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Truck between a rock and a hard place.

  • 04-02-2010 3:37pm
    #1
    B11gt00e
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭


    ... nice bit of driving by the BigRig.



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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    jaysus, fair play to him


  • #3
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Nightmare job!


  • #4
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Biggest problem with that is judging your tail swing.

    Keep to tight to the wall on your your RHS and when you swing left you will leave your tail lamp on the hard shoulder


  • #5
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    F*cking caravans!


  • #6
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    HTF did he end up there..i'm sure he wouldnt be allowed on that road....:eek:


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  • #7
    The Dagda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭The Dagda


    meh, pretty straight forward in a left hand drive tbh...


  • #8
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    HTF did he end up there..i'm sure he wouldnt be allowed on that road....:eek:

    why not, sure the coach wouldn't be either then.

    I've been to a couple of places in Switzerland where its either roads like that or a train. Maybe not quite the number of switch backs as there but 8-10 easily. have to get materials in there somehow.


  • #9
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    It's all down to co-operation. I wonder were the lorry and bus in communication?


  • #10
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    cml387 wrote: »
    It's all down to co-operation. I wonder were the lorry and bus in communication?

    they must have been judging by the amount of time they were stopped on either side of the corner.


  • #11
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,122 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    cml387 wrote: »
    It's all down to co-operation. I wonder were the lorry and bus in communication?

    Was thinking the same thing! I guess they could probably see each other, so maybe just using hand gestures?

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  • #12
    sogood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭sogood


    Thats why coaches all travel the same way on The Ring of Kerry and on Slea Head in Dingle. Occasionally though, you might meet a foreign driver who doesn't know the routine. The section of the Ring from Molls Gap down past Ladies View leaves a lot to be desired and can cause problems with oncoming traffic, especially locals who know the score and still come tearing around blind bends, hanging over the centre white line!


  • #13
    Scania580
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭Scania580


    Truck drivers are smarter than you all think


  • #14
    dizzydiesel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭dizzydiesel


    Phew - I thought that was going to end in disaster.


  • #15
    DubTony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭DubTony


    Scania580 wrote: »
    Truck drivers are smarter than you all think

    eeeh ... oh well OK then ... !!! :D


  • #16
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Slidey wrote: »
    Biggest problem with that is judging your tail swing.

    Keep to tight to the wall on your your RHS and when you swing left you will leave your tail lamp on the hard shoulder
    At least the truck only has a rear tailswing. The coach will have a tailswing and front overhang not to mind the passengers watching your every move. It is also rigid and therefore a lot less manoeuverable than the artic. Give me the truck anyday! :)


  • #17
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Yeah, but you can't see the swing when you turn the wheel.


    I know it is a different beast, but i recently saw an experienced driver get caught out with a rear steer trailer. It made a big mess!


  • #18
    eoinor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭eoinor


    I'm pretty sure it is this road
    6008_150479802393_676727393_3876483_219919_n.jpg
    Its the Troll Wall in Norway. Its an impressive road. we passed an over heating van on the way up. And we made it up in a transit with no clutch!


  • #19
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Wow. The TDI would work that begorrah

    [/chews hay]


  • #20
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ....nah, you want one of these....

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #21
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ....nah, you want one of these....

    and one of these


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  • #22
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Slidey wrote: »
    and one of these

    ...nah, that's on the back of the pink thing in your wallet as standard.......why do you think it's pink ferchrissake ? (someone in DoE has a sense of humour at least......:p )

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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