrs Williams said, and finally managed to bring both vehicles to a stop on the hard shoulder.

Good glavin! Fortunately, everyone walked away.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2010/03/video_getting_a_terrifying_pus.html

 

[BlazersBlood]

Holy shit! Wow. Good thing it ended without anybody getting hurt.

 

[Sug]

Fucking freeloaders, she should pay for the gas.

 

[speeds]

Wow, that is unreal.

 

[MARIS61]

I wonder how long the trucker had been driving in his sleep?

 

[BGrantFan]

When I was a poor college student, I used to ride the bumpers of big rigs on the interstate and basically coast in their draft in my compact car. An effective idea, but I still had to use some gas. I can't believe I never thought to do what this lady did. Sure, she ruined her tires, but rotate 90 degrees and you'll never need any gas.