sorry about the bank advertisement at the start of the video - i dont know how to get rid of it...


http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/video/-/watch/21689610

wow , that's scary, I have a rule when travelling , stop ,revive, survive.. i stop at least every 2 or 2 1/2 hours. etc, and i dont care how long it takes to get there, as long as we get there!

Can't tell 'em, can you!

I remember heading north on a Skippy exercise many years ago and a mini bus full of aboriginals did the same thing, unfortunately they didn't fare so lucky the truck coming the opposite way had a large bulldozer with am oversize blade hanging over the sides of the trailer. Opened the minibus up like a sardine can, killed 1 young kid and hurt a few of the others....the driver had been on the road for days without a proper rest. A very drastic awakening call to everyone, I am like milo, and have the rule of thumb, cruise speed about 80-90kph and stop no more than 2 hourly. Better a rest stop than a dead stop like the Qld road safety signs say. Hoo Roo Happy Days Grumps

Just goes to show how quickly something can happen. a good wake up call. I'm with Milo and Grumpyone, i travel at around the 85-90k mark and stop every 2 hours or so. Johnw

That's some scary stuff - thankfully we didn't see anything like that on this last trip of ours. We too look for a spot to pull over every hour or so, and only travel at max. 4 hrs a day, sometimes it might be only an hour up the road that we head. Pete & June

We share all the driving, with a maximum of about 130km per shift before we change.

Traveling at 85-klms an hr, How many accedents have you corsed,

straycat wrote:

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Traveling at 85-klms an hr, How many accedents have you corsed,

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you dont cause accidents driving at 85kmh, its impaitant people that do that.
cheers
blaze

 

can i ask straycat - at what speed would you tow? just interested in light of your reply?  is 85 too fast? or is it too slow?


-- Edited by petengail on Saturday 4th of September 2010 08:12:41 AM