The truck thing going down the big hill was the engine sprung a leak and dumped oil on the roadway. Very possible the engine over revved and threw a leg out of bed because the oil trail was quite short, so the diver certainly knew something had gone wrong as soon as it went wrongDot wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:04 pm Good arvo, well another truck driver that can't read or, saw smoke somewhere near the tunnels on our way to town, a B dub had driven down the hill using his brakes not low gear, he just got to the last arrestor bed and was greeted by cops plus fire boys. There was another one doing the same thing not far behind him as well. By the look of the head gear and beards I think they both worked for Punjabe transport?? Hope the mongrels get done big time. Then on last nights Hiway patrol a woman with a head scarf thingo learning to drive put her foot on the go pedal instead of the stop one and she went straight over the centre divide into a house, cop tried to ask her Q but no English Q/ is if you can't speak English how can they read signs etc so how do they get their licenses and even your L plates ? No rain today but it looks like it might some time soon.
The truck had to be towed down the rest of the way, I sure wouldn't like that job, a fully loaded B Double and the weight of the prime mover added to the weight of the tow truck itself .... all relying on the tow truck engine to hold it back. Too steep in that section to drop the trailers and slip another prime mover under them .... it would be interesting to see the whole tow away part on video ... might turn up on You Tube sometime
And now I have oodles of time to fix the other...One day 
