Re: Heavy vehicle speed limits

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

Still the same as when my dad was killed... whilst driving a heavy vehicle
on the Hume in 1962....nearly forty years ago....the road industry is not
out of control though!
"Adam Dunning" <adamdunning@start.com.au> wrote in message
news:3b1c164b$1@news.alphalink.com.au...
> Still the same as when my dad was on interstate (about 20 years ago now)
>
> Adam
>
> "Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3b1b0ab9$0$25473$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > > "Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:3b1a2a5c$0$25511$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > > > Back when I worked in a truckstop, apart from dealing with drugged
up
> > > truckies
> > > > (about 2 out of every 5), there were a few comments I heard which
> worried
> > > me.
> > > > The worst was one who came in at 10:30pm, ordered a roll, was in a
> hurry
> > > cause
> > > > he had to get to Brisbane and back to the Gold Coast by 6am.
> > > >
> > > > I've also been overtaken when responding a fire truck under lights
and
> > > sirens
> > > > by other heavy vehicles, slipstreamed a truck out of Brisbane that I
> > > couldn't
> > > > keep up with, etc etc.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Al Pout
> > > >
> > > > Men are from Earth.
> > > >
> > > > Women are from Earth.
> > > >
> > > > Deal with it.
> >
> > "Adam Dunning" <adamdunning@start.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:3b1acc17@news.alphalink.com.au...
> > > Time wise, it's still the same.  10 hours for Sydney-Melbourne and 17
> hours
> > > for Melb-Brisbane.  The only way that people get a job in the industry
> now
> > > is by meeting these times.  As customers will pay more for the freight
> to be
> > > there quicker, the drivers are forced to go quicker.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> >
> > Still the same for what??  What did you mean here?
> >
> > I forgot to mention that the truckstop was the BP at Beresfield, right
at
> the
> > northern end of the F3 freeway from Sydney.
> >
> >
>
>