Thread: Mad Truck Driver

That school bus near miss is the bus drivers fault due either to the bus drivers inattention or arrogance or both! too many times i've had to take evasive action when an arrogant bus driver flicks on his indicator and simultaneously moves out into the traffic stream - they dont see the D2 beside beside them amidship cos they dont look seems like they think that the "give way" sign on the rear of the bus releases them from the rules all others road users are bound by .... [rant over]

Garden Grove are well known for their stupid drivers.

There is a youtube channel called "dashcam" motorists or something. They put out collations each month... some of that stuff is truly horrifying.

I don't have one in the car as I don't drive much - but if I did drive a lot I'd definitely have one.. maybe even a rear too.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

IMHO the truck driver probably started to overtake when the road was clear , long before the car came the other way.
The other truck driver may have been bloody minded in not slowing to let him in. They were probably both limited.
He had no options to pull back in due to his position and you could see that he was squeezing onto the other truck.
Seeing that there was ample run off room, good visibility on a straight road, the oncoming driver would have to be a moron not to move off to the side.

I have had exactly this situation several times in my driving career, and just pulled off out of the way although once I had a panicking passenger not SWMBO who is used to such things after being a passenger in 34 countries.

Just one of those things that you will encounter in any country driving. I can recall once overtaking on the left then the right verges while overtaking trucks passing each other at about 10Kmh on the Silesian Gates.
The other clip of the car veering over double lines on a curve is a different kettle of fish, but again the dash cam car driver must have been very poor to spin and roll under those circumstances. Maybe his ESC and ABS could not cope.

Regards Philip A

Sorry Phil but I totally disagree. I have been doing interstate for the past 12 months and this is how it should be done.

1/ Make radio contact with the truck I wish to over take. I will then ask the driver to let me know when it is safe to come around.
In most cases when they give the ok they will also say that if an oncoming car does appear before the job is done, that he will back off to let me in.
I do the same if I have a slightly faster one on my back door.

2/ If for some reason contact cannot be made with the front truck,
I will then only attempt to pass the truck when there is ample room to either get past, or if necessary abort, long before an oncoming vehicle gets close.

What we saw in that video is totally absolutely unacceptable behavior from any driver, let alone 40 plus tons of truck.

I still say he should be banned for life from driving anything bigger than a light rigid.

I think you're being a bit harsh Dave. The short capture does look bad, but what would the whole story tell?
There are many scenarios that could put the overtaking truck in that position, most involving misjudgment by the truck and dog steersman.
Did the road train just pull out from the shoulder, giving the T&D no time to stop?
Did the R/T call him 'round, not seeing the oncoming?
Has the oncoming just pulled out of a driveway or side street?
Was the oncoming travelling up the shoulder, appearing to be parked?
In my humble opinion, the most likely chain of events goes like this:
The loaded R/T is trundling along at 90-95 kph.
The empty T&D is marching at 100 kph, approaching the slower truck, just before a hill with an overtaking lane.
Expecting to catch the R/T at the beginning of the overtaking lane but misjudging the slower trucks speed, the quicker truck has left himself nowhere to go.

I saw this discussed, this morning, on TV. The women on the panel said that they would have gone bush or skidded to a stop! They don't deserve to have a licence, they also claimed it was an incredible show of skill by the dashcam owner! For heaven's sake, all he did was what he should have done, in the circumstances. That demonstrates that they have no more idea than the armchair critics who have posted here.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? That brief clip is not long enough to tell the whole story.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? That brief clip is not long enough to tell the whole story.

thats why the business owner and possibly the police are investigating.

What happened to innocent until proven guilty? That brief clip is not long enough to tell the whole story.

That brief clip pretty much tells the whole story.
The driver with the dash cam was travelling along the road and had to pull off the road because the offending truck driver was on the wrong side of the road.
I would Love to see this idiot plead Not guilty with this sort of evidence presented in court.
I have No idea why you are trying to defend the actions of this driver
Watch the footage again, There is NO driveway or side street anywhere to be seen and both trucks are travelling at speed so the parked up theory doesn't work.
You do mention "Misjudgement" a couple of times though.
This driver did something stupid and dangerous and should be taken through the courts and dealt with accordingly.

Originally Posted by trout1105

That brief clip pretty much tells the whole story.
The driver with the dash cam was travelling along the road and had to pull off the road because the offending truck driver was on the wrong side of the road.

And thats pretty much it!