dynamytedave
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Ahh cool mate, glad things are ok, good ideas there, I'd go with that.
Here's a question (unrelated to the Hay Plains) for you since you are a professional driver.
We all know that learners must get experience in all road conditions and at times they don't get to practice lengthy driving periods except when they go on long trips, like a holiday long weekend.
If they are on motorways that are sign posted 110k do you think they cause a danger to other motorists not because they can't drive but because they are forced to do 80k?
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Learners, or any slow movers on freeways are a major hinderance and can be quite dangerous. But having an elevated position above the line of traffic, we have more of an advantage than car drivers because we can see whats going on further away. A lot of the time we can anticipate the actions of car drivers, and know what they're gunna do before they even know what's going on.
Learners have just as much right to be on the road as anyone else. P-Platers on the other hand... Nah, seriously though, we all started out as learners, and it'd be a safe bet that we've all held up other road users when we were learners. I reckon that learners should spend a day in a truck around town, just to see what it's like, to see what we have to put up with. It'd make a huge difference to people's perception of trucks and drivers in general.
People just have to learn to be patient, it only takes one little error or a minor indiscretion to ruin your day. Courtesy goes a long way as well.