Howard Rynston, who was driving the lorry, said he "immediately braked hard" but could not avoid the car.
The Highways Agency is attempting to recover the lorry and said the road could remain closed all day.
"Animals aren't made to spend days on end in a lorry" he said.
Meanwhile, Phil Flanders from the Road Haulage Association said lorry drivers recognised that although there would be difficulties, the benefits would make the disruption worthwhile.
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But the drivers' confederation, which groups together bus and lorry operators, said the price rise would have a negative impact that would be widely felt.
The RHA said the lorry would only travel on motorways between regional distribution centres.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said the lorry driver, a man in his 50s, had an "amazing" escape.
West Yorkshire Police said the lorry driver, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, had been bailed.
He said his lorry had been pushed off the tarmac and the blue car was embedded in the trailer.
Mr Carter said the lorry's rating capacity limiter, which measures lifting operations, and its emergency stop buttons were not working.
Police said the lorry allowed officers to see inside the cabs of other lorries as well as providing a higher viewpoint into cars.
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He said the lorry had overturned when its brakes failed and that there had not been a safe distance between the two vehicles.
Speaking after the incident, Mr Steer said the lorry had "embedded" itself in the side of his house, and ripped off guttering, slates, bargeboard and electric cable.
"This is something which affects everyone's budgets and is driving up the cost of everything because everything in this country is shifted around by lorry, " he said.
Homeowner Kevin Steer said the lorry is "embedded" in the side of his house, and has caused considerable damage, including ripping off guttering, slates, bargeboard and electric cable.
Police said if the lorry had been travelling faster, the incident could have had fatal consequences.
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The couple are currently living in a lorry on the site and said they do not depend on the state.
Mr Ware said plans for lorry parking would "greatly assist in easing congestion in and around the port at peak operating times".
When the lorry driver refused, the defendant said Ms Kift had been driving, the court was told.
Mr Cox, a former lorry driver and school caretaker, said he first confronted a group of teenagers two days earlier when they threw snowballs at his window on Greenhills Close.
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An eyewitness said the 44-tonne articulated lorry was removed at 23:45 GMT the same day.
Mrs Bothwell said watching the cows leave in "lorry load after lorry load" made them realise what other farmers had gone through during the foot-and-mouth crisis.
Ron Wilkinson, from Unison, said the council had issued his union with a document which said they were planning to cut 12 lorry drivers and 24 refuse collectors.
He said he was "amazed" to find the lorry stuck there, and was in a state of shock.
"We've become a bit inure to this because we've had four cars in the garden in the last few years and in 2007 a lorry lost its load of beer into our garden, " said Mr Cobbin.
While not condoning the litter problem, Mr Howells said there was a lack of places to stop for lorry drivers.
"This lorry driver had a lucky escape, " Ch Insp Henry Parsons said.
But the National Farmers' Union said every animal was inspected before going on to a lorry and it was the captain's discretion whether to sail.
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