warfer69 replied:

Hi Royce

Ive seen a few death's,motycycles,cars along that road for years,and that was 20 odd years ago now,Built the Red Rooster thats next to McDonalds on Ballarto rd...Bloody Maniacs but Frankstons getting so big now that theres cars everywhere and nobody gives a bleep !

Where on F/Dandy was the breakdown ?????

cheers

Member - Kevin E (QLD) replied:

Royce,
Thanks for the feedback on the shop name. It's good to see that 'Bear all and wash' got a mention. I seconded that when you were looking for a name.
Kev

Member - Axle replied:

Mate, glad you got that done with no injury!!, the amount of drivers out there that stare straight ahead, and can't visualise any dangers, is enough to scare the crap out of anyone!

Cheers Axle.

Member - Tim - Stratford (VIC) replied:

Royce,

Sounds like you need to get the shop going in Rosedale - keep away from those city drivers in their 2wds

Willem replied:

Hi Royce

A similar thing happened to me just out of Brisbane near the big fella bridge. Right hand front blew and I was in the centre lane in the G60 in rush hour. Nowhere to go. Eventually a taxi gave way and I was able to duck off the road and straddle a concrete culvert on the side. Had to make a dash onto the road to loosen each wheel nut. Some vehicles seemed to miss me by inches. I had triangles out and hazards flashing. Nobody gave a hoot. Even the cops flashed by without a glance.

Yer take yer life into yer hands living in the Big Smoke...LOL

Nice to hear the shops have catchy names. Good luck

Cheers

DIO replied:

Yeah, stopping in the emergency lane of any freeway is a very very dangerous and stupid thing to do. What can you do in that type of situation then? Well try and drive your vehicle as far off the edge of the carriageway as possible even if it means driving on a flat tyre. So what if you damage the tyre more or even the wheel rim, if it saves your life (and believe me lots of people have been killed when struck by passing vehicles when parked too close to the carriageway) then surely it was worth it. People sounding their horn when passing, if you were as close as you claim, then I don't blame them at all. You not only expose yourself to imminent danger but also every other motorist passing by. I hope that you've still got a headache to remind you of your stupidity.

What could you have done better. The obvious, move your vehicle away from the 'danger zone' (close to carriageway), call for assistance from RACV, NRMA even Police as if any of them attend, at least they have warning lights etc. If you didn't, perhaps you could have put out a couple of warning triangles or at least a row of 3 - 4 cones conspicuously placed to warn oncoming motorists. Didn't have any, well now might be a good time to get some, don't you think! That's what it's all about, warning the oncoming traffic as to the potential or presence of a hazard. No guarantees but I bet it would have provided you with a safer environment. If none of these were available to you, the best thing would have been to remove yourself and onyone else well away off the side of the road and await help. On a freeway it's bound to be only a matter of time before someone notifies the authorites.

To some extent, your problem was caused by your indifference to the probable state of roadworthiness of your vehicle if as you stated 'you got another couple of hundred k's out of the tyre' then it seems to me that the tyre had well and truly reached the end of it's serviceable life. You made a very poor decision as a driver, didn't you.

So after all your carry on about other drivers etc, I believe that you are the one that deserves a good swift kick up the kyber pass, perhaps it might serve to remind you that next time you should use some common sense and think of others who might also happen to be using the road. That's not too difficult is it, after all you did by some fluke manage to survive to tell us of your 'adventure'. More importantly, have you learnt anything from it? I hope so.

Member - Doug T (W.A) replied:

I think it's City drivers mate , Now I don't know your circumstances and how far you got off or if you could have got off more but in my time I've seen some damn stupid things done , 1 - A taxi driver changing a tyre half way through the big Roundabout on Airport Drive Brisbane , NO BRAINS,
2 - Car broken down at the intersection of Cumberland Hwy / Merrylands Rd Greystanes at a set of lights, in the middle lane, downhill run, and the 2 idiots are standing on the footpath waiting for the towie, why not let the car roll around the corner and out of the way, NO BRAINS

Doug

Gob & Denny replied:

goodday royce
how long till the shop opens

steve

Patrolman Pat replied:

I was driving back from the Blue Mnts a month ago and the car in front of me had a head on with a Commodore on a tight bend on a hill in the pouring rain, blocking both uphill lanes. I stopped behind the accident, just before the bend with the hazards on so no one would come around the bend and be confronted with the hazard. I managed to find someone to help control traffic flow both ways using a pair of handheld UHFs until the cops arrived to take over. I can't believe how many vehicles tried to ignore us, tried to overtake the cars that did stop on the wrong side of the road crossing double white lines, and generally abused the drivers of the two crashed cars for causing them to be delayed.

Motherhen replied:

I was wondering how the naming was going. I like the bear all and wash slogan.

This is a true story - a few years ago, my daughter in law was doing her washing in the laundromat in a town 150 kms from home where she did the shopping, due to water shortage. With one load dry, she ducked behind the machine out of sight from the street to change her clothes to the clean ones ready to wash what she had been wearing, then got up and saw the sign "This laundromat is under video surveillance".

Pajman Pete (SA) replied:

I want to know why it is always the right hand tyres that need changing on a busy road.

I have had 4 flats in recent years. 2 on each side. The left hand ones were in Brachina Gorge in the Flinders and at Cockle Creek in Tassie.

The right hands were on the Sturt Highway and the Nuri - Tanunda Road.

Go figure.

Pete