Thread: An Accident waiting to happen

I looked carefully at the impact frames of the OP video, and the truck had actually moved ( partially) off the road so there was no excuse for the bloke to hit it other than going too fast.
I once had a similar thing cause a near miss in Saudi when we were driving in blinding dust in the empty quarter and the convoy leader suddenly stopped without warning in the middle of the road to read his LORAN.

I was going slow enough to miss him, but there is a responsibility on the person in front to have some common sense and move off the road if they want to suddenly stop in a dust cloud.

I have always remembered that lesson.

I have also found cattle crate drivers to be very nice blokes who will respond to a polite request to tell me when it is OK to pass on a dirt road.
Regards Philip A

I've just been out, driving in the rain. Why is it that the drivers of the least conspicuous coloured cars refuse to use their lights, in circumstances of reduced vision?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I've just been out, driving in the rain. Why is it that the drivers of the least conspicuous coloured cars refuse to use their lights, in circumstances of reduced vision?

Arrogance!

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I've just been out, driving in the rain. Why is it that the drivers of the least conspicuous coloured cars refuse to use their lights, in circumstances of reduced vision?

Cost of electricity....

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I've just been out, driving in the rain. Why is it that the drivers of the least conspicuous coloured cars refuse to use their lights, in circumstances of reduced vision?

Darwin`s theory

We have a few of those "ran into the back of a truck" & "hit a tree in the dust" episodes every year out here.

It amazes me. If the truck is oncoming just pull off & stop until the dust cloud clears, if your following in dust it's either time for a walk or to use the radio.

Jonesfam

It is self administered euthanasia. Some just can't wait til the bill gets through parliament. No problems with me unless the collateral damage involves the unwilling .

I must be bad, could not stop laughing at this first video... Bet he dont do that again...

The idiot that lost control is a perfect example of someone that dont know how to drive... Firstly over reacting to the pull when he hit the gravel, and its pretty darn obvious that he was going faster than his abilities...
Boy did he make a mess, I would not like to see how much damage to the grill and possibly the radiator...

I remember a family friend heading home on the Meekatharra-Mt Augustus rd some time in the 1980's, he had a couple state pollies with him when a stock truck went past in the opposite direction... Half way down the trailers a XB panel collided with them, panel van was overtaking...
Sadly Brian got hurt but he was one of the 3 politicians in the car... Of course, like all good friends(and his family), we all had to give him a hard time about the 3 of them nearly vacating there seats...
He was probably the only one that could laugh about it, the other 2 where up there to check out the condition of the roads and the dangers involved...Karma..

Johntins, as you know, there are lots of steering wheel attendants and we have all seen them and there actions... They are the ones who give us a bad rep, but when a car driver has a bad time with those idiots, we should use the term, "Not all truck drivers are like that, only a few. Please dont brand us with the same brush", Same as the ones who brand land rover drivers(But I know, we are all the same, terrors off road for not getting stuck so easy)...

As for crash cams, I had one that stopped working... an hour before some stupid woman in a white Camry, with child in back seat, she was wearing a black slip on dress and had dark brown hair, I know because the vision of what happened wont go away... S bends, between Quairading and Cunderden, came over the ridge into the first bend, truck coming other way didnt hear my call on UHF, thus he quickly slowed half way through bend and pulled into dirt, car behind pulled out and some how squeezed between us, Bull bars where level when she went through, I was running left wheel on edge of drop off(I had 88 tonne pushing me and doing 90 through the bend)... On return trip I stopped and followed my wheel marks on foot, I was 6 inchs from going bush and hitting a few trees(big enough to demolish cab) and a big pile of pushed up rocks, big enough to destroy the truck... the other driver stopped too and we measured the road between marks, she had 7ft between the trucks, I didnt even hit her...
How, I got no idea, we should have hit but didnt...
Police informed but as we had no rego and cam not working, nothing they could do but put it on radio asking people to take care while we where emptying the Quairading CBH bin....
There where 12 roadtrains doing that run, all of us grossing between 83 tonne and 92.5 tonne...Most of the run we where able to sit on 100 kmh and as it was off the main highway, we had very few problems, but that day I was shaken, not stirred...


Its bad news when idiots dont think before acting, but funny when we see videos of them getting a harsh lesson... Poor trucky probably needs new tail lights...