Professional truck drivers?

**weeds** · 5th June 2018, 03:22 PM

Posted by a couple doing the big lap......

**Eevo** · 5th June 2018, 03:24 PM

normal driving. nothing to see here

**Mick_Marsh** · 5th June 2018, 03:29 PM

Doing a lot of interstate driving, I've got to agree with Eevo.
I've seen scenes like this many, many times.

**weeds** · 5th June 2018, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Doing a lot of interstate driving, I've got to agree with Eevo.
I've seen scenes like this many, many times.

Our resident big riggers will be along soon saying it was the caravaners fault in the first place......

**Mick_Marsh** · 5th June 2018, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by weeds

Our resident big riggers will be along soon saying it was the caravaners fault in the first place......

What they will say, and I have heard this before, is "We can see a long way ahead."
This maybe true but the law does not state you can pass on an unbroken line if you can see a long way ahead. The only time you can pass on an unbroken line is when you are passing cyclists AND it is safe to do so.

**travelrover** · 5th June 2018, 04:06 PM

And he is carrying explosives! Great

**Saitch** · 5th June 2018, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

What they will say, and I have heard this before, is "We can see a long way ahead."
This maybe true but the law does not state you can pass on an unbroken line if you can see a long way ahead. The only time you can pass on an unbroken line is when you are passing cyclists AND it is safe to do so.

At least the vehicle being overtaken had the politeness to get off the road when being overtaken to make it "Safe to do so"

Probably called the other bloke through, at a guess and probably had to as the camera vehicle was too close to him for the overtaking vehicle to round up one a a time.

Storm in a teacup with these pics.

**weeds** · 5th June 2018, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Saitch

At least the vehicle being overtaken had the politeness to get off the road when being overtaken to make it "Safe to do so"

Probably called the other bloke through, at a guess and probably had to as the camera vehicle was too close to him for the overtaking vehicle to round up one a a time.

Storm in a teacup with these pics.

Yeah but how does the ripper pulling the left help?? The b double drill has to clear him before he is back in his lane.

**weeds** · 5th June 2018, 04:52 PM

Oh pretty sure the picture taker said they had uhf on ch40 and no call up from the overtaking truckie.

Correction, didn’t have uhf on...but have travelled 24000km and it’s the worst they have captured and do mention the majority of truckies go about their business safely.

**donh54** · 5th June 2018, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by weeds

Oh pretty sure the picture taker said they had uhf on ch40 and no call up from the overtaking truckie.

Correction, didn’t have uhf on...but have travelled 24000km and it’s the worst they have captured and do mention the majority of truckies go about their business safely.

So they don't know if the tipper called the B double around, or gave him the nod (indicator flash)? On a lot of Aussie roads, the elevated driving position in a truck gives you an uninterrupted view, where the lower view from a car doesn't. He may have had a mate a k or so ahead whose called him through. Happens every day and night, all over the country.
I agree, crossing solid lines is illegal, but if that was the worst they saw is 24000 kays, they had a pretty quiet trip.
I assume they were towing a van? And the reason for the photos was that the B double overtook them, and the roadtrain in the one hit. If so, sitting as close as they were behind that roadtrain makes them a bigger problem than the B doubles overtaking move.

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