NT Roll Over.

Desert Dweller · Guru

NT Roll Over.

Bulariver · Veteran Member

You have to wonder why they were still travelling at 4pm! I mean, take it easy, 4 pm you should be getting ready to open the bar!

Ger08 · Senior Member

Bulariver wrote:
You have to wonder why they were still travelling at 4pm! I mean, take it easy, 4 pm you should be getting ready to open the bar!

What does the time of the day have to do with the acciden?

Grubbygypsy · Senior Member

Ger08 wrote:
Bulariver wrote:
You have to wonder why they were still travelling at 4pm! I mean, take it easy, 4 pm you should be getting ready to open the bar!
What does the time of the day have to do with the acciden?

Have to agree. This is the problem with most people on the road I find disagreable. They all think what they do and how they travel is the only way.

Who's to say they don't travel 30klm per day and start at 3pm?

Anyways.....Im pegging, as usual, they were going too quick.

I heard of one just south of there last year (in a spate of many) where the driver was 'overtaking'.........just not at all necessary.

Desert Dweller · Guru

We'd like a dollar for every time a fellow RVer has said to us that tomorrow they HAVE TO BE in a certain place 600-800km away from their current location.

They're retired for goodness sake, why didn't they leave home two days earlier & make it a relaxing trip by spacing their travel out making shorter stretches.

Usually their URGENT MISSION is just to catch the first day of a country music festival or some other MINOR event.

Is it really worth rushing & risking everything. Think of all the interesting spots they've missed on the way. Driving through a place DOESNT mean you've been there.

We saw one couple leave on a 700km mission on a day with torrential rain & a howling gale. Just plain stupidity bordering on suicide.

Bulariver · Veteran Member

It means they had probably been on the road for most of the day so maybe just a little bit tired???

Bulariver · Veteran Member

That's exactly my point Keith and Judy. We like to leave our camp at about 10am, wander along for an hour and a half, find a nice spot to stop for lunch, then maybe do another hour and be nicely settled in a camping spot by mid afternoon. But everyone likes to do it there own way I guess!

TheHeaths · Guru

That's the beauty of Grey Nomading!

There's no single right way of doing it!

-- Edited by TheHeaths on Thursday 24th of May 2018 09:16:32 AM

Desert Dweller · Guru

TheHeaths wrote:
That's the beauty of Grey Nomading!

There's no single right way of doing it!

-- Edited by TheHeaths on Thursday 24th of May 2018 09:16:32 AM

Agree with that totally. Some do it the relaxed way, some do it the ''stress city'' way.

Bulariver · Veteran Member

Maybe some think it's a race!

Tony Bev · Guru

Whatever the reason, it certainly put a damper on their plans

Glad to see that they survived the accident

Would be interesting if we are told the cause of the accident, so that we may be able to avoid being in the same situation

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Desert Dweller · Guru

Amazing how quickly such a large monetary investment can turn into a worthless pile of junk.

That type of event would be a massive blow to your traveling confidence.

We'll be taking our time on our travels as usual. At least it might give us a greater margin of error.

Blues Man · Guru

You're right there DD.

Greg 1 · Guru

So many reasons that could apply. Really unfair to speculate without knowing the facts. Just hope that they are ok. Vans and cars are replaceable, humans aren't.