I spent yesterday helping linemark on the Cunningham Highway near the Freestone turnoff and noticed on the rear of a large semi a sign which stated something like "before you overtake think of the dangers to your passengers if something goes wrong" - that was the drift of the sign. I thought it was pretty smart and if I were following that truck and read the sign I might just back off and tag along instead of taking a risk.
Another item of interest concerned the traffic controllers we had handling the traffic on this busy highway - instead of restricting traffic flow to one way at a time for a kilometre or so on a 2 way road , they decided to block 100 metres of the road in both directions for about 3 minutes which was sufficient time for us to place our markers and lines, then let the traffic go and on to the next 100 metres when they again stopped traffic. This resulted in minimal delays to traffic and no adverse comments from drivers which you do get when one lane only is open and you swap traffic flow. Some traffic controllers are smart and mindful of the disruption caused to drivers. This pair were female which really has nothing to do with it but we were impressed.
Looked at the rear of most caravans passing and didn't see one Grey Nomads sticker!
You have a point there - I also noticed that when standing next to a controller and a motorist waved that their eyes were on the controller....I never got eye contact. I reckon it's sexist.
