I was commenting on another thread and realised I should also add this to the general forum and the tips thread.
A tip from my truckie brother...
When you see a kangaroo at the side of the road, for instance, and there are other vehicles behind you or oncoming, put your hazard lights on. It really grabs their attention and they realise there's 'something' to beware of.
That is a great idea and thanks for posting it here.
I also put my hazard lights on whenever I pull up at roadworks, just in case the driver behind me is not paying as much attention to the road as they should be.
can you imagine the sight if everyone pulled up at roadworks had them on?
frank
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Avagreatday.
Kathy and Frank currently at Home near Quirindi NSW
I've often flashed my lights to oncoming cars when I have seen a hazard while driving. If I can work out if Myrtle has hazard lights i will use them at road works. great idea.
That is a great idea and thanks for posting it here.
I also put my hazard lights on whenever I pull up at roadworks, just in case the driver behind me is not paying as much attention to the road as they should be.
can you imagine the sight if everyone pulled up at roadworks had them on?
frank
My thought was to just put them on if you're last in the queue.
When waiting in line at roadworks I always leave plenty of room from the car in front of me and I then may be able to pull out of line if it appears that the vehicle coming up behind is not going to stop.
When waiting in line at roadworks I always leave plenty of room from the car in front of me and I then may be able to pull out of line if it appears that the vehicle coming up behind is not going to stop.
When waiting in line at roadworks I always leave plenty of room from the car in front of me and I then may be able to pull out of line if it appears that the vehicle coming up behind is not going to stop.
Cheers
David
That's another one my brother told me.
I think it is crash avoidance space. well it was when I did my crash free driving course anyway.
Heres the thing- it works, leave yourself some escaping room and always have a look to see where you can escape to.
frank
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Avagreatday.
Kathy and Frank currently at Home near Quirindi NSW
When waiting in line at roadworks I always leave plenty of room from the car in front of me and I then may be able to pull out of line if it appears that the vehicle coming up behind is not going to stop.
Cheers
David
That's another one my brother told me.
I think it is crash avoidance space. well it was when I did my crash free driving course anyway.
Heres the thing- it works, leave yourself some escaping room and always have a look to see where you can escape to.
frank
Yes, that's exactly what bro said. Also, don't take off at the lights as soon as they change. Wait a couple of seconds in case there's some idiot running a red light.
They are digging up the road over to Arcadia, Magnetic Is.,and they have traffic management in place. One place we stop is on a sharp corner, so I put my hazard lights on , and nearly got rear ended by a fast moving bus full of terror, wooops, tourists. I think its a great idea to have them on at roadworks , etc. Bill
-- Edited by bill12 on Sunday 12th of August 2012 06:03:31 PM
I was talking about this, hazard lights at road works, with my son today on our drive into Bundy. He as an ex truckdriver said it was standard practice to use hazard lights at road works which he always did. He has seen many narrow misses in his time on the road and says its the only way to go. Use those hazard lights.
And me, I thought I had replied to your post but can't see it anywhere! I will be doing this too from now on. Turning on your two way is good at these stops too (CH40 or 39) as many roadworks use that for the traffic control.
Here is the first time I had heard caravans referred to as Wobblies......"Sending though a white car with a wobbly on the back" the bloke told his mate at the other end.....that was me when I had the caravan.....
I found that was good while travelling through Central Qld somewhere. I had the UHF on, and every time I heard them, I realised 'something' was happening up ahead and slowed down. Sure enough, there was roadworks. One time it was a wide load, which took up almost the width of the road. The pilot vehicle was a good way ahead and signalled to us to move way off the road as far as we could. It was my first experinece of such a monster load.
