Thread: Professional truck drivers?

Originally Posted by trout1105

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.

And i see this sort of thing every day,not just trucks,but cars,motorcycles,and cyclists.

In fact,trucks and buses would be in the minority,where cars,motorcyclists, and cyclists are the main offenders,particularly the last two.

Many have a complete disregard for road rules.

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

He started to overtake in the correct spot but by the time he wound it up he ran out of legal lane.

if he/she couldnt complete the overtake by the double lines, then he/she didnt start in the correct spot or should not of attempted the overtake.

unfortunately a Facebook link, but video of another professional truck driver.



7 News Adelaide - Police are tracking down a truckie...

Originally Posted by Eevo

unfortunately a Facebook link, but video of another professional truck driver.



7 News Adelaide - Police are tracking down a truckie...

Aw come-on Evo, We all know the driver was on the radio to someone up front telling him it was all clear

Originally Posted by trout1105

Aw come-on Evo, We all know the driver was on the radio to someone up front telling him it was all clear

i thought it was ok due to the elevated sitting position?

Originally Posted by Eevo

i thought it was ok due to the elevated sitting position?

Yes , Silly me I forgot about that.

To be fair I can't remember seeing a truck doing anything as stupid as this But I have seen cars and bikes do this sort of thing countless times.
In my experience the truckies ARE "Professional" drivers and it is clowns that do this sort of thing that people tend to remember and forget about the other 99.99% of drivers that wouldn't dream of doing this stuff.

Originally Posted by Eevo

if he/she couldnt complete the overtake by the double lines, then he/she didnt start in the correct spot or should not of attempted the overtake.

Agree 100% eevo - certainly not saying the truckie was in the right.... BUT..We weren't there, so hard to comment on the circumstances.

Was he only going to overtake the caravan and in doing so the van panicked and sped up closing the gap ?
Did the roadtrain see that happen and call him thru ?
Did the roadtrain back off and let him thru, just because you cant see any brake lights doesn't mean he isn't slowing down, pretty easy to drop 20-30km/h by just taking the foot off the loud pedal.
Was there a few cars behind the Bdouble when he pulled out and they closed up the gap meaning he would have needed to stop almost dead on the wrong side of the road ?

At the end of the day he/she got it wrong , wont be the first wont be the last ,but plenty of armchair drivers , including myself , assuming we know the circumstances and passing judgement.

As someone said earlier, it could have even been you that said it , nothing to see here move on..

Cheers Ean