Hilarious moment lorry driver fails to park... before onlooker does it

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This is the hilarious moment a lorry driver tries and fails repeatedly to reverse his vehicle into a small space before an onlooker does it for him.

The CCTV footage of the hapless haulier was captured on an outdoor camera of a home on the Netherlands’ A7 road last Friday.

DThe video shows the lorry driver stop the vehicle in the middle of the road as he lines up the GLS truck for the difficult parking manoeuvre

His first attempt doesn’t even come close to making it into the space with his front end catching the kerb on the other side of the road.

He turns the truck again to reposition and make a second attempt at reversing into the space.

This time the driver gets his back wheels into the space and becomes stuck, so steps out of the lorry and walks to the back of the truck to check his positioning.

Climbing back into the cab, the driver makes another couple of attempts at turning into the small space, readjusting his angle each time.

Picture shows the driver failing to reverse the HGV into the small concrete space

The lorry driver gets out of the cab to check his positioning before making another failed attempt

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Still unable to fit the lorry into the space and with traffic building up around the stuck vehicle, the driver pulls back out onto the road to make yet another attempt.

After he misjudged the turn repeatedly, the driver was eventually spared further embarrassment by local resident Robert Kuil, who had been watching on, decided to offer him some guidance.

The two talk for a moment with Robert offering guidance to the driver who makes yet another failed attempt at turning his lorry.

In an extraordinary turn of events, Robert then offers to do the manoeuvre himself, as the driver surprisingly steps out and allows the local to take control of the HGV.

Robert then proceeds to pull back out onto the road in the lorry and allows the queue of traffic to pass.

He then executes a perfect reverse turn into the small space on his first attempt putting the professional driver to shame.

The footage of Robert saving the trucker was shared to social media yesterday with the caption: ‘I get that the local resident Robbert Kuil sees this scenario often enough that he knows how to handle it, but the driver himself does seem completely unable to judge that reverse and turning distance.

Robert Kuil walks over to the struggling haulier to offer him some guidance

After watching the driver fail to carry out the tricky manoeuvre, onlooker Robert Kuil gets into the can and does it on his first try

‘Something of a “training issue” there, surely?’

The video has since received over 3,500 likes and more than 140 comments from users complimenting Robert’s impressive driving.

One user said: ‘Did the driver just jump out and let somebody park his truck for him?

‘I want a go. I’d be no better than the actual driver was, but probably no worse, and I’m certainly not qualified to do it.”

Another added: ‘It’s a blind side reverse, most drivers struggle with it because they avoid them.’

A third wrote: ‘If you can’t back that single axle cab over you need a new career.’

Another replied: ‘That’s pretty funny that the neighbour went and did it for him, but the driver is dangerous if he can’t safely reverse his vehicle.’

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