Thread: Cyclist attacks bus driver

Originally Posted by Chops

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!

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.

Originally Posted by trout1105

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.

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.

Originally Posted by weeds

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.

4.5 metres.

Originally Posted by trout1105

If there is a Police escort attached to an oversized load then I think that it is Mandatory to pull up Off the road.

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.

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.

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.
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.