Another $wd rolls

Put a stop to what ? It was NOT on Fraser Island !

Do you want to ban Troopies ?


KK

Got to love a bit of sensationalism...and 4WD hysteria.
Story says "when a Troop carrier rolled near Fraser Island" which was actually at Hervey Bay, across the water from the island.

What is next ... 'croc takes backpacker near Fraser' for a croc attack at the tip of Oz. ... gotta wonder if journos receive any training these days. Whatever they do receive, is it not in evidence.

Jack

Here we go, another argument on EO.
Bring it on.............Dont you love this site!
Karen
:-)

Hi All

IMHO What ever happened to personal responsibilities.

I agree you should have warning signs /lectures about this can happen and dont do that ect but its the person behind the wheel who is at fault.

If they are forewarned then Darwins theory is alive and well.

Cheers Wilko

I can sympathise with the poor buggers, that River Heads road is a shocker but it's the only way to Fraser Island from the Bay.

I would be dangerous too if I was driving a heavily loaded, unfamiliar vehicle carrying 6-10 scantily clad back packers, drinking beer, laughing, joking and skylarking. (They were the days)

However as much as I envy them, we probably need to bring in some sort of controls to save peoples lives.

Regards
Geoff

THE POINT IS hire companies that allow unexperienced drivers to overload their vegicles need to take due care and accept some blame. In the past reports like this was about 4wdriving accidents on the island and on sand which took the emphasis away from the hire comnpanies. This accident reinforces that it can happen anywhere, it is not only sand driving but any driving that is dangerous when the vehicle is overloaded

I think it is high time that they limit the number of passangers to the hire company troopies

Some of the replies here (KK) is rediculous and Troll 81 makes a good point

CJ

Troll,
Gotta love the Google ads in your first link:
One was for hiring troopies on Fraser Is,
another selling 4wd trips in Troopies on Fraser,

Must be looking for the resiliant types who don't mind the odd rollover.....

Why does the vehicle model always get the attention ????

Its not as if the vehicle decides to roll over and play dead all on its own ....

Did tens of thousands of miles in a 47series .... "overloaded" and with two families onboard ... to all sorts of places in Qld, NT & WA.

All the kids survived, the ol girl never fell over ... and if it wasnt for the vehicle configuration we would never have got out there.

Maybe the 70series just isnt as good ???? .....

Or it could be an underloaded problem I suppose .... in regards to the brains of the drivers hiring the things.

Ban rental troopys and they will be rolling 12 seater buses instead ..... Its the human element at fault people ... not the vehicle.

Aren't the statistics for rollovers on fraser Island involve only troop carriers?
If it was in NSW they would ban all troop carriers thus solving the problem.

Honky

As usual the blame of accidents can be attributed to the "nut behind the wheel"
Last September I had the privilege of going to Fraser Island with a group of friends and was alarmed by the amount of 4wds speeding along the beach.
Seen a lot not even slow down at creek crossings (very impressive--the spray kicked up) Had an incident where we were abused because we were standing ankle deep in the water watching the kids having a play in the water ( told to get of the beach as the vehicles have right away) pity they didnt stop because I would have given them the right way, right away.

Saw plenty of them over loaded troopies (in fact over the ten days we were there we helped 3 of the bogged in soft sand)gave them instruction in soft sand driving(letting air out of the tyres etc)
Overall it was the behaviour and attitude of some of the 4wd drivers that somewhat marred the trip.