Thread: Professional truck drivers?

Unfortunately these days, whatever profession you may be in...there is a wannabe copper with a camera on every corner, ready to record any transgression. Look at the poor ol coppers for example...risking their wellbeing, trying to lock up some drug ****ed idiot, screaming drug ****ed girlfriend of said idiot standing by filming the fight, the moment the copper is seen to be not acting in a professional manner whilst in the heat of battle...and it is headline news.

And if I had $1 for every transgression I have seen by a car driver v $100 for every transgression by a truck driver, I would have gotten a lot wealthier off that $1 bounty on cars!

I have said it before on here and will say it again....teleport me back to the 70s/80s where we weren't all quite so uptight.

Originally Posted by donh54

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.

The guy taking the photo starting backing off as soon as he realized the twit overtaking.

Just last week I had a truckie flicking his indicator to say it’s safe to overtake.....I never proceed.

I called him up and said don’t stress and I’m happy to wait until I can see it’s 100% safe to overtake.

Originally Posted by weeds

The guy taking the photo starting backing off as soon as he realized the twit overtaking.

Just last week I had a truckie flicking his indicator to say it’s safe to overtake.....I never proceed.

I called him up and said don’t stress and I’m happy to wait until I can see it’s 100% safe to overtake.

So he was even closer to the roadtrain? That makes him an even bigger twit than the B double driver.
If you don't leave enough room between you and the vehicle in front of you for another vehicle to pass you, and have room to pull in ahead of you, then you are creating a potential situation in which you, as the car driver, are liable to come out second best.
Most trucks on the highways are on a time crunch situation. If you are doing less than 100 kph, you WILL get overtaken. If you are sitting behind a roadtrain (which is legally limited to 90kmh for type 1, or 80kmh for type 2), and you are not attempting to overtake, you are simply adding to the length of the combination someone must get around in order to keep on schedule. Unless you leave sufficient room for other vehicles who may wish to pass, to pull in in front of you, you are the problem!

Originally Posted by donh54

the elevated driving position in a truck gives you an uninterrupted view, where the lower view from a car doesn't.

Yep. Knew this excuse would come up. It ain't legal, mate. It shows a complete disrespect of the road rules and a lack of care for the safety of others.
What do you think the constable would say after reviewing the photo of me doing 140km/h in a 60km/h zone and hearing me say "What's the problem? I was the only one on the road, mate."?

Originally Posted by donh54

So he was even closer to the roadtrain? That makes him an even bigger twit than the B double driver.
If you don't leave enough room between you and the vehicle in front of you for another vehicle to pass you, and have room to pull in ahead of you, then you are creating a potential situation in which you, as the car driver, are liable to come out second best.
Most trucks on the highways are on a time crunch situation. If you are doing less than 100 kph, you WILL get overtaken. If you are sitting behind a roadtrain (which is legally limited to 90kmh for type 1, or 80kmh for type 2), and you are not attempting to overtake, you are simply adding to the length of the combination someone must get around in order to keep on schedule. Unless you leave sufficient room for other vehicles who may wish to pass, to pull in in front of you, you are the problem!

Well cannot confirm what the guy in the vans intention were.....but when I’m preparing to overtake I’m normally right up the arse of whatever is in front of me so that as soon as the road open up and dotted lines appear it gets me around the roadtrkn quickly...........Given the bends in the road and solid white lines one wouldn’t be extracting a dumb arse truckwit to pull along side.

Bloody big task overtaking a roadtrain while leaving enough room for a b double to drop in to avoid a head on collision or forcing another motorist off the road.

Cannot believe how people continue to defend the truckie and look for everything else to divert attention away and basically support his actions

Originally Posted by weeds

Well cannot confirm what the guy in the vans intention were.....but when I’m preparing to overtake I’m normally right up the arse of whatever is in front of me so that as soon as the road open up and dotted lines appear it gets me around the roadtrkn quickly...........Given the bends in the road and solid white lines one wouldn’t be extracting a dumb arse truckwit to pull along side.

Bloody big task overtaking a roadtrain while leaving enough room for a b double to drop in to avoid a head on collision or forcing another motorist off the road.

Cannot believe how people continue to defend the truckie and look for everything else to divert attention away and basically support his actions

Not defending anyone but if you sit on the arse of another vehicle while waiting to overtake ( or any other time) that makes you a bad driver.

Originally Posted by discorevy

Not defending anyone but if you sit on the arse of another vehicle while waiting to overtake ( or any other time) that makes you a bad driver.

Depend on the definition of sitting on the arse.......I certainly don’t pull out 30-40 meters behind a road train that could be 40m + long.

I’ve travel enough I’d and overtaken plenty of road trains safely.......

Highly doubt I’d be overtaking you, although it is a small world......so I guess you’ll never be able to judge my driving skills.

Again the focus is being taken away from the dangerous activity of the truckwit.

The short story is that the truckies overtaking manuver was illeagal end of story, All the excuses in the world won't change that fact.