Thread: Did anyone see the roll over on AULRO FB

Originally Posted by V8Ian

It's amazing how many people are still allive, thanks to our (truck drivers') skills, yet we're so often abused and denigrated.

Did you see the Driverless Trucks here now? "Imagine driving along the M1 at night and looking at the truck next to you, only to notice there is no one driving.

It will be the reality for the next six months as driverless trucks are trialled across Melbourne." Link to yarn

The Automictic brake/collision avoidance systems are good yet flawed still. My car hate bit is turning right after a oncoming car has passed or is just to the rear of me. No chance I would hit anything. The Car has STOPPED scaring the heck out of me 3 times now. Note people with much more expensive cars them mine report the same. The "Lane keeping assist" has followed blacked out lines into oncoming traffic

What could go wrong with no Truckie Driving

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Did you see the Driverless Trucks here now? "Imagine driving along the M1 at night and looking at the truck next to you, only to notice there is no one driving.

It will be the reality for the next six months as driverless trucks are trialled across Melbourne." Link to yarn

The Automictic brake/collision avoidance systems are good yet flawed still. My car hate bit is turning right after a oncoming car has passed or is just to the rear of me. No chance I would hit anything. The Car has STOPPED scaring the heck out of me 3 times now. Note people with much more expensive cars them mine report the same. The "Lane keeping assist" has followed blacked out lines into oncoming traffic

What could go wrong with no Truckie Driving

There will still need to be security guards on those trucks. How long before the bad guys pull their car in front of the truck, stopping it so they can help themselves to the contents?
Who's going secure, close curtains etc., etc. and the reverse at the other end?
There's far more to truck driving than sitting down and looking out the window.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

There will still need to be security guards on those trucks. How long before the bad guys pull their car in front of the truck, stopping it so they can help themselves to the contents?
Who's going secure, close curtains etc., etc. and the reverse at the other end?
There's far more to truck driving than sitting down and looking out the window.

Besides, who are the RMS et al going to persecute?

Its scary out there. I saw that on fb and am so disappointed that it was a hit and run. What a disgusting human to cause that and leave.
I had a near miss recently, some dude in a 79 landcduiser duel cab Ute. He launched across into me from opposite direction, I avoided by going off the road, no idea how disco stayed precise on the steering as I've been having steering issue (since found lower uni on steering column) I had it on dash cam but lost the footage during transfer. Disco kept me safe. I was shaking when got home as it was really close.
I hope Marcus is doing ok in body and soul from losing his pride and joy. It kept him safe to still be here.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

There will still need to be security guards on those trucks. How long before the bad guys pull their car in front of the truck, stopping it so they can help themselves to the contents?
Who's going secure, close curtains etc., etc. and the reverse at the other end?
There's far more to truck driving than sitting down and looking out the window.

Sounds like you have a future plot going on in your bonce.
What would the driver do if he/she didn't have a knob to play with pray tell?

Wait till there is a blue between China and the yanks and they corrupt the G.P.S. system and attack our computer systems. No traffic lights, no eftpos won't need trucks.
The world needs to wake up.
Lindsay.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

It's amazing how many people are still allive, thanks to our (truck drivers') skills, yet we're so often abused and denigrated.

Most are great, but unfortunately there are a few who are spectacularly bad, and those few tend to stick in peoples mind.

My scariest moment (10-15 minutes) on the road was with a truck, whose driver I would surprised if he is still alive.

Tony

Originally Posted by 4bee

Sounds like you have a future plot going on in your bonce.
What would the driver do if he/she didn't have a knob to play with pray tell?

Many years ago, I took an empty 20' container to Bundaberg, to load top shelf rum and liqueurs, for export.
I backed the trailer onto the dock and a great number of bods arrived. Goodo, I thought, this won't take long. How wrong was I! A forklift delivered pallet after pallet to the back of the truck. Alone, I had to carry each carton, 10' to the container doors, then 20' diminishing into the box. All the extra bods were to make sure all the cartons were loaded. Each bod had their own seal to attach to the closed doors. There were more seals than holes for them. Amazing security, until the seals were on.
I'm piloting millions of dollars worth of God's nectar, cane cutters' cordial, with no security! The fear of hijacking stayed with me for every inch of the 400 kilometres to Fisherman Is..
So when do you reckon these driverless juggernauts will be a thing? Twenty-four tonnes of square bear should just about see me out.