Thread: An Accident waiting to happen

Ouch! The result is below taken from the link in the video. Poor bugger....

Ray Taylor - BDR at Normanton/Kurumba junction. | Facebook

Darwin's theory, it's not hard to workout that you shouldn't out drive your vision.

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

Ouch! The result is below taken from the link in the video. Poor bugger....

Ray Taylor - BDR at Normanton/Kurumba junction. | Facebook

Lucky to live, IMV. Easily done though.

3 of us from LROCWA were driving in convoy towards Boorooloola NT (sp?) from memory when we came up behind a B Double stopped on the side of the dirt road. He let the first 2 through then deliberately pulled right out in front of us!
I pulled right back and allowed him to get well ahead saying to the Cook that I thought the driver was a nutter. On 3 occasions further along the road this bastard pulled over and sat right amongst his own dust cloud waiting for us.
But I sat and waited until it cleared before moving on and there he was leaning out the window laughing. As we got to the Stuart Hwy ( I think) junction he pulled over and hung out the window giving us the finger .... what the hell had we done to upset this ***** I'll never know. Actually we weren't even driving a Landie at the time so it wasn't that that caused it......
Never ever drive into a dust cloud as some lunatic like him may just be waiting for you.
AlanH.

"drive to conditions" is what it is called. See heaps of this in my outback travels. Recent trip to Birdsville this year saw quite a few drivers mainly Toyotas wanting to overtake everything on the dirt sections. It was very dusty and most drivers did the right thing and spaced out allowing the dust to clear in between vehicles but every now and then I could see one overtaking behind and then sitting right up your arse in the dust and stones and then overtaking blindly. Idiots is all I can refer to them as.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Darwin's theory, it's not hard to workout that you shouldn't out drive your vision.

X2

There's one reason and one reason only for this 'accident' and it wasn't caused by the truck driver.

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

X2

There's one reason and one reason only for this 'accident' and it wasn't caused by the truck driver.

Deano

Indeed. Funny how often the truckie is to blame. Drive to conditions, accept your own role in the scheme of things, get on and enjoy...

Originally Posted by ATH

3 of us from LROCWA were driving in convoy towards Boorooloola NT (sp?) from memory when we came up behind a B Double stopped on the side of the dirt road. He let the first 2 through then deliberately pulled right out in front of us!
I pulled right back and allowed him to get well ahead saying to the Cook that I thought the driver was a nutter. On 3 occasions further along the road this bastard pulled over and sat right amongst his own dust cloud waiting for us.
But I sat and waited until it cleared before moving on and there he was leaning out the window laughing. As we got to the Stuart Hwy ( I think) junction he pulled over and hung out the window giving us the finger .... what the hell had we done to upset this ***** I'll never know. Actually we weren't even driving a Landie at the time so it wasn't that that caused it......
Never ever drive into a dust cloud as some lunatic like him may just be waiting for you.
AlanH.

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Fascinating. Did you engage with him? Did you think about what you were doing yourself? If you believe that this particular driver was behaving inappropriately did you take the numbers? Did you report it? Did you film it, as everyone does these days? Do you know the difference between a B Double and a Road Train?

I ask, because you are making serious allegations, allegations that the truck drivers amongst AULRO, and there are many, would take seriously.

If the events you describe truly happened, report them. If they didn't, shut up. It isn't helpfull if things that happened aren't reported, you know. The real drivers want blokes like the one that you described off the road as well, if they exist. All we get from your post is innuendo.