Re: Burnley Tunnel-vision

"Jeßus" <power_sliding@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:fr86hu$j6a$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Daryl Walford wrote:
>> Jeßus wrote:
>
> Like the truck the other day that deliberately cut me off when I was
merging  onto 
> the highway, for absolutely no advantage to himself whatsoever in terms
of time. I 
> was actually ahead of him by a good 20 metres and all traffic was coming
to a stop 
> right ahead dude to roadworks, so I saw no reason to *speed up*... ahh
but not this 
> guy, oh no. And he most definitely saw me, and made sure I was forced
off to the 
> side. It was no accident.


If you were merging onto a highway, then you would have been faced with a
give way 
markings on the road
think it is called a zip lane?
However, when you are merging onto a highway or a road and your lane ends
with dotted 
painted lines, then you are obliged to give way to all traffic on the lane
into which 
you are merging.
If you are pissed off because the truck driver didn't let you in, then
that is your 
problem, not his, you were in the wrong.
The truck driver is not alone in his actions, I do the same thing, with
the worst 
ones coming in from the Sunbury  and the Keilor entry lanes, just before
the ring 
road on the Calder. and coming the other way back to Swan Hill at the ring
road entry 
to the freeway.
Most other roads are okay, must have something to do with the water they
drink


>>> It only takes one a day to pull this **** on you to make your opinion
of steering 
>>> wheel attendants what it is...
>>
>> Think about why it happens and your opinion will change, I never have
those 
>> problems with trucks when I'm driving my ute or car because I can
anticipate what 
>> a truck driver will do in a given situation, if car drivers were taught
about 
>> heavy trucks then IMO a lot of these sorts of problems wouldn't exist.
>
> I do of course think, and 9 times out 10 anticipate. But doing so
doesn't change 
> the nature of certain truck drivers, especially when there are so many
trucks on 
> the road here.
>
>> BTW I gave up truck driving a couple of weeks ago so I don't care:-)


They may call a Toyota four door ute a truck in the USA, but not here.