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Truckies down a few pegs....
Yes...I've been on the Hume Highway again. In a car this time. I was appauled by the lack of thought/behaviours I saw.
Why?
1) For the truckies: If you can't see 75 metres in front of you....say due to torrential rain...them don't travel at a speed faster than you can see/react/stop in!
2) For motorists/car drivers: If it's raining *really* heavily on the highway.
*don't* put your hazzard lights on and stop!
The number of cars I saw today that stopped/pulled over on the Hume due to a thunderstorm/heavy rain amazed me....these people I could only describe as somewhere between being a) scared of driving in the wet to b) plain stupid to c) suicidal
I am amazed no one was killed. Trucks at 100km/hr. Cars crawling to stopped. Madness!!
Sure, slow down for the conditions. But don't stop on a 110km/hr national highway because it's wet.
Last edited by Peter Ward; 17-01-2010 at 10:21 AM.
Reason: tone down post
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