Damn Trucks

[adamc11]

Do I need to tell you..
You just told everyone why..

So i put my foot down, bit sh*t. I can do that in 3rd gear at 20km/h and i will go nowhere, but it will make a lot of noise. My point is when people see P plates on your car, they get very critical of your driving. Remove the p plates, and no problems at all.

 

[trentvy]

thats ****ed man, but you are lucky it coulda been so much worse. wish he pulled over i rekon you would of been exchanging your steering lock somewhere in his jaw.

 

[stoged]

Of course they can go 150! i've seen it.. if not 150 VERY close.

DVOLVO

Don't stress, i TOTALLY agree with you. Australia needs trucks and theres nothing wrong with the people. Just the industry.. Truckies trying to keep up with their demands makes them do stupid and negligent things (running into the back of someone because they don't want to stop at the red light)

Does the fact they are highly needed mean they are EXEMPT from the road laws?

I didn't mean to offend anyone, im just really damn ****ed off about my car.

 

[stoged]

thats ****ed man, but you are lucky it coulda been so much worse. wish he pulled over i rekon you would of been exchanging your steering lock somewhere in his jaw.

Yeah lucky we were only moving at about 10km's. The damage isn't anything terrible. Nothing a small car couldn't of done with enough force.

Too be honest im more annoyed with all the passing traffic that didn't stop or report it more so with the truckie that did it..

 

[Howks]

Look i have no problem with trickies, a lot of blame should be pushed to the companies that push ridiculous time frames on them.
BUT
Please tell me what the problem is with restricting trucks to the left hand lanes on freeways? Because that is one legislation that the government should actually enforce.

And to 'DVOLVO' i understand that they pay more for their rego, this is because they drive a much larger vehicle but when it concern's safety of other drivers i think that this law that they currently enforce in the UK should be implemented here.
If you look up the statistics of accidents on our roads, trucks make up a very large number.

 

[commsirac]

Because They Pay Rego the same as you just they pay a lot more then you...
..

Paying more rego doenst exempt them from anything or give them special privledges or is a reason that they shouldnt have extra conditions placed on them.

In fact if they paid rego on the same basis as car drivers, mass and km travelled, they'd be up for much more than they pay now.
We already subsidise trucks to a huge degree, road repair crews would be a dying breed without them. The cost of making a road that can take a B double at 110kmh is exponentially greater than if it were for cars only.
Only through more diesel tax or some sat tracking device where they pay by the km will we really get the real culprits that damage the roads to actually pay their fair share.

 

[BANKS]

I would have turned into the hulk and chased his arse till I ran out of petrol. ****ing Coward.

You damage something, you take reasonability for your actions and accept the consequences.

Not run away like a little girl. I do a lot of highway driving and on a daily basis and I see ruck drivers using bully tactics to get in front of other cars, just indicate and move over in a double B making the person brake heavy to avoid getting killed... don’t care who you are that’s just a complete arsehole thing to do.

 

[stoged]

I would have turned into the hulk

Lol, something to remember for the future.

 

[stocky]

I was watching a current affair (or today tonight) a little while ago... they were filming in melbournes burnley tunnel i think, talking about accidents in the tunnels, when a truck changed lanes and actually put a mercedes into a spin. Have a look at YouTube - Melbourne Domain Tunnel truck and car crash
Anyway, apparently this happened because trucks have a blind spot near the front of the truck, to the left. If you were on his left side near the front of him, he probably didn't see you. Pitty you didn't get his details, i'd be spewing.

bah old news. truck only changed lanes because ACA was sitting in front of them in the right lane trying to get them to do something wrong. **** ACA

 

[88GreenVN]

Lucky no real harm done - could so easy been a very different outcome. Blood n guts everywhere.

And had you chased him through the red lights and hit someone....