hows this for stupid antics a guy in a white falcon over took me on the pacific hwy this morning i was sii=tting on around 106 107 kph in the semi
gets in front of me then jam's on the brakes and wonders why he gets lit up by 4 spot lights high beam and a blast on the air horns then gives me the finger like it's my fault oh yeah and it is raining .........
rain realy brings out the morons on the rd. to you younger guy's please don't be foolish around semi's ort any truck for that matter think befor you over take it is hard to stop a semi especialy when it is lightly loaded the brakes lock very easy air brakes are hard to control in a emergency situation please don't become a statistic
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Good advice, just drive ultra defensive like bike riders do and anticipate stupidity. I ride with my mates in their jap imports and I am completely scared out of my wits! they are big risk takers and you just can't do that in a mini!

Besides, I'd be devistated if my little mini was to get hurt in an accident!

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it dont mater what car it is weather a small or large car keep it off the street and on the track
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me mams always tellin me "those truckies, theyre angry people. no sleep, a shitty station meal and no girls make them angry. and they have to concentrate to drive. dont muck with them"

and thats the impression that seems to work. all truckies are doing their job on tight time.
to be mindful of huge trucks is the way to go. dont travel alongside them, if theyre signalling, theyre gonna turn into your lane. if you cant go faster, then stay behind.
i find that if a truck is behind me and im going slow, i let the truck overtake me. i dont find it safe to move lanes and let them past coz i cant see past them into other lanes. is this right?

but when makka gets off his truck he turns into the perfect gentleman who sleeps and eats and sleeps some more.

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if a truck signals let them out dont speed up that is when cars go bush
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Yeah makka i know exactly what it feels like when a car slams on their brakes infront of you. My step dad is a furniture removalist and ive offsided for him in the past. Quite a few times cars have slammed on brakes infront of the truck (20 GVM) while the truck has been full of thousands worth of furniture. You also get those pr*cks that overtake you because your in a truck and then slow down, you overtake them, they overtake you again and slow down under the speed limit.
Trucks are damn heavy and dont usually stop quick! also remember the driver cant see you unless you can see him in the mirrors.

funny storie from a few years ago in a 12 tonne truck guy did the over take slow down thing to me any ways after doing this 3 or 4 times i noticed a commodore sitting back watching procedings it comes up next to me i look down passenger smiles shows badge drops back behind me i over take car again then as the lane ends car boots into it gose round me cross dbl yellow lines i pissed myself laughin i pulled over let the copper past me and watched him pull the car over i stoped police oscifer comes up to me and sez if i was driving the truck i woulda sent the ning nong bush i said not allowed to any ways the driver gets ticket for culperble driveing and half a dozen other offences cost him around 3000 in fines and the guy sez to the cop that the big nasty truck driver was at fault and i tried to run him of the rd and i was jumping on the brakes and other stuff the cop laughed at him and said i have been watching you for the last 20 mins harrasing the driver so guys it is always best to do the right thing ya never know whos watching
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Yeah sounds all too familiar! I wish there were more cops around for those type of morons, cause the amount off crap that idots get away with is just a joke!

The one and only time I got booked for speeding was coming in from Newcastle after having driven all the way to Cairns and back. Me and a ute were stuck behind a truck, I was directly behind and the Ute was behind me. We followed the truck for a good 20kms without an overtaking lane in sight.

The overtaking lane comes up bam! the ute is out beside me and gunning her full throttle in the overtaking lane, big V8 sound. I i then pull out and realise the overtaking lane is about to end and I step on her (big v6 sound ) and to make it out in front of the truck I did 132km/h (that's what it said on the ticket) but the ute was at least 20 car lengths head of me by then and way up the road and still going, I reckon he was 150+).

Subsequently I get pulled over by a fat coppa an fined. I tried to kick up a fuss about the ute but he shrugged his shoulders as if to say "least i got one of you's" at least he only fined me and I didn't lose any points! I think he was kind as the ute was plainly well over 132ks!

I was on my P's then too!

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yeah well life is like that just gotta be paitient
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truckies in the city are alright - wait till u encounter truckies in the countryside - they drive like 200 kph (sometimes with their eyes closed)

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and car drivers who drive on country rds with there heads up there arses are worse still ...
oh and the fastest trucks out there do round 160 kph not 200 i have driven a truck that dose 150 not fun
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Ya wanna be scared by trucks??? Try driving to Mt Isa. Bitumen is lucky to be one lane wide. If there's a truck coming the other way, then you get off the road, COMPLETELY. Or if ya come up behind one of them, it really is scary when they have six trailers, and they're swinging all over the place.

Give the guys a break.
You cant really expect any of em to pull up 100 tonne of truck and load just for some poor prune in a car.

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i agree
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I drove out to Longreach (cent. Qld) last year, sheez.. overtaking some of those road trains at 120kmh with a cross wind is a flippin scary thing.. Cos they have like, 3 sections and each sways and moves independently... Still, good practice.. Between Longreach and emerald i wouldve encountered at least 10-20 of them.

just on the speed of trucks - on the autobahns in Germany the trucks keep up - which means between 150-200 usually. Some of the newer Merc Benz Actros and the like seem to handle it with ease... most of the trucks there arent semi, they're fixed back container type things generally with another trailer behind.. makka does that make a big difference in terms of top speed?

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I dont ever recall seeing any semis in germany france italy or switzerland. They usually are a rigid truck followed by a trailer of a similar size. In Italy they are speed limited im pretty sure.... causes a lot of traffic probs because you get a truck that can go 2 km/h faster that the one infront overtaking it. so you get two of the 3 lanes at 110 and only the outside lane at the speed limit of 130... a real headache at times. Germany im not sure but those trucks would go faster as they are smaller and have better power to weight ratio (thats if the gearing is suited).