Reply With QuoteImpede flow of traffic for the car (if warranted)
TopicToaster
Just seen a news clip on TV,.. a truck driver SAID to be tailgating a car, down Geelong Rd???
There's a small car driving down Geelong Rd, in the MIDDLE lane, a truck immediately behind him. The left lane is vacant, but the car does not move over, although He could,....but He just sits there with a big semi about 6' behind him, obviously wanting to overtake, so WHY wouldn't the car driver move to the left. So, the truck driver illegally goes into the right hand lane, obviouusly out of frustration, to overtake,...someone's filmed all this, the Police have the tape, and and say the Truck driver will probably be charged??!!.....all because the car driver wouldn't move over.
No-one has yet said what speed the car driver was doing, but I'll bet it was under the speed limit,...see what you can find out.
I reckon the car driver should be charged for stupidity,...I mean, all He would have been able to see in his R.V. mirror would be a truck grill badge,...so why not move over?!
Truck driver to be charged?....Ridiculous,....Surely only in the Nanny State, Pickles.
Impede flow of traffic for the car (if warranted)
TopicToaster
Definitely,.......but probably not, in "The Nanny State"?Originally Posted by Tombie
Pickles
AT REST
SubscriberIn Europe the keep left rule is strictly enforced ............... and the traffic flows extremely smoothly.
The guy in the car would be charged without hesitation.
Roger
Swaggie
What could the driver be charged with? The car was not in the r/h lane. The car was entitled to be in any lane other than the r/h lane.
This is the law of unintended consequences in action. A law was recently passed prohibiting trucks from driving in the r/h lane.
One wonders what was preventing the truck moving to the left.
OldBushie
Was that on the main hwy to Geelong from Melb(?), I'm not sure if there isn't a ruling that trucks aren't allowed in the right hand lane down there (??). So either way, the truckie will be buggered,, in the wrong lane or undertaking
Wizard
For trucks this only applies where there are 3 lanes. To complicate matters here cars and trucks have different speed limits for the same road. Results in many crazy over taking efforts by cars who are held up behind slow moving trucks. Adding to this is that the roads tend to be narrow and were drawn into the plans freehand by someone with Parkinsons so straight stretches where overtaking can be completed safely are few and far between.
LordRover
SupporterCar was doing the speed limit - the truck driver was trying to intimidate the car by sitting on its tail - no sympathy.
The truck driver should have done what I have to so when driving up the Hume and all three lanes are taken up with B doubles side by side doing 60kph - sit and wait until clear and safe to move on.
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TopicToaster
Who said the car was doing the speed limit,....have you info on that,...I do not.
Pickles.
LordRover
SupporterIt was in all the news reports that were shown on tv with the video. Clearly the car is going at a reasonable speed and the truckie just had no patience.
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2007 Range Rover Sport TDV6
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1976 Jaguar XJ12C
1973 Haflinger AP700
1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
1957 Series 1 88"
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