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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30987 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Just another case of people not driving to the conditions? Possibly not. Dust can be kicked up so fast across a road that you can be in the clear and then in zero visibility faster than you can stop. I've seen that where some yokel will dive down a dirt road or farmer on his tractor and kick up enough to sand blast the paint of cars on a motorway 1/2 mile downwind. Usually if the wind is that strong HGV's shouldn't be on the road. Of course the usual is idiots who continue to drive in it like they are in the clear and run into the sane people who slowed down. Same idiots who blindly follow the car in front of them no matter that the signal has changed. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36635 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
You can be lucky. On-Board Video Shows Airplane Crashing On Highway, Everyone Walks Away. And even luckier. Officer on traffic stop barely avoids vehicle spinning out at 120 mph on Virginia highway. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3334 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
When the GPS steers you wrong... Watch: Viral video shows tourist drive straight into bay at West Hawai‘i harbor The footage, shared across multiple social media platforms and picked up by news networks nationwide, shows a woman behind the wheel of an SUV all smiles despite the vehicle being partially submerged in water. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22508 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Well, they can wave the deposit farewell...... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36635 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well he did try. Canberra man who rode e-scooter at 100kph before trying to flee police sentenced to one month in jail. He might get up earlier in future. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3334 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
I say put the law on the books... Central Florida officials consider adopting 'stupid motorist law' Officials in one Florida county are considering a law that would fine drivers for going around barricades and getting stuck on flooded roads. But not everyone is a fan of the idea. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3334 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
BMW Issues Stop Drive Warning on 90,000 Cars from 2000–2006 The safety risk stems from an open recall for defective Takata air bags, which have a high likelihood of failure during a crash. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Looks like some fun days ahead for fork lift & truck drivers. An 11 year trial is coming to an end with legislation going before parliament today to allow LST's (longer semi trailer) on our roads from 31/5/23. This would bring the maximum allowable length to 18.55 metres (61 feet). The DfT said the new lorries will be able to move the same volume of goods as current trailers in 8% fewer journeys, meaning they will "make the world of difference" for businesses such as bakery chain Greggs. Every 12 trips? Maybe if using the standard common size Euro pallets of 30x48 inches as that would give an extra 4 pallets with the length extension. With various size pallets out there, who knows. Still have to stay within the 44 ton limit though....hmmnnn.... |
John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 879 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
I used to work for a pallet manufacturer and most of their pallets were 1200mmx1000mm. So maybe two extra pallets at most as for the extra weight that the loby group wants 44 tons a lot of bridges are going to be no-go for that. Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30987 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
My, watch out for those curves. Or what is the kingpin to rear axle? Going to have too much hanging behind the rear tandem? |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13847 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Here in the NT (Northern Territory Australia), Rigid Truck- 12.5m Articulated Vehicle- maximum length 19m Truck and Dog/Pig trailer- 19m B-Double- no restriction on overall length, but from the Kingpin centre point to the end of the last trailer- 20.6m maximum. Road train- from the front of the prime mover/rigid body truck to the end of the last trailer- 53.5m. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36635 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I was wondering why there were so many trucks running up and down the road out front this morning. Three-truck crash closes the Pacific Highway near Kemspey, NSW. Luckily no one was seriously hurt. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3334 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
20 years in PenFed is not enough punishment for this fool... YouTuber is facing 20 years in prison for intentionally crashing his plane in a real-life GTA stunt and then lying about it to the government Trevor Jacob admitted that his 2021 in-flight emergency was actually staged as part of a sponsorship deal. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30987 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
20 years in PenFed is not enough punishment for this fool... Unfortunately they couldn't get him on what should be the real charges, because he stole the evidence. The environmental pollution charges should have been tacked on, as well as landing an aircraft without permission. Lying to the government is a big one, but he'll end up with a very reduced sentence, I believe I heard on the order of one or two years. Now why they haven't seized his YT channel ... . |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36635 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
....Now why they haven't seized his YT channel ... .Because it's the land of the free? Especially if you're white and you can do it? |
John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 879 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
....Now why they haven't seized his YT channel ... .Because it's the land of the free? Especially if you're white and you can do it? It would be better if Youtube shut his channel down they have done it to others. Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36635 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
A truck driver yesterday afternoon punted a turning bus from the rear causing absolute mayhem and heartache. :-O Truck and school bus collide at Eynesbury, west of Melbourne, leaving 10 children seriously injured. An update this morning sadly reports that medical crews had to be scrambled last night to deal with the injured kids with amputated and crushed limbs among the injuries. :-( The update. :-( Children involved in a horror school bus crash on Tuesday in Melbourne have required amputations of arms, the hospital says. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36635 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 879 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
All washed up? Oops Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30987 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
How does 30 tons of explosive go missing from a "sealed" rail car? https://www.kqed.org/news/11949697/california-officials-trying-to-track-down-missing-30-ton-shipment-of-explosive-chemicals |
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