Closer than they realise

[Bushie]

At the 33 sec mark maybe someone on this forum had a closer call than they realise.

Pretty sure all the expletives have been bleeped out.

Warning as truckie captures astounding overtake video | Toowoomba Chronicle


Martyn

[Ferret]

Disappointing how easily people dismiss their own stupidity, especially when its others they put at risk.

[MichaelJR]

Can't regulate stupidity unfortunately!!!

[Mick_Marsh]

Funny thing is, according to the letter of the law, the person towing the camper is at fault for failing to give way whilst merging.
Merging

[Ausfree]

As a bus driver I see similiar situations involving cars all the time. You are in the left hand lane on a double lane road and a car is hanging back off you in the middle lane, you are nearing the end of the two lanes and you put your blinker on to merge, when the driver of the car,at the last minute decides to accelerate past you just as the lanes merge. Sheer stupidity,the car driver has had at least 500 metres to pass you!!

That video shown above shows how dangerous it can be!!

[Chops]

Can someone post a link that doesn't require logging in please?

[Debacle]

Funny thing is, according to the letter of the law, the person towing the camper is at fault for failing to give way whilst merging.
Merging

Maybe, but you can only overtake when safe to do so. The overtaking truck had to cross double lines to do his overtaking. That isn't safe. It didn't achieve anything for him as he just sat behind more traffic, but a couple of places up in the queue.

He's an accident going someplace to happen.

[Mick_Marsh]

Can someone post a link that doesn't require logging in please?

Logging in to where?
I didn't have a problem. Mind you, you will have to scroll down the page a little.

[dullbird]

As a bus driver I see similiar situations involving cars all the time. You are in the left hand lane on a double lane road and a car is hanging back off you in the middle lane, you are nearing the end of the two lanes and you put your blinker on to merge, when the driver of the car,at the last minute decides to accelerate past you just as the lanes merge. Sheer stupidity,the car driver has had at least 500 metres to pass you!!

That video shown above shows how dangerous it can be!!

unfortunately I come across A LOT of bus drivers that seem to think its OK to pull out in to traffic when they have cars litterally along side them!! it appears to be I'm bigger than you and I'm coming whether you like it or not, I see this day in and day out and it has happened to me on more than one occasion, in fact it happened to me I was up almost level with the bus drivers cab and he pulled out pushing me in to oncoming traffic to avoid him, I personally think bus drivers are some of the worst on the road.

[Mick_Marsh]

Maybe, but you can only overtake when safe to do so. The overtaking truck had to cross double lines to do his overtaking. That isn't safe. It didn't achieve anything for him as he just sat behind more traffic, but a couple of places up in the queue.

He's an accident going someplace to happen.

Ahh! But, he wasn't overtaking. He was forced onto the other side of the road to avoid a collision with the fellow towing the camper who, by law, should have given way to him.

It's amazing what you pick up when you read the road rules. The printed road rules.