The Newell Highway at Dubbo remains closed after a fatal truck crash this morning. Just before 4am, two trucks had a head-on collision on the highway, about 20km south of Dubbo. One of the trucks ignited after the crash..
Rip and Rosie said
04:07 PM Jan 24, 2012
Motorists travelling southbound on the #F3 Freeway via Morisset are experiencing significant delays this morning following an accident which blocked all southbound lanes for a brief time.
The accident involved two trucks and a car.
Ma said
04:10 PM Jan 24, 2012
And isn't it stressful when you can't get in contact with your son who is a truckie and travels that route every week........
jonathan said
04:17 PM Jan 24, 2012
I always travel that section of road with extreme caution .. some of the incidents I've seen from there through to Parkes are amazing. While that highway is a known heavy vehicle route, the risks taken by smaller vehicles to overtake is ludicris !!
I would certainly not like to apportion blame .. It's a road to hell !
Jon
Rip and Rosie said
04:27 PM Jan 24, 2012
F3 isn't any better despite the millions of dollars poured into it.
_wombat_ said
04:27 PM Jan 24, 2012
Ma wrote:
And isn't it stressful when you can't get in contact with your son who is a truckie and travels that route every week........
suggest you contact the company to put your mind at rest
Rip and Rosie said
04:30 PM Jan 24, 2012
Ma wrote:
And isn't it stressful when you can't get in contact with your son who is a truckie and travels that route every week........
keep ringing Ma, I feel for you.
ChiChi1 said
05:16 PM Jan 24, 2012
Came though there last week. Trucks driving very fast all the way from Toowoomba. Nightmare drive in the rain. Many, many more trucks on the road than when I went up in December.
Very worrying Ma, when you can't get in touch. Keep calling and I hope you fears are unfounded.
Ma said
05:27 PM Jan 24, 2012
PHEW!!!! Just managed to get through to him. He came down the Newell about 1.30 this morning and is now on his way to Scorsby in Vic.
He heard that it was two B-Doubles (which one newspaper said) and he also heard it was a B-Double and a tray top (which the other newspaper said)
Guess he will find out on the grapevine eventually.
Andrew drives B-Doubles.
blaze said
05:32 PM Jan 24, 2012
thats great news for you and blue ma but alas some family is going to go through a lot of pain blaze
Ma said
05:35 PM Jan 24, 2012
Yes Blaze, unfortunately so. I know Andrew has lost a few mates now in accidents and not all of them were the truck drivers fault either although it is mostly blamed on the truck.
Gerty Dancer said
05:53 PM Jan 24, 2012
So glad and relieved about your son Elaine. But oh dear some other family has lost their son, its dreadful.
i tell you after driving the tardis , I have a lot more respect for truckies etc some of the stupid things people do in front of us on our last few trips, every one should go for a drive in a truck or motorhome and see what its like for them.. yeah there are some cowboys out there and yes sometimes the truck companies force them to get from A-to b faster than they should.. but we still have to give our truckies respect on the road...
milo
Ma said
10:17 PM Jan 24, 2012
Yes Milo, people are all too quick to blame the truckie before they find out the facts. Sometimes the facts are never known and people "assume" and we all know what assuming does.
_wombat_ said
10:24 PM Jan 24, 2012
Truck drivers are professionals they know what they are doing, they do a great job avoiding the non professionals out on ther road, sometimes they are unable to avoid idiots.
Take a trip across the Nullarbor and have a chat with the truckies on ch 40 they are a great bunch of guys and gals
milo said
10:42 PM Jan 24, 2012
yeah id love to do that one day wombat.. its on the bucket list of things to do ..
Delta18 said
11:05 PM Jan 24, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
Truck drivers are professionals they know what they are doing, they do a great job avoiding the non professionals out on ther road, sometimes they are unable to avoid idiots.
The one in the link Milo posted didn't seem to know what he was doing, aparently he was going the wrong way on the wrong side of the median strip on Hume Highway.
Ma said
11:14 PM Jan 24, 2012
If you have been on that section of the Hume lately you wouldn't wonder that he was on the wrong side of the road.
With all the road works and detours and deviations it's a miracle that something like this hasn't happened before now.
The Newell Highway at Dubbo remains closed after a fatal truck crash this morning. Just before 4am, two trucks had a head-on collision on the highway, about 20km south of Dubbo. One of the trucks ignited after the crash..
And isn't it stressful when you can't get in contact with your son who is a truckie and travels that route every week........
I always travel that section of road with extreme caution .. some of the incidents I've seen from there through to Parkes are amazing. While that highway is a known heavy vehicle route, the risks taken by smaller vehicles to overtake is ludicris !!
I would certainly not like to apportion blame .. It's a road to hell !
Jon
suggest you contact the company to put your mind at rest
keep ringing Ma, I feel for you.
Very worrying Ma, when you can't get in touch. Keep calling and I hope you fears are unfounded.
PHEW!!!! Just managed to get through to him. He came down the Newell about 1.30 this morning and is now on his way to Scorsby in Vic.
He heard that it was two B-Doubles (which one newspaper said) and he also heard it was a B-Double and a tray top (which the other newspaper said)
Guess he will find out on the grapevine eventually.
Andrew drives B-Doubles.
blaze
Yes Blaze, unfortunately so. I know Andrew has lost a few mates now in accidents and not all of them were the truck drivers fault either although it is mostly blamed on the truck.
Tragic...Know the area well.....
and another truck accident this arvo,
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/three-trapped-in-hume-highway-crash-20120124-1qex1.html
i tell you after driving the tardis , I have a lot more respect for truckies etc
some of the stupid things people do in front of us on our last few trips,
every one should go for a drive in a truck or motorhome and see what its like
for them.. yeah there are some cowboys out there and yes sometimes the truck companies
force them to get from A-to b faster than they should..
but we still have to give our truckies respect on the road...
milo
Yes Milo, people are all too quick to blame the truckie before they find out the facts. Sometimes the facts are never known and people "assume" and we all know what assuming does.
Truck drivers are professionals they know what they are doing, they do a great job avoiding the non professionals out on ther road, sometimes they are unable to avoid idiots.
Take a trip across the Nullarbor and have a chat with the truckies on ch 40 they are a great bunch of guys and gals
The one in the link Milo posted didn't seem to know what he was doing, aparently he was going the wrong way on the wrong side of the median strip on Hume Highway.
If you have been on that section of the Hume lately you wouldn't wonder that he was on the wrong side of the road.
With all the road works and detours and deviations it's a miracle that something like this hasn't happened before now.