Police find TV mounted on truck dashboard near Goulburn
NSW POLICE MEDIA
23 Mar, 2012 04:44 PM
Police have charged a truck driver after finding a large screen television attached to the dashboard of his rig near Goulburn.
About 9.35am yesterday (Thursday 22 March), police from Goulburn Highway Patrol stopped a semi-trailer on the Hume Highway after reports of erratic driving.
Police spoke with the 32-year-old driver and found a 32cm wide television screen bolted onto the dashboard, hooked up to a portable DVD player.
The position and size of the screen meant a significant section of the windscreen was obscured, making driving extremely dangerous.
The truck driver from Western Australia has been issued with traffic infringement notices for a number of offences, including drive vehicle without clear view and driving while using a hand held mobile phone.
That is so dangerous! He should have his licence revoked forthwith. I know of drivers who do watch movies while they are driving, but no on such a big screen. I'd think they were probably listening rather than being riveted to the screen. They have enough distraction in the cab with all the dials and guages and radio, with phone, GPS computer communication etc. Movies should not be one of them.
Happywanderer said
05:02 AM Mar 25, 2012
I've got a 32inch in the lounge, can't imagine having one on the front dashboard of any vehicle. Silly man.
billy the kid said
05:46 AM Mar 25, 2012
It wasn't a 32 inch, but a 32cm
Happywanderer said
05:48 AM Mar 25, 2012
So it was, looks bigger than that in the photo.
Dougwe said
01:09 PM Mar 25, 2012
Real clever and they reckon bus drivers are bad, mmmmm.
_wombat_ said
03:03 PM Mar 25, 2012
Give the guy a break, he comes from WA where you do not see many police on the road (unless they are doing a blitz) his mistake was going to Victoria.
Dougwe said
04:08 PM Mar 25, 2012
And what's wrong with Victoria? And don't say what's right with, heard that one before.
Rip and Rosie said
04:27 PM Mar 25, 2012
They booked him for using a mobile phone........................... that made me laugh.
BobnBev said
04:52 PM Mar 25, 2012
MMMMM, Spoke to a driver in the West last year and he said that he watches movies on his dvd player as he travels from Perth to the north over night. And has been doing it for years, helps keep him awake he said... So its common over there by the looks , dont be on the roads at night in WA!!! Bob n Bev
_wombat_ said
04:56 PM Mar 25, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
And what's wrong with Victoria? And don't say what's right with, heard that one before.
mornin Doug, nothing wrong with Victoria, it's just that he went there with TV still on the dash and there are more police in Victoria, don't see many on the road over here.
_wombat_ said
04:59 PM Mar 25, 2012
BobnBev wrote:
MMMMM, Spoke to a driver in the West last year and he said that he watches movies on his dvd player as he travels from Perth to the north over night. And has been doing it for years, helps keep him awake he said... So its common over there by the looks , dont be on the roads at night in WA!!! Bob n Bev
We do not have enough police, that is the problem and I hear they are leaving in the hundreds to go to the mines, better pay, better hours, etc
Brenda and Alan said
06:18 PM Mar 25, 2012
The truck driver was pulled over in Goulburn - isn't that in NSW?
_wombat_ said
06:40 PM Mar 25, 2012
Brenda and Alan wrote:
The truck driver was pulled over in Goulburn - isn't that in NSW?
Yes it is, some silly bugga said it was in Victoria, probally had his head down a hole.
tiger5 said
08:32 PM Mar 25, 2012
I wonder if he had vast set up?
Cruising Granny said
12:56 AM Mar 26, 2012
NSW coppers are all over the truckies like a rash. Qld as well. No matter who pinged this guy, he needs to have his HC licence taken away forever. He should go back to ebooks. There's a lot of drivers "reading" as they drive. There area a lot of road trains and Bdoubles on the highways at nights. It's the best time to be off the road, parked up and snug as a bug in the rug in your van. I had to drive to Melbourne overnight last November, and I don't think I had my lights on high beam for more than 5 kms for the whole trip. It's almost bumper to bumper all night, both directions. Their delivery and pick up schedules make it more productive to travel overnight. Suits me. I only drive my van in daytime, and I only do oversize during daylight hours, unless it's a huge overnighter which I haven't done yet.
Rip and Rosie said
04:47 PM Mar 26, 2012
A few years back we did Newcastle to Melbourne overnight for a family emergency.
For the first little while we counted trucks, but by the time we got to 500, we gave up.
Can't remember where we were on the journey, but only a couple of hours, so not far south of Sydney.
Police find TV mounted on truck dashboard near Goulburn
Police have charged a truck driver after finding a large screen television attached to the dashboard of his rig near Goulburn.
About 9.35am yesterday (Thursday 22 March), police from Goulburn Highway Patrol stopped a semi-trailer on the Hume Highway after reports of erratic driving.
Police spoke with the 32-year-old driver and found a 32cm wide television screen bolted onto the dashboard, hooked up to a portable DVD player.
The position and size of the screen meant a significant section of the windscreen was obscured, making driving extremely dangerous.
The truck driver from Western Australia has been issued with traffic infringement notices for a number of offences, including drive vehicle without clear view and driving while using a hand held mobile phone.
Cripes.....that's scary !!!
I know of drivers who do watch movies while they are driving, but no on such a big screen. I'd think they were probably listening rather than being riveted to the screen.
They have enough distraction in the cab with all the dials and guages and radio, with phone, GPS computer communication etc.
Movies should not be one of them.
Real clever and they reckon bus drivers are bad, mmmmm.
Give the guy a break, he comes from WA where you do not see many police on the road (unless they are doing a blitz) his mistake was going to Victoria.
So its common over there by the looks , dont be on the roads at night in WA!!!
Bob n Bev
mornin Doug, nothing wrong with Victoria, it's just that he went there with TV still on the dash and there are more police in Victoria, don't see many on the road over here.
We do not have enough police, that is the problem and I hear they are leaving in the hundreds to go to the mines, better pay, better hours, etc
Yes it is, some silly bugga said it was in Victoria, probally had his head down a hole.
No matter who pinged this guy, he needs to have his HC licence taken away forever.
He should go back to ebooks. There's a lot of drivers "reading" as they drive.
There area a lot of road trains and Bdoubles on the highways at nights. It's the best time to be off the road, parked up and snug as a bug in the rug in your van.
I had to drive to Melbourne overnight last November, and I don't think I had my lights on high beam for more than 5 kms for the whole trip. It's almost bumper to bumper all night, both directions.
Their delivery and pick up schedules make it more productive to travel overnight.
Suits me. I only drive my van in daytime, and I only do oversize during daylight hours, unless it's a huge overnighter which I haven't done yet.
For the first little while we counted trucks, but by the time we got to 500, we gave up.
Can't remember where we were on the journey, but only a couple of hours, so not far south of Sydney.
Don't do nights anymore.