So ya reckon ya havin' a bad day?

rockylizard · Guru

So ya reckon ya havin' a bad day?

wasn_me · Guru

I'd bet the truckies are saying " f'ing caravans".

drtooheys · Senior Member

Is that The Mooney Mooney bridge?

I once saw a van and car become detached going down the hill that didn't create quite as much of a blockage.

Izabarack · Guru

Poor buggars. I note the size of the van compared to the size of the tug.

Iza

Tony Bev · Guru

If it was me, and I had walked away from it, without injury, I would say that it was my lucky day

It is a pity that there is no follow up, so that we can all learn exactly what happened, as we would then be aware to avoid that particular situation

There are (at the moment), just too many reasons to guess what happened

Not the correct combination of car to caravan?
Speed?
Lack of concentration?
Broken spring?
Tyre blowout?
Sudden side wind?
Etc, etc

outlaw40 · Guru

This photo was copied from facebook and posted on the other caravan forum and has been recopied here by OP . no information as to when this even happened .

rockylizard · Guru

outlaw40 wrote:
This photo was copied from facebook and posted on the other caravan forum and has been recopied here by OP . no information as to when this even happened .

Gday...

.................of if it even happened.

cheers - John

PeterD · Guru

That is Mooney Bridge little south of the Gosford turn off.e, a. It is a great place for cross winds. There is a windsock at each end of the bridge. Check the breeze and check your speed before you get out into the breezeway.

The bridge is the scene of too many accidents. Traffic speed often builds up too much. I always drop a couple of gears when descending in either direction when towing.

As an aside, my heart in the mouth moment there was when I was proceeding north one afternoon the tow vehicle failed to power away across the bridge. I was in the middle lane and had to force my way across to the side before I lost momentum. One of the cooling hoses for the transmission fluid had split and too much transmission was lost. I managed to get across and pull up at the exit to the old bridge viewing rest stop.

Kebbin · Guru

Road users had a rough two days on the Sydney-Newcastle M1 in the past week, on the 27th north of Hawkesbury Bridge a two truck crash blocking north bound traffic for 5hrs, I was on my way to Sydney having decided to take the train at $5 instead of driving.
On crossing the Hawkesbury I scanned the road bridge and thought there was no movement north, on returning at 1330 coming down from Cowan to Hawkesbury station I could see that northbound traffic was clearly still at a standstill.
Unless you are forewarned of incidents on the M1 there are few chances to get off onto the Pacific Hwy.

m1traffic.com.au/alert-history/

m1traffic.com.au/alert-history/

Ron-D · Guru

I have towed across the bridge many times over the years and never felt anything dangerous ,its the only way we can drive north may be we have been lucky over the last thirty years ,theres been massive amounts of accidents on that freeway over the years its the huge volume of traffic on the road combined with idiots doing stupid things in vehicles thats the usual cause ....