Why don't people LOOK

Gday Doug,
"road train....what road train".....

Pity the poor damn truck driver, too, trying to control his juggernaut and avoid the campervan - he'll be a mess for days to come.
DB

It makes you wonder how anyone could get out of that alive.
The fact that they pulled out in front of the road train is out a surprise.
We have a convey of 5 trucks that we use around Sydney each weekend. As all trucks are leaving our yard at the same time & heading for the same location, we tend to move as a block with a gap between trucks.

The number of times people will pull out or cut in in front of one of the trucks is unbelievable.

Vince

73 year old ? Tunnel vision (glaucoma) ?

but doug
i thought all loaded road trains could stop in 50m from 80ksph lol
isnt that what all the smoked up tyres are for ???
some tourists shouldnt be allowed out without there parents or at least there written consent
that particular intersection and the servo are pretty well sign posted

steve

Hey Doug

I just picked up a Toyota van with the tilt tray, a couple of backsratchers had just bought it in Darwin a few days ago, On a straight stretch of road they rolled it, luckily they were not hurt.

There was another roll over on the Jim Jim road this afternoon at the same time.

Cheers Steve.

I do believe some people look but don't SEE. I'm sure majority of people if they admit to it have started to move out and slammed on the brakes as a vehicle has appeared all of a sudden and wondered where it has come from.

Mind you missing a road train hmmmmmmmmmm.

Brian

I guess he won't be getting his bond back.....

Because people are not perfect and they make mistakes.

Saw a similar accident not far out of Mildura a few years ago. Bits of caravan sprawled for ages and diesel all over the road from where the prime mover's rightside fuel tank was punctured.

Looked pretty speccy.

Have a look at this one.
Site Link
Happened down the road from us.

Many people drive without looking any further than their bonnets. I am constantly amazed at how little people look and see while they are driving.

I know I have had a few near misses from inattention so I guess I cannot speak but they were lucky to come out of that one alive.

My son was a cop in remote WA he saw way to many tourist crashes form total inability to drive to the local conditions.

They usually involved overloaded brand new luxury 4 wheel drives just off the showroom floor and capable of driving anywhere and doing anything ................... Not !

This is what happened to me in July. Coming round a bend doing 100kph and a German tourist (with his imported LHD Mercedes 4x4) was in my lane. I swerved to the left into the gravel but he instinctively did the same. Luckily everyone survived.

Apparently 2 people die on SA road accidents each year involving international drivers at fault (so major crash tells me).