Thread: Professional truck drivers?

The road doesnt look like it will ever have a single unbroken line?

If the camera car failed to utilise a legal overtaking opportunity and stayed close behind the road train, it became an 'Unintentional Mobile Roadblock'.

If when the bdouble was overtaking the camera car, the camera car closed up the gap, rather than slow down to give the bdouble room to pull in, the camera car became an 'Intentional Mobile Roadblock'.

Originally Posted by solmanic

I have no issue whatsoever with people photographing/videoing law breakers then reporting them. I ride with a bike camera for this exact reason (not just random reporting - only the stuff idiots do to try and kill me). Most people will think "oh, no one's looking" and try all sorts of stupid stupid stuff. If we arrive at a point when everyone just has to assume there is someone recording whatever illegal thing they are about to do then we might just lower the road toll. Sure, the rig may have had a clearer view up the road, but what if some farm cocky around the corner just took that moment to pull out onto the highway in the opposite direction? He wouldn't necessarily be looking to his left for oncoming traffic in the wrong lane.

When I'm out if I have a driver do something dangerous near me, I wait and see what the video shows to confirm it wasn't just me being sensitive then make a judgement call about just how bad the incident was before reporting it. If however, the driver is a professional (truck or taxi etc) then I ALWAYS report it as those people should damn well know better and be held to a higher standard of roadcraft.

I might have to get a dash cam for my POS so I can film major groups of cyclists doing all sorts of illegal stuff, even in pitch black dark so I can report them also.

How do I do that?

DL

Even if the bdouble driver is guilty, he is still likely to be a victim in some measure.

Most interstate drivers are paid trip rates, that typically dont remunerate a driver for waiting to load time, excess loading time, waiting for a tyre repair man time, waiting for truck repair time, etc. On top of that forces the driver to adhere to a strict regime of work and rest breaks, that can easily mean that a driver will be punished heavily if he does not reach his meal stop before he has to stop for a break, or worse may get 30min from home but be forced to cease driving for at least seven hours.

Truck drivers rail against that which oppresses them, they dont want to be risking their lives, they have the highest death rate by profession, but those that exploit them have a lot of power.

I wish I had a dollar for every time a car increases speed, to match mine, when being overtaken .

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I wish I had a dollar for every time a car increases speed, to match mine, when being overtaken .

Yes, especially when you have tailed them for ages waiting for an opportunity and as soon as they hit the overtaking lanes they speed up to the speed limit and then slow down again after it - have to wonder what goes on in their minds??? I won't say what I think of them.

In this case.....camera guy backed off when he noticed the b double thinking he would slip in between but he continued on. ....based on his blog

I have to say looking at the Adelaide clip, that IMHO what he did is harmless. There is probably not enough room to overtake under the guidelines of the traffic authority thus the double lines.

Also how many times have AULRO members seen double lines where it is perfectly safe to overtake in a modern car which has about 200% of the power of the cars when the rules were made, and who doesn't exceed the "Advisory Speeds" which were set about 50 years ago. I read a while ago that the state authorities feel that they cannot update the advisory speed signs as "it would cause confusion". All it would need is different coloured signs and an education campaign but that is too hard.

He goes onto the "wrong' side where visibility is good and hopefully is on his side on LH blind corners.

Obviously he is doing it to increase the radius of the curve and enable a safer drive through the corners.

All it takes is some asshole to follow him with a dashcam to have all the do gooders who never break the law to tutt tutt.

Exactly Phillip.

I do the same through Horrocks Pass, apex lines are far smoother and there’s no risk if you’re on the correct side for a blind curve.