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Old 23rd February 2006, 07:44   #13 (permalink)
Rehaan
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Originally Posted by ram
After one has stopped to pay the toll at the Khalapur tollstation and started rolling, one reaches the petrol pump/restaurant turnoff within 100 metres. There's not enough distance for a heavy truck to build up the kind of momentum needed to overturn.
I think a 100meters is enough distance to get the truck up to a speed at which it can overturn on a sharp steering input.

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any slight movement by the tanker to the left or right caused the entire mass of liquid in the tank to move around, causing instability.
I agree with hrag here, this is a reason you should never overtake tankers on or just after turns...

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