@Dermot Lane: that driver did what he could to stop the truck going through the central barrier which to me is fairly good going. A blow out can happen anyone in any type of vehicle but again you seem to have a problem with truck drivers in general

@Jason Healy: super on the front axel I think. No chance of recovery if one of those goes. Lucky man?

@Jason Healy: poor grade tyres coupled with zero regular maintenance and inspection causing blowout ?

@Dermot Lane: learning the rules of the road won’t teach how to drive these things. Driving them is a craft learn over many years & often passed from driver to driver. Trying to learn from a book only ends in catastrophe. This man’s front tyre went. Regularly that’s not possible to recover from. In 25 years of driving its only happened to me once. Lucky the road was empty at 3am in the morning near Amsterdam. It took me over 500 meters to get it stopped. I think this man done well considering the road was busy. Don’t be so quick to judge professional drivers. At best your a novice with no understanding of what it takes to be a professional.

@Quentin Moriarty: you have evidence of that or is it just a hypothesis? Here’s another one. Poor surface causing catastrophic failure of front tyre or debry on the road causing same. Conjecture and assertions aside your comment offers nothing.

@Dermot Lane: How do.you know he over turned the truck on purpose ? Do you even know what either a bus or truck driver goes through regarding training.
Truck & Bus drivers are one of the most regulated professions regarding working hours etc.

@Pj Ginty: where does it say that?

@Dave Byrne: where did i say he did it on purpose?

no not with truck drivers at all. But with big trucks in urban areas, which this one wasn’t.

@Dermot Lane: so you want big trucks banned in urban areas. To be fair as truck drivers so do we but good luck with that. How will your urban area function without big trucks?

@Mjhint: no I never said I wanted them banned. but I do think where they are operating in urban areas, they should be modified to eliminate the lethal blind spots. It’s easily done.

@Mjhint: The fairy supermarket will have everything on the supermarket shelves delivered.

@Mjhint: Aren’t they already banned from Dublin urban area via the axel ban? Anyway, much respect, its a difficult job and that gets zero thanks.

@Quentin Moriarty: how do you know that, be careful as that is a slanderous accusation to make about anyone or any company. Brave man

@Dermot Lane: we already have huge advances I this area in relation to motorway driving but alas they do not work under 30kmh. So maybe our brothers & sisters in the community could learn to understand that they should not approach a parked LGV. No school instruction in this matter & I have had to teach my own children how dangerous it is by sitting them in the drivers seat. When you give all the responsibility to one group expect huge problems. I’m more than sympathetic to your cause but you need to take responsibility for your own actions. Truck drivers cannot cover every angle. Clearly you know there’s blind spots. You’re half way there. Now just act responsible.

@Mjhint: excessive load or under inflation or combined are the main causes of tyre blowouts
Nothing hypothetical about that fact

@Jason Healy: question asked. Not a statement of fact in this case .

@Quentin Moriarty: fact in your sentence does make it fact. In your defends yes under inflation & excessive load causes issues with blow outs particularly on trailers & drive axles but not in front axles. It’s near impossible to over load a front axle & under inflation would result in steering issues long before the tyre blew so the driver would have difficulty steering thus he would be pre alerted to the problem & would stop. Most likely this was caused by a debry impact or poor road surface which if you travelled this road in a truck you would the surface there is horrendous. I’m not prepared to make assertions as I’m not privy to either the accident information or the condition of the road or vehicle but I’ll hazard at best a guess that neither the driver or vehicle is at fault.

@Jason Healy: not true, most blow outs are preventable. Under inflation, badly worn, abuse etc.

@Brendan Cooney: not most please. Front axle blow outs are very rare & under inflation or badly worn tures would affect the driveability of the vehicle which makes it an unlikely outcome.

@Dermot Lane: you got that one wrong Shane.

@Dermot Lane: there is no industry in Ireland which has such tight regulations and training requirements as the haulage industry. costs of training and refresher training runs into the thousands for not only companies but individuals so before you demonstate a complete lack of knowledge on the subject I suggest you do some research. And RSA are constantly carrying out checks I would suggest that a lot is being done to improve safety within this industry

@Mjhint: here is the hypothesis
There isn’t a pothole deep enough on that thoroughfare to cause a blow out on a truck
Had there been one would see car axles bending by the day.
If you stand by the debris theory it means that it came off the vehicle ahead of the truck or if not other vehicles ahead of the truck must also be badly damaged
What is the first thing to be checked on a visual after an accident ?
What cd the driver was playing or the condition of the tyres .