A few nights ago we camped at West Peawah River free camp - 92km sw of Port Hedland.
About 2AM and again at 5AM we had roadtrains going past and sounding their air horns for 10 seconds or so.
I just wondering if they are saying good morning or are saying 'wake you bas**ards'?
Never had this before in the many free camps we've stayed at.
Good Luck.
Vic41 said
03:05 PM Jun 25, 2014
I think they are just being A'holes Denis, I've never struck it before. Probably bored and wanting a stir...
-- Edited by Vic41 on Wednesday 25th of June 2014 03:05:53 PM
AngusP said
05:56 PM Jun 25, 2014
Hard to look at this in a positive light isn't it. Unless there were roos (or similar) on the road both on the road at 2am and 5am that needed shooing? Otherwise I'm probably with Vic41
GaryKelly said
07:22 PM Jun 25, 2014
Silly bois doing silly bois stuff. No brain surgeons amongst that lot.
Vic41 said
09:37 PM Jun 25, 2014
Pity you didn't have your two way on hand on 40, you could have asked him what else he got for Xmas....
_wombat_ said
09:10 AM Jun 26, 2014
hey, com'n guys can't they test their horns if they want to?
Gerty Dancer said
06:49 PM Jun 27, 2014
That happened on the Stuart H'way at a free camp. We just laughed, poor old truckies are just jealous, they are out there working and here we were retired and enjoying ourselves.
03_troopy said
03:22 PM Jun 28, 2014
Just venting their feelings at getting stuck behind a caravan/motorhome doing 90KPH on a 110/130KPH road I guess... They have a hard schedule to meet on a daily basis, most of us have a hard time deciding if the sunset would look good from any "roadside stop" by 4:30pm
spida said
03:34 PM Jun 30, 2014
Bit of that going on at Yaamba and Clearview also.
ken thomas said
03:46 PM Jul 1, 2014
just the truckies way of staying awake
Ken
Haji-Baba said
08:37 PM Jul 2, 2014
I think you will find that the maximum road speed for any vehicle over 12 tonnes gross mass is 100 k. p. h.
That includes Busses Semies any vehicle irrespective of the road signage. Eg 110 k. p. h.
It is a National Road Rule.
Have fun Haji-Baba
Vic41 said
08:46 PM Jul 2, 2014
Haji-Baba wrote:
I think you will find that the maximum road speed for any vehicle over 12 tonnes gross mass is 100 k. p. h.
That includes Busses Semies any vehicle irrespective of the road signage. Eg 110 k. p. h.
It is a National Road Rule.
Have fun Haji-Baba
It is 100 kph max in WA also for caravans, irrespective of weight or higher speed limits shown on signs...
Haji-Baba said
08:58 PM Jul 2, 2014
Yes Vic41,
Just looked it up on National Road Rules, I know I am just off topic, but some of us seem to think that speed limits are much highter than law allows.
See under latest Nat R. Rs. Latest ammendment Feb. 2009 Part 3 Speed limits, 21 par 2 and 3.
Have fun Haji-Baba
Vic41 said
09:27 PM Jul 2, 2014
Thanks Haji Baba, it is relevant though. I recently was travelling at 100kms in the country and was tailgated by a truck trying to push me along as he wanted to go faster, I did not drop below the 100kph limit.
In the end he overtook me sharply causing me to drive onto the gravel shoulder to avoid a collision (he would have clipped me if I hadn't done so). To cut a long story short the truck had some identifying marks on it and I managed to report it later, the driver is no longer working for the company that employed him....
A few nights ago we camped at West Peawah River free camp - 92km sw of Port Hedland.
About 2AM and again at 5AM we had roadtrains going past and sounding their air horns for 10 seconds or so.
I just wondering if they are saying good morning or are saying 'wake you bas**ards'?
Never had this before in the many free camps we've stayed at.
Good Luck.
I think they are just being A'holes Denis, I've never struck it before. Probably bored and wanting a stir...
-- Edited by Vic41 on Wednesday 25th of June 2014 03:05:53 PM
Pity you didn't have your two way on hand on 40, you could have asked him what else he got for Xmas....
hey, com'n guys can't they test their horns if they want to?
Ken
I think you will find that the maximum road speed for any vehicle over 12 tonnes gross mass is 100 k. p. h.
That includes Busses Semies any vehicle irrespective of the road signage. Eg 110 k. p. h.
It is a National Road Rule.
Have fun Haji-Baba
It is 100 kph max in WA also for caravans, irrespective of weight or higher speed limits shown on signs...
Just looked it up on National Road Rules, I know I am just off topic, but some of us seem to think that speed limits are much highter than law allows.
See under latest Nat R. Rs. Latest ammendment Feb. 2009 Part 3 Speed limits, 21 par 2 and 3.
Have fun Haji-Baba
Thanks Haji Baba, it is relevant though. I recently was travelling at 100kms in the country and was tailgated by a truck trying to push me along as he wanted to go faster, I did not drop below the 100kph limit.
In the end he overtook me sharply causing me to drive onto the gravel shoulder to avoid a collision (he would have clipped me if I hadn't done so). To cut a long story short the truck had some identifying marks on it and I managed to report it later, the driver is no longer working for the company that employed him....