Post by Mick themungrel on Sept 20, 2012 18:34:49 GMT 9.5
In the last week I have been in town running about a 12k leg and it bloody amazes me at lights the number of cars that have to jump in front of trucks at a red light . Incident 1 Rail crossing grossing 68t: Lights start flashing so I backed off plenty of room to pull up P plater roars past jumps in front about 10' short of the line . Stand on the brakes stop with about 2' room . Ask the driver why did he jump in front of me (3 lane road) his answer "Im turning right just up the road " , 3 sets of lights later he turns right . Incident 2 Major set of lights at the bottom of a hill 45.5t : Lights changed to red Truck in lane 2 & 3 car in lane 1 plus me (Im turning right just after intersection) another car changes into my lane , then car comes from behind me then jumps in front stand on brakes again (Volvo brakes are bloody brilliant ) 6" gap , give driver a rev up . Incident 3 Same intersection : 4WD and large van nearly hit the front of the tuck to change lanes and stop at the lights .
What none of these clowns seem to realise is that the truck driver see's x amount of room before he has to stop and plans his braking to accordantly and also tries to keep rolling if the light changes to green . A truck does not stop on a dime like a car , if you cut off a tanker or stock crate which have movable load you may very well find the truck buried in the back of your van or car .
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Post by frankandbrenda on Sept 20, 2012 19:08:39 GMT 9.5
and Mick, they don't realise that if they do the same to a bus, it may not be fitted with seat belts, not all are, or it may be filled with kids who think it's too cool to wear seat belts, the driver then ends up with XXX amount of kids in crumpled heaps on the floor
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Post by notathome on Jan 16, 2014 14:02:02 GMT 9.5
Mick
I saw a prime example of this yesterday at the old Clipsal site railway crossing ... It looks as though a smartass slipped in to the gap between a car in front and a semi ... result the SUV now looks like a Smart car and is a total right off.
The poor bloody truckie locked up everything trying to stop and left approx 10 metres of chatter liquorice strips on the road, from all wheels, but to no avail ... Ploughed in to the errant car which in turn ploughed in to the car in front of him.
I really wonder where some of these people get their licenses from ... common sense tells you that something with 30 plus tonne on the back is not going to pull up in the same distance as something weighing maybe 1.5 tonne.
Stay safe all and watch out for the other bloody idiots they are dangerous.
Cheers
Allan
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I saw a prime example of this yesterday at the old Clipsal site railway crossing ... It looks as though a smartass slipped in to the gap between a car in front and a semi ... result the SUV now looks like a Smart car and is a total right off.
The poor bloody truckie locked up everything trying to stop and left approx 10 metres of chatter liquorice strips on the road, from all wheels, but to no avail ... Ploughed in to the errant car which in turn ploughed in to the car in front of him.
I really wonder where some of these people get their licenses from ... common sense tells you that something with 30 plus tonne on the back is not going to pull up in the same distance as something weighing maybe 1.5 tonne.
Stay safe all and watch out for the other bloody idiots they are dangerous.
Cheers
Allan
Trouble with that scenario is that the poor bloody truckie cops the blame and the penalty.
You don't stop riding because you get old, you get old because you stop riding! If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. When the last tree has been cut down, when the last stream is poisoned, only then will mankind realise that we can not eat money! Some don't understand why I let my dogs sleep on my bed. That's OK, my dogs understand! I'm Larry the Spook and I'm ALMOST NORMAL!
I saw a prime example of this yesterday at the old Clipsal site railway crossing ... It looks as though a smartass slipped in to the gap between a car in front and a semi ... result the SUV now looks like a Smart car and is a total right off.
The poor bloody truckie locked up everything trying to stop and left approx 10 metres of chatter liquorice strips on the road, from all wheels, but to no avail ... Ploughed in to the errant car which in turn ploughed in to the car in front of him.
I really wonder where some of these people get their licenses from ... common sense tells you that something with 30 plus tonne on the back is not going to pull up in the same distance as something weighing maybe 1.5 tonne.
Stay safe all and watch out for the other bloody idiots they are dangerous.
Cheers
Allan
Trouble with that scenario is that the poor bloody truckie cops the blame and the penalty.
not all the time spook its now illegal to take the breaking distance off a semi up here in qld images (7)
Didn't know that, mousey. There may be something similar in SA for all I know.
You don't stop riding because you get old, you get old because you stop riding! If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. When the last tree has been cut down, when the last stream is poisoned, only then will mankind realise that we can not eat money! Some don't understand why I let my dogs sleep on my bed. That's OK, my dogs understand! I'm Larry the Spook and I'm ALMOST NORMAL!
I can't see why the truckie should be at fault. I know the rule (except in Qld evidently) about last in the pileup is at fault, but surely if you had witnesses, or better still a dash cam of the dickhead cutting in front, leaving the truckie no chance, any clear thinking magistrate would see ... oh yeah, clear thinking magistrate - sorry, forgot that bit.
Actually, the magistrate the other week hearing Dean's case, and some cases before his, actually was clear thinking ... but she was a woman. (Whoa, high five, ladies!)
There are CCTV cameras at nearly all intersections with traffic lights and the last in the queue is not always at fault
Yeah Pearcey, I hear what you're saying, but sometimes the law is an ass! Not all rear enders happen at lights.
You don't stop riding because you get old, you get old because you stop riding! If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. When the last tree has been cut down, when the last stream is poisoned, only then will mankind realise that we can not eat money! Some don't understand why I let my dogs sleep on my bed. That's OK, my dogs understand! I'm Larry the Spook and I'm ALMOST NORMAL!
1. Common sense...non existant in most drivers 2. ME generation 3. Lack of training at L plate level....more time spent teaching how to parallel park which as we all know is the single most important cause of all fatal and near fatal accidents.
I think you are preaching to the converted here, Mick. The message needs to be out in the wider community and if mousey's legislation is the answer, then an ad campaign to go with it.
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1. Common sense...non existant in most drivers 2. ME generation 3. Lack of training ....more time spent teaching how to parallel park which as we all know is the single most important cause of all fatal and near fatal accidents.
I think you are preaching to the converted here, Mick. The message needs to be out in the wider community and if mousey's legislation is the answer, then an ad campaign to go with it.
And the bulk of the drivers on the road can't even bloody do that! EDIT: It may not be the bulk but it is a high percentage!
You don't stop riding because you get old, you get old because you stop riding! If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. When the last tree has been cut down, when the last stream is poisoned, only then will mankind realise that we can not eat money! Some don't understand why I let my dogs sleep on my bed. That's OK, my dogs understand! I'm Larry the Spook and I'm ALMOST NORMAL!
