A truckie in Port Augusta, South Australia has copped a temporary suspension after absolutely batshit crazy footage shows the massive vehicle trying to overtake another truck and almost crashing head-first into an oncoming car. Caught on dash-cam

And he only had to wait a few seconds longer for the overtaking lane. :-(

Cheers.

That video has pucker power.

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That video has pucker power.

Even more so when you consider the car is a late 60's MkII Cortina weighing in under 900kgs with no safety features worth mentioning (other than the seat belts that'll try and keep you inside your coffin) with up to 65 tonnes of truck coming at you. :-O

Cheers.

Crikey, 59yr old bus driver conveying school children pulls out in front of semi caught on camera. :-O

http://www.news.com.au/video/id-90cGRmYjE6BSf-Ldr_DTOjMIwiRe8ZBE/CCTV-shows-a-a-near-miss-between-a-school-bus-and-a-truck-on-the-M5

Other motorists pulled the bus over and waited for police to arrive.

I hope that he loses his accreditation.

No cheers here.

Follow up on this incident.

A 59-year-old bus driver has been charged over a near-miss with a truck while carrying school children in Sydney's south-west.
Liverpool police today issued the bus driver with a court attendance notice for dangerous and negligent driving. He is due to appear in Liverpool Local Court on July 19.

Source.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Remember folks, when travelling, toilets are there for a specific purpose only.

Something this fellow won't forget in a hurry :-)

NEWS. A man in his 20s did not want to stay for the police. Instead, a hunt began in the municipality of Kungälv and ended in Surte. The man is now being charged with suspicion of driving around 100 km/h in a 30 km/h street.
In interrogation, the man has told that he gave two friends a ride on the current night in May this year. The police caught sight of the car when it turned to Lundbyleden in the direction north because it drove at around 160 km/h according to the patrol.
However, when the police signaled that the driver had to stay, he chose to do the opposite and drove at an even higher speed on the E6 towards Kungälv. During the voyage, the driver should have drove at 200 km/h and also made dangerous overtakes and also drove in the bus lane.
The driver turn at the Jordfallsbron and later went into a residential area in Ale Municipality where he should have drove at 100 km/h in an area where the maximum speed is 30 km/h. In the end, the driver stayed in Surte after punctured a tire.
In interrogation, the driver acknowledges the crime and that he drove too fast. He calls his run for "deadly and idiotic".
He also tells him that he panicked when the police car made a stop sign and that he was afraid to get rid of the driver's license.

In China, electric car manufacturing hits new record. At the CES Fair in Shanghai, Nevs showed its two new electric cars built in China on the old Saab chassis, and a self-driving concept car for the future.
The interior is big as an SUV and completely stripped, almost like an egg. Here are four chairs and windows around the entire vehicle that will serve as monitors.
And perhaps the most surprising for a car designed in Sweden; The concept car has no safety belts.

I'm glad that I wasn't driving this bus.

Cheers.

I'm glad that I wasn't driving this bus.
Cheers.

Ouch...

I'm glad that I wasn't driving this bus.

I'm surprised the car driver was the only fatality.
Very lucky.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Is it safe to drive to work now? :-)

Beware of speeding tanks and falling light posts.

Cheers.

One driver's Drill Sergent is going to be "less than pleased".

[edit]
Just how many spuds will he have to bash, and how many lumps of coal will he be required to whitewash?

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Memo to any city at risk of invasion - a nice slippery set of tram-tracks down your main street may be helpful.

Quick way to upset truckers

Or get yourself killed.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Gives "catching the bus" a whole new meaning.

One lucky guy!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-berkshire-40415292/cctv-footage-shows-man-hit-by-bus-in-reading

Quick way to upset truckers

Or get yourself killed.

Thats their choice.

What a lot of smaller vehicle drivers may not realise is that some of us will not turn our wheels to avoid them if it will endanger other road users.

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Kevin

Quick way to upset truckers

Or get yourself killed.

Thats their choice.

Then don't involve a truck (or train driver) in your suicide.

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Grant
Darwin NT