 | | From: | Ian S..... | | Subject: | [ SYD ] Stuck trucks................. | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:28:00 +1100 |
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 | I wonder why of late there are so many trucks ' Artics' 'B Doubles ' etc.
are getting stuck and jammed under bridges and under passes? Who is liable
when late for work and so on..................You never hear of coaches or
the bus network having similar problems..............
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| | From: | shane.polle at austmg.com | | Subject: | Re: [ SYD ] Stuck trucks................. | | Date: | 20 Jan 2005 15:43:35 -0800 |
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| The worst I have dealt with is guys who are sent from Brisbane to
Gladstone with nothing more than an address. They turn up and get on
the phone (sometimes after driving around town a few times) to ask for
directions to get to the site. At times we have had to go out and find
them. Also heard a few (B-doubles) on the two-way in Rocky go down
streets and get lost in suburbia were they cannot turnaround or are
afraid to drive further for this reason and need pilots to help them
get out.
When I get a truck for work, first thing I ask them is do you know
where this place is, if not I get them a map which is not hard these
days considering telstra can provide this on the internet for large
towns/cities. I cannot believe someone would want to drive 1000km and
not know how to finish off the last few km.
Shane
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| | From: | johnboy | | Subject: | Re: [ SYD ] Stuck trucks................. | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:16:33 +1100 |
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| The driver can be sued by whoever he/she affects. It has already happen.
In 2002, a truck got stuck under the main western and cumberland highway
wentworthville in western sydney and got billed $50,000 from the then SRA.
The truck was owned by a large transport group ... but I never found out if
it was Patricks or Toll, wouldnt that be ironic.
They also got a slam from the RTA/coppers for not obeying warning signage or
something like that. The truck was also defected until RTA would inspect it.
Im sure the boss would be impress.
If a truck takes out a power cable (and there is a witness) he/she already
gets a nice bill from the supplier, or 'see ya in court'
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| | From: | David Bennetts | | Subject: | Re: [ SYD ] Stuck trucks................. | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:11:46 +1100 |
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"Ian S....." wrote in message
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>I wonder why of late there are so many trucks ' Artics' 'B Doubles ' etc.
> are getting stuck and jammed under bridges and under passes? Who is
> liable
> when late for work and so on..................You never hear of coaches
> or
> the bus network having similar problems..............
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Sometimes buses and coaches do get stuck under bridges, but possibly not so
often because they tend to drive on pre-defined routes, with which the
drivers are familiar.
There are considerable problems in the trucking industry with drivers forced
to drive long hours to make a dollar. Fatigue is a problem, also trucks
regularly speed. I often travel the Hume Highway at the legal limit of 110
km/h, only to have trucks pass me at least doing 115 km/h, despite the
trucks officially being limited to 100 km/h. With double demerit points, I
can lose 6 points off my licence for doing 16 km/h above the limit. Yet it
seems that a blind eye is being turned to trucks which are doing the same
sort of speed above their limit. Wot a farce!
Regards
David Bennetts
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