The antics of some caravanners really make me wonder.

Submitted: Saturday, Jul 11, 2015 at 20:52
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No doubt there will be endless flak for posting this, but it hurts to keep biting my lip.

In a matter of a few days recently we followed:

(a) a rig pull into the United station in Mataranka. (They have two islands of bowsers, four lanes of vehicles can be accommodated.) The two outside lanes had vehicles in them, so this driver pulls in MIDWAY between the two rows of pumps, and manages to block two lanes and six pumps all in one go.

(b) a rig following a north-bound road train just south of Tindal. Road train doing a steady and comfortable 100kph, rig driver attempts to overtake. Full of ambition but it would have taken a kilometre to get past. Alongside the back trailer (s)he realised it wasn't going to work and had to do serious braking to avoid oncoming traffic.

(c) a rig just north or Katherine in the long 80kph zone doing a rock-steady 56kph, oblivious or indifferent to the growing queue of traffic behind.

I for one wonder what they were thinking, or IF they were thinking.

**flak shield on**
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