'The idiocy of it': Dashcam video captures truck driver's 'absolutely reckless' overtake

Friday, 22 November 2019

An Auckland woman's dashcam recorded a roading truck crossing the centre line on a blind corner.

Dashcam video has captured the moment a roading truck 'dangerously' overtook a car, horrifying an Auckland family.

The video shows the oncoming car braking heavily as a Fulton Hogan truck appears in front of it on the wrong side of the road, as it overtakes another car.

Dad-of-one Shaun said his partner and their 19-month-old baby were travelling back from the city on Thursday when they came across the truck on Taupaki Rd in West Auckland.

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Shaun says his partner was lucky to have reacted so fast with slamming on the brakes.

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Shaun said his partner quickly 'slammed the brakes on' when she saw the oncoming truck.

He said there was a 70km speed limit on Taupaki Rd, and that the truck 'recklessly' overtook a car around a blind corner.

It was lucky his partner hadn't been going around the corner at the same time as the truck, he said.

Auckland man Shaun says a truck driver should know better than overtaking near a blind corner.

'The idiocy of it. There was actually no need to be doing that.'

He said people often got up-in-arms about tourists overtaking or travelling on the wrong side of the road, and in the past people have even made them stop and have taken their keys out.

Google Maps image of Taupaki Rd in Taupaki, West Auckland.

He said a local roading worker 'should know better'.

His message to the truck driver was to: 'Just pull your head in.'

He said a truck could potentially do a lot of damage to a little car and that there had been enough accidents in the area as it.

'We don't need any more.'

Shaun said he hadn't reported the incident to police but had tried contacting Fulton Hogan about the incident. He contacted Stuff after his online complaint form bounced back, he said.

Fulton Hogan's Auckland regional manager Gavin Riddle said they appreciated the video being brought to their attention.

'Fulton Hogan is committed to road safety, and places great emphasis on ensuring our people are driving safely. We take dangerous driving very seriously.'