Thread: Sign took out my LH Mirror

Just bought a replacement mirror head from Four Wheel Drives in Blackburn for $59 for the County. The arm was extra but I didn't need it. Not sure if it is the same for a Disco

Sorry to hear about the mirror, tonto.

Not too many brown undies with the family, I hope.

I'm sure you'll find one for the right price.

Please report this incident as there is much lobbying in our area about roads etc. The local blokes are compiling stats about such issues.

Take the coast road next time, via Byron Bay, Lennox Head and to Ballina.

Where on Tintenbar Hill did this happen?

Leaving Ballina and heading north the climb (up Tbatr Hill) is apparently the steepest on the Pac Hwy.

(and if you're heading this way, say g'day, we're often on the beach, it's a real beauty when you get the tides right)

Cheers, GQ

Tont - good on you for pulling him over and giving him a piece of your mind. There are quite a few truckies around my way (there's a sandstone Quarry nearby) that seem to have forgotten there are people inside those cars they try to drive over.

Originally Posted by tonto73

On the way a truck decided to overtake me at the last possible moment as the overtaking lane ended going up the Tintenbar hill going into Ballina. To avoid him i had to drive between him and a sign after the lane ended.

Surely the left lane is the one which would "end" at the conclusion of the dual carriageway. That being the case, it is your resonsibility to merge successfully into the right hand (continuous) lane. From what you have stated above I don't think the truck driver has done anything wrong.

Mind you, I wasn't there and I don't know the road in question, so I could just be talking out my backside.

No offence intended and hopefully none taken.

Call his boss again, tell him you have a witness and have spoken to the coppers. Would they like to pay for the mirror, or would they prefer you went ahead and made a formal statement. Inform them that that would involve being interviewed by the Police. Being a "work place" it may involve work cover (or your state equivalent).

Let them know that you're being reasonable and are giving them an easy out.

They may pay for the mirror. - Let's hope.

He then proceeded to tell me if he had slowed down it would have taken him longer to get up the hill.....

What a ******! That justifies his poor driving ablity, so that's alright then.


I had a sort of similar problem when a steel loaded semi cut in from my left at the last second to get to the turn right lane to the SE freeway. Squeezed us into a funnel with nowhere to go, but fortunately he backed off but pushed in front of the poor bloke behind us.

Anyway, "the boss" rang me back on his mobile & I'd swear by his knowledge of the circumstances, that it was him that did it & that he didn't get it secondhand from "his"driver.

Maybe the same in your case.

Another time my 2A LH mirror hit & wrecked the mirror after it hit a real estate agent's sign that had sagged & sloped towards the roadway. Bloke was quite nice about it & sent me a cheque for the damage. But, he did say that if I'd been the type that had rung & abused him, I could get stuffed.