Grazed Nomads

Geez,
Lindsay Bros. were known as upside down transport. looks like there is a new contender.

Good to see no one badly hurt.

I just witnessed a near multiple fatal.

A line of traffic was heading south along the Bruce Hwy near Bororen. There
was 3 cars then a B Double followed by another dozen cars (me being 3rd behind the B Double.

As we approached the cemetary (of all places) a p plater in a GU decided to overtake the B Double. We were all doing around 100kph at this point and still a bit bunched up as we had just come out of a 60kph zone.
As the GU got about 1/2 way past the B double, a falcon and caravan turned North out of the cemetary without looking to his left. He was looking to the right for traffic going in his direction (we all do it).
He got right out onto the road before seeing the GU comming straight for him.
The B double is on the skids, the falcon with caravan freak out and drive off the road and the GU swerves infront of the B double probably polishing the trucks bullbar as he went it was that close.

It was a life lesson for the p plater not to overtake when there is a side street in the middle of the overtake and the falcon owner to look both ways before pulling out. At least they learnt it and are all alive an well (except for their undies) to remember for next time.

It only takes a moment of innatention for deadly results. There was a caravan rollover 2km south from this spot last week. A falcon towing a large dual axle van (maybe too heavy?) got a bit out of shape somehow on a straight section of road, sideswiped a family in a RAV (writing it off) and flipped the van on it's side on the wrong side of the HWY with the car jacknifed facing the opposite direction still attached to the van with the rear wheels 2 feet in the air (strong hitch eh). They were lucky no one was hurt and they drove the falcon away but the van is still in Miriam Vale all busted up.

Cheers
Dave

I guess one positive to take out of this one is the condition of the A-Van after it was all over. It's still comparitively intact. Must have a pretty solid frame in there. All the vans I have seen that have flipped, and there have been a few over the years, have totally disintegrated. It looks like the windows have even remained in place. I hate to think what would have happened to one of the "50% of the market vans". Maybe the extra paid for some of the other brands does give better quality. BTW I don't own a van, let alone an A-Van.

teege

Glad they got out ok.

Car and van are just like a couple of turtles I saw at the Perth Zoo.... they couldn't get back over onto their "wheels" without help from the keeper either..... lol..

Says van wheels went onto verge and then rolled down embankment. But .....double white lines, rig on right hand side of road, facing north. I can't figure it out.

Poor buggers, I hope they are OK. Insurance will hopefully pay for the material damage for them, but it would have to be a bit of a mess trying to recover your stuff from that mixed up mess, not to mention getting back home & sorting everything out.