'Post Pandemic' - On the roads

[smoo]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I love those compilations, we sit down as a family to watch them every month and I get so worked up over it I start yelling at the TV

Half the dramas are avoidable by the person submitting the footage like you say, everyone is so determined that they're in the right that they drive confidently into accidents, yeah you technically were in the right but now you get to play the insurance game when you could have easily avoided it.

Have to laugh at some dash cam owners. Am sure many see themselves as some self appointed cop or authority figure.
To avoid the frustrations Bent_8 mentions. When I’m in the car on a dual carriage way and have no time constraints, I’ll throw the cruise on 10 under the limit so I don’t have to deal with other motorists inconsistent speeds, they usually pass and gradually gain distance so I don’t have to be on and off the gas or cruise to compensate like what often happens at 110 - 120k.
But have noted many dash cam owners are guilty of bad and dangerous driving habits, most common tail gaiting/following too close and failing to keep left when not passing. Submitted footage DCOA shows many of them not driving in a defensive manner to avoid crashes even when they’re not at fault.

[GT1533]

Originally Posted by smoo

Have to laugh at some dash cam owners. Am sure many see themselves as some self appointed cop or authority figure.

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[Rallye Sport]

Mandatory truck licenses anyone? Even if it changed half the attitudes out there the roads would be a better place.

[Franco Cozzo]

I love the ones who yell out people's number plates, like what do you think is going to happen, Victoria Police is watching?

Maybe I shouldn't be giving them ideas, if you were Highway Patrol would be easy to get your numbers up send out fines in the mail to everyone on DCOA compilations

I noticed that in the truck with my mate, one of the freeways bans trucks from being in the right lane, but if you have cruise control set to 97 you end up catching everyone on the freeway every 2 seconds and you can't legally get in the right lane to get around them. Then they get upset if you get on the air horn or flash lights for them to move left out of the middle lane.

Better off setting it to 85 and go slower that way you aren't constantly on and off cruise control as you don't catch them in front of you constantly.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I love the ones who yell out people's number plates, like what do you think is going to happen, Victoria Police is watching?

Maybe I shouldn't be giving them ideas, if you were Highway Patrol would be easy to get your numbers up send out fines in the mail to everyone on DCOA compilations

I noticed that in the truck with my mate, one of the freeways bans trucks from being in the right lane, but if you have cruise control set to 97 you end up catching everyone on the freeway every 2 seconds and you can't legally get in the right lane to get around them. Then they get upset if you get on the air horn or flash lights for them to move left out of the middle lane.

Better off setting it to 85 and go slower that way you aren't constantly on and off cruise control as you don't catch them in front of you constantly.

This from the guy who openly admits to speeding most of time

Remember a while ago in one of the threads I said to you that, as you get older, you'll learn to just go with the flow a bit more? You said you'd never, as it's not your personality type. Maybe this is the first sign your personality type is changing?

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

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This from the guy who openly admits to speeding most of time

Remember a while ago in one of the threads I said to you that, as you get older, you'll learn to just go with the flow a bit more? You said you'd never, as it's not your personality type. Maybe this is the first sign your personality type is changing?

I do remember indeed, but wrong context, because I'm talking about this:



Ideally you wouldn't need to be doing 85 on a freeway with a 100 limit, its a mitigation strategy rather than me changing my ways

If anything the faster you get point to point in the truck the better because if you save 10 minutes on each job then you can take on an extra job or two per day.

We did an experiment where we did a 463km trip at 80-90km/h and it only saved 3.5L/100km but lost us 40 minutes on the trip moving at a slower pace than if we were doing 100km/h, or the 102-103 that it'll do before the limiter kicks in.

So to save $40 in fuel it cost $770 in turning down another job because in that 40 minutes you can easily do another local shift.

Which there is a lot of sentiment about 'who cares if it takes 30 minutes longer to get somewhere', it matters hugely when you're driving to make money and you get paid per job rather than per hour or you need to be at certain points before certain times to keep in with fatigue management crapola.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

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This from the guy who openly admits to speeding most of time

Remember a while ago in one of the threads I said to you that, as you get older, you'll learn to just go with the flow a bit more? You said you'd never, as it's not your personality type. Maybe this is the first sign your personality type is changing?

I have a feeling Franco's driving habit won't change, even behind the wheel of a mighty ACCO.
He already looking for an Allison auto to launch him off the line quicker.