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I disagree with this, I find it very helpful when others on the road who are driving in the opposite direction to the rising/setting sun have their lights on, usually it makes it much easier to see them. It defines them from the usually darkened landscape around them.
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It is based on years of going out at sunset and sunrise with my father for his landscape panorama photos. I love cars and driving so I always pay full attention to everything. Since March when I got my permit, I have been doing that driving, and it is from that experience that I have found when I have the sun in my eyes, and most of the land is perceived very dark, a car with headlights on provides a good contrast, making them much easier to see. |
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When you are driving into the sun the background is bright, VERY bright as in bright as the sun....... I am not talking about the sun off to the left or right but straight ahead. If you want an example look at the Bruce Highway between Howard and Childers. Almost dead straight, wide and smooth but runs east west and is one of the worst blackspots in the state for head on collisions. I am just wondering if riding as a passenger is such good preparation for driving why does anyone need driving lessons? And YES, you do know almost NOTHING about driving as demonstrated by quite a number of your posts and the fact that you really think you do is rather frightening. |
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You're entitled to your opinion that I know nothing. I do not feel that way, there are plenty of things I must know or I would not be here, I assure you. You do not know me, what I know or don't know, or what I have done. I don't claim to be any perfect driver, or that I know all that much, I know I have A LOT to learn. There must be a factor in the situation we are describing that creates this difference in opinion? |
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Hows this, 12 months ago the interstate B-doubles were delivering our freight by 8.00am 5 days a week. When that fella plowed into them folk in NSW and the police started their crackdown on speeding trucks our freight instantly became delayed by 2+ hours every day, it was that bad my rostered start time was put back to save me sitting around waiting on the book. The 'bosses' dont give a toss until you get caught and drag their name into it. And the worst place you could hang around is beside a semi in metro areas as it prevents them from dodging around idiots who dont know what they are doing. I know it was one of the things that p'd me off daily, backing down and winding up again coz some clown liked the shade my tautliner provided them and prevented me from moving around parked cars etc. |
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Hi. Its called the "Owner-operator handbook". Cheers MD
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funny how everyone is happy to tar the whole truck driving industry with the same brush, but take offence when someone calls them a 'hoon' instead of an 'enthusiast' because they drive a nice car.
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my take on it is, when the road opens up a bit, ie, becomes 2 lanes, the driver feels more comfortable to do the 110 limit, and so speeds up with little awareness of what is going on behind them. also, there would be those who are well aware of the line of traffic behind but feel they are doing everyone a favour by 'enforcing' their own speed limit on others. thankfully when i travel every year (drive to adelaide - brisbane) its mostly outside of holiday periods and most people now prefer to fly, so traffic is a rarity. also, i realise its a small snapshot of life on the highway, but in the 15 years or so that i've been doing the journey, i could count on one hand the amount of times i've been overtaken by a truck. |
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Going on posts above .... this is one reason why i usually stay home during the silly season .... and take my holidays during the quieter times.
Like a lot of truck drivers on here .... which I am not .... I have seen a hell of a lot of craziness out there (especially being a courier in Sydney metro). When I was younger/single I used to take a country drive for the hell of it during the night ... I found I felt the safest then as the majority of truck drivers were excellent on the roads. Not like the city slickers out during daylight hours doing absolutely stupid things ... and putting their family and others at risk ... just because they think they own the road. patience and common courtesy goes a hell of a LOOONG way ... unfortunately ... it is rare to see this today. Yes ... there are different things that people do out on the road that absolutely annoy the living hell out of me .... but I just have to take a deep breath and relax ... as I have my wife next to me and my son strapped in his carseat in the back .... and I am the one responsible for their safety. Everyone just needs to put the agro away when they get in the car.
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ah! by your attitude and answer I would say you are a single semi driver......these i keep well away from....
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Not a semi driver either, i did local deliveries in a HR for one of SA's biggest transport co. until things tightened up and we all got laid off. Wheres the attitude, im just telling you how it is from recent experience. For what its worth, the guys who brought us our freight were great drivers with well looked after trucks, theres nothing wrong with the majority of drivers, its the people further up the ladder who have unreal expectations... Too often the truck driver is blamed for incidents which often happen as a result of inconsiderate drivers around them. Stay safe. |
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haha - bent 8 - when poppa said 'single' i don't think he was referring to your marital status, but how many trailers.
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Cheers though. People get less for murder, or so she tells me... |
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A rare compliment from someone who spends every second year in Sufferers Paradise perving on Bikinied Swedish backpackers
![]() But the drive will be better this year Rob, 90% of the Newell is back where it's supposed to be, even a couple of new overtaking lanes South of Moree. The bad news is that fuel prices out there are not going down !
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A bit like reflective vests. When only people who needed them for safety reasons wore them they were noticed a lot more, now everyone wears them and no one really takes much notice of them anymore. As for holiday riding, I used to ride an 1100cc roadbike to work on the F3 freeway until one day during holiday time I got hit at 110km/hr by a driver changing lanes without looking. I was punted across 2 lanes before I regained control and the driver just kept on going. I was pushed out of my lane twice more before I got home in a slightly frazzled state. I then told my wife that it was my last commute on the bike and that I was going back to motorcycle racing again as it was much safer. These were holiday drivers, not the experienced commuters and professional drivers that I usually travelled with. I went back to racing and was much calmer. lol!
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only 21 years....we're coming up to about 33 in january.....sometimes feels like 90.....she's been annoying me since high school so I guess she would have been around the 15 mark
I keep taking her all over Australia, but she finds her way home every damn time I belonged to "the fraternity" a long time ago.....glad to be out of it but I tend to get a bit protective of our boys and girls out there who cop flack unnecessarily from folks who wouldn't have a clue very few "bad" ones out there but these few are way over represented in fora
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You truck drivers get anyone "drafting" you on interstate trips? Or is that just in the realm of US hypermilers?
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After Gil, Coona is not bad for price then Gundy, which is almost Bris prices.
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I have been reliably informed, by the keeper of all things, including knowledge, that we are actually approaching our 35th wedding anniversary, coming up in January apparently
ah! dark days indeed! I thought time flys when you're having fun.....
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well maybe not the poo!.....possibly intensive care......where I'm sure she would visit, cant go too long without someone to nag!
I used to love the "silent" treatment......she doesn't allow me that pleasure anymore! damn sure that woman has a double sprung, triple hinged jaw!
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Rob
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hmmm, might pay to fill up in dubbo then. depends which way i go these days. last year due to the murrimbidgee flooding, we went via broken hill, cobar etc which spits you out at gilgandra. i think i filled at broken hill then nyngan then gundi. 1st time i've gone that way and am tempted to go that way again.
otherwise, we normally stop o'night at dubbo so just as easy to fill there and miss Gil. |
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Just south of Rocky a day or two back...
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151306728759626 Sadly, this is representative of the majority of truck drivers we now see on the highway. The minority are now "the good guys" and any impartial observation will show anyone that "the cowboys" are now in the majority. They can cry about "give us space" but that also means no overtaking and cutting back in, not tailgating slower vehicles after catching up to them, and backing off and giving us the "space" you tell us you need. If this means you can't storm along at 110-plus (yes you do...) then so be it. Show the safe following distances you allege that you need. Caravans: either speed up or get out of the way. As a guy I work with who travels in his van a lot says: you've already ruined your fuel economy by slapping a huge van on the back...so you might as well sit on 100kph instead of holding everyone up by doing 80. |
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so, is that clip all you've got to back up your statement? there are bad eggs in every industry, but to make a blanket claim like that.....
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