I don't understand, if sirens are coming up behind, common sense should also tell you, if you are approaching a blind corner, then stop well before it so when they pass, they "can"'see clearly what's coming.
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I don't understand, if sirens are coming up behind, common sense should also tell you, if you are approaching a blind corner, then stop well before it so when they pass, they "can"'see clearly what's coming.
Sadly, common sense just ain't that common anymore!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chops
Driving down the Gregory development rd, quite narrow, i met a oncoming escort vehicle, followed by an escort police car, i decided a wee stop was overdue so got off the road,. A bit of courtesy and common sense works with all road users regardless of size
If there is a Police escort attached to an oversized load then I think that it is Mandatory to pull up Off the road.
Serious.....I have never stopped....I do back of on the speed quite a bit as police escorts generally means very wide, cannot remember what width required police escort.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
My last trip to miles I come across two police escorted loaded and there was plenty of room to move to the but keep rolling. Obviously if its tight than you pull up. The police certainly don't make you stop.
Here in the West there is quite a lot of giant mining machinery on the Great Northern highway and very often these loads take up the entire blacktop area and if they had to pull off the road because some clown decided that there was no need to pull off the road then there would be every chance that they could loose their load and get injured or even killed in the process.
Think 200 tone haul truck tray and you will understand.
4.5 metres.Quote:
Originally Posted by weeds
From 2.5m (standard truck width) to 3.5m, no escort required. 3.5 to 4.5m, one escort. Over 4.5m, police and escorts.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
On a standard road the width of each lane is 3.5m. How far the truck can move over depends on the wheelbase of the trailer. Platforms or axle-wideners can be up to 4.5m at the wheels, that means if he's running on the fog line, his outside wheels could be a metre into your lane. That's not including the load!
A uhf radio on channel 40 (29 on the Pacific Highway) you'll generally hear the pilot calling before you see them.
I usually have my main UHF on my "Chat" cannel and my hand held on channel 40 (Truckies cannel) here in the West.Quote:
A uhf radio on channel 40 (29 on the Pacific Highway) you'll generally hear the pilot calling before you see them.
Very handy especially in the rain because you cannot see up the road behind a roadtrain when it is raining and Most truckies will oblige and let you know when it is safe to overtake.
With these big oversize loads there is plenty of chatter on chan40, So you get plenty of warning that it is there.
In WA, you don't need a Police or Main Roads escort vehicle unless the load is more than 5.5m wide or longer than 40m in length (except for on certain sections of road in the metro area). So if you see a pilot vehicle followed by either a Police escort or a WA Main Roads escort, it's a safe bet you'd better get off the road. The Police escorts at least will drive on the wrong side of the road and run you off the road if needs be (not sure whether the Main Roads escorts will do the same or not - haven't had any experience with them).Quote:
Originally Posted by donh54