Thread: Word for water thrown up behind trucks

Originally Posted by Saitch

The chemical formula is H2OIC0

The isotope of which is H2OICFA

A couple of times, on long flat wide outback roads, with the wind blowing in the 'wrong' direction. when there was absolutely no chance of overtaking a moving truck, a kind driver drove on the right and let
me overtake on the left. A bit of a risky business for all involved. (I was in the S1 LW.
.W.

Hi,
On the motorbike, if the wind was on my right, I would stop on the windward side of the road for approaching trucks and wait till the dust,sand,rocks,sticks etc to settle back to the ground after they passed. No drama, as often I was in a low gear on gravel roads any way.
Cheers

Originally Posted by B.S.F.

A couple of times, on long flat wide outback roads, with the wind blowing in the 'wrong' direction. when there was absolutely no chance of overtaking a moving truck, a kind driver drove on the right and let
me overtake on the left. A bit of a risky business for all involved. (I was in the S1 LW.
.W.

Going back to the '70s (?) when I did a couple of Nullabor crossings. With strong N or S winds across the SA - gravel - section, travelling on the downwind side was not uncommon. Truckies taught me that, back in the day when courteous use of a CB paid off in Gold.

Might seem strange but I prefer if it is raining at the start of a journey it would continue to rain for the whole journey. Rain and spray can be easily cleared by the wipers but when the rain stops the crud that gets thrown up from the surface on to my windscreen takes a lot of washer fluid and can leave streaks. Whereas if it is raining it is wet and easily cleared.

Originally Posted by spudfan

......... I prefer if it is raining at the start of a journey it would continue to rain for the whole journey.

Hi,
That would be real fun on some of our out back roads.
Cheers

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
That would be real fun on some of our out back roads.
Cheers

Point taken! I suppose you would not be stuck behind traffic on outback roads too often?

Originally Posted by spudfan

Point taken! I suppose you would not be stuck behind traffic on outback roads too often?

When we do,it is often road trains,with i dunno,maybe 52 wheels,and three trailers,that throw up all types of things.
Or grey nomads,towing vans, doing around 80Km/hr trying to save fuel and don't look in the rear vision mirrors very often...

With the road trains,we usually just pull over and let them go,they won't,don't move over,the road is only one narrow strip of bitumen,with dirt/rocks either side.

Or drop way back and follow at a reduced speed,although they often sit on 90 to 100Km/hr depending.