For the 2nd time in 3 days the Bruce Highway is closed due to a major truck accident. This morning involved 2 trucks with one driver being killed. There is debris across the road I have been told. Could be a while before the road is reopened. They are diverting traffic around through Maryborough somehow.
Gerty Dancer said
08:22 PM Aug 9, 2012
Oh dear, another truckie. My sympathy to his family... when drivers are annoyed about the inconvenience and running late etc it often gets forgotten that somebody has died .
Happywanderer said
08:32 PM Aug 9, 2012
So true Gerty. Just come over the news. 55 yr old truck driver died. One truck rear ended the other at road works. So sad. Feel for his family so bad.
brickies said
08:42 PM Aug 9, 2012
Maybe we might have to think about using Hazard light on our Trucks, car and Tug when stopped at road works , Some times when we pull put hand brake on and have no sign to say we are stopped , Just a thought
Happywanderer said
08:45 PM Aug 9, 2012
I always sit with my foot on the brake and looking in the rear mirror.
dazren said
08:52 PM Aug 9, 2012
Brickies wrote
Maybe we might have to think about using Hazard light on our Trucks, car and Tug when stopped at road works , Some times when we pull put hand brake on and have no sign to say we are stopped , Just a thought =========================================================================
Well said. Best bit of ''commonsense'' I have heard for sometime, I Agree.
Kiwi-as said
04:58 AM Aug 10, 2012
brickies wrote:
Maybe we might have to think about using Hazard light on our Trucks, car and Tug when stopped at road works , Some times when we pull put hand brake on and have no sign to say we are stopped , Just a thought
I also think that is the best bit of advice I have heard for a long time, and something I will most definitely use.
gypsy rover said
04:37 PM Aug 10, 2012
brickies wrote:
Maybe we might have to think about using Hazard light on our Trucks, car and Tug when stopped at road works , Some times when we pull put hand brake on and have no sign to say we are stopped , Just a thought
Good thinking brickies, I'll file that one away in the memory banks to be used at a later date. No matter where you go in Qld at the moment there seems to be road works happening. Getting ready for the next wet season I guess.
Cheers!
Happywanderer said
05:14 PM Aug 10, 2012
Another terrible accident about an hour ago north of Mackay. Prob about 9am. A semi and a car. 4 killed and 1 injured. Just a terrible situation.
Beth54 said
12:52 AM Aug 11, 2012
Very sad indeed.
Another tip that my truckie brother taught me is when you see, say a kangaroo beside the road, use your hazard lights, so people behind or oncoming realise there's 'something' to watch for.
There are wild horses in the Toolara Forest near Tin Can Bay, so I'm sure there's more in other places.
So I don't see why you couldn't use them when you're last in the queue at roadworks and someone's coming up behind you.
For the 2nd time in 3 days the Bruce Highway is closed due to a major truck accident. This morning involved 2 trucks with one driver being killed. There is debris across the road I have been told. Could be a while before the road is reopened. They are diverting traffic around through Maryborough somehow.
Brickies wrote
Maybe we might have to think about using Hazard light on our Trucks, car and Tug when stopped at road works , Some times when we pull put hand brake on and have no sign to say we are stopped , Just a thought
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Well said. Best bit of ''commonsense'' I have heard for sometime, I Agree.
Good thinking brickies, I'll file that one away in the memory banks to be used at a later date. No matter where you go in Qld at the moment there seems to be road works happening. Getting ready for the next wet season I guess.
Cheers!
A semi and a car. 4 killed and 1 injured. Just a terrible situation.
Very sad indeed.
Another tip that my truckie brother taught me is when you see, say a kangaroo beside the road, use your hazard lights, so people behind or oncoming realise there's 'something' to watch for.
There are wild horses in the Toolara Forest near Tin Can Bay, so I'm sure there's more in other places.
So I don't see why you couldn't use them when you're last in the queue at roadworks and someone's coming up behind you.
Yes, I'll add this tip to that thread too.