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  1. 15th November 2013, 09:42 AM #21
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    If you want to talk about high loads rather than rising loads, it is hard to go past the one in Wellington NSW) about thirty years ago. A local with his backhoe on the back of his truck was, as he had been doing for years, crossing the Macquarie R. on the iron truss bridge. However, it seems that about an inch of bitumen had been added to the road surface, and the backhoe struck and buckled one of the cross braces above the roadway. Slowly enough for him to get off the bridge, the bridge collapsed into a tangled mess in the river, cutting the Mitchell Hwy and dividing the town in two except for a low level bridge, often submerged.

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    I think the fine is $3000 plus 12 points and the driver will lose his licence and the truck will be deregistered.

    The Minister Duncan Gay said they will also go the company for the cost of repairing the tunnel. The truck owner however was very cool with it and said accidents happen, and that the driver had flipped both switches when he was groping around for his sunglasses. He must have a good insurance company as it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix the tunnel.

    The NSW government is just jack of dopey truck drivers destroying tunnels.
    Only last month one caught fire in the Lane Cove tunnel and a couple of months ago we had the Cootes petrol tanker on Mona Vale Road killing 2. Not a tunnel but similar lack of care /maintenance.
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    I'd be questioning why he was groping around for his sunglasses when he was about to enter a tunnel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sam_d View Post
    I'd be questioning why he was groping around for his sunglasses when he was about to enter a tunnel.
    Looking for sunglasses?

    Maybe he had a rising aversion to the overhead bright lights in the tunnel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sam_d View Post
    I'd be questioning why he was groping around for his sunglasses when he was about to enter a tunnel.
    A quick solicitors will say because he did not want the glasses to interfere with the movement of the pedals
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipA View Post
    I think the fine is $3000 plus 12 points and the driver will lose his licence and the truck will be deregistered.

    The Minister Duncan Gay said they will also go the company for the cost of repairing the tunnel. The truck owner however was very cool with it and said accidents happen, and that the driver had flipped both switches when he was groping around for his sunglasses. He must have a good insurance company as it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix the tunnel.

    The NSW government is just jack of dopey truck drivers destroying tunnels.
    Only last month one caught fire in the Lane Cove tunnel and a couple of months ago we had the Cootes petrol tanker on Mona Vale Road killing 2. Not a tunnel but similar lack of care /maintenance.
    Regards Philip A
    Do you have a source for this, or is it just your expert opinion?
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    Yeah Ian, I believe tha RTA NSW grounded ALL Cootes Vehicles for mandatory RWC's

    was on TV a while back now
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Do you have a source for this, or is it just your expert opinion?
    he is correct, the NSW RTA grounded the fleet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UncleHo View Post
    Yeah Ian, I believe tha RTA NSW grounded ALL Cootes Vehicles for mandatory RWC's

    was on TV a while back now
    Yes Kev, and the media reported a substantial number failed the safety audit. Some of the failures were for speed limiters allowing the heady velocity of 102.6 kph and single brake light bulb failure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Yes Kev, and the media reported a substantial number failed the safety audit. Some of the failures were for speed limiters allowing the heady velocity of 102.6 kph and single brake light bulb failure.
    failed is failed.
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