Saturday, Nov 08, 2014 at 12:31
Bob, I watched a classic piece of idiocy on the Kwinana Freeway about 10kms South of
Perth a couple of years ago.
I was travelling in the left-hand lane at 85kmh where the Freeway was down to 2 lanes. The speed limit is 100kmh.
A bloke with a tandem drive prime mover pulling an empty tri-axle semi-tipper was sitting in the RH lane also at about 85kmh and blocking others from overtaking.
There was an impatient bloke behind the semi-tipper in a Rodeo traytop who was obviously fuming at not being able to travel at freeway speed.
The second there was a big enough gap to get around the semi-tipper on the left, the bloke in the ute did so.
He roared around him on the left, then pulled back in front of the semi-tipper and promptly proceeded to slow down!
The truckie played the equivalent idiot by getting right up the Rodeos rear.
Next thing, the imbecile in the Rodeo hit the brakes - hard!!
The bloke in the truck hit the brakes as well, the semi-tipper locked up all wheels, and the trailer broadsided across the freeway into my lane!!
Luckily, they were now far enough ahead of me to not be a problem.
However, it could have been a total disaster if any vehicle had been close to either one of the idiots!
I was so shocked at the idiocy that I failed to take note of the number plates - but I gave both idiots a wide berth for the rest of the drive. The bloke in the Rodeo sped up and vanished into the distance anyway.
In all the years I've been driving, I don't think I've ever seen a more idiotic display of poor driving behaviour - by two matching idiots - and one of whom is expected to be a professional driver.
I find that many truck drivers are guilty of driving too closely to smaller vehicles, and I fail to understand why the police don't penalise them more.
Cheers, Ron.
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