Cyclists are murdering truckies over near misses.

[cj7hawk]

Truckies blame cyclists for murdering truckies by causing them to drive into the bush, because they are difficult to see at night.

http://www.msn.com/en-au/video/watch/cy ... CID=HPCDHP

Oh... Not just any cyclists. "Sleepy Cyclists"... Because even if they ride the same, apparently they are less visible when sleepy.



I think the irony of who is causing the near-misses they speak of is lost on these road-hogs.

[eldavo]

I'd suggest media beat up clickbait trying to polarise Us vs. Them to keep the mindless churn going for easy revenue. They trawl YT videos with hits wanting to make easy news pushing some sensationalism.

In the Indi-Pac race coverage there has snippets of truckies chatting about their extra awareness of the riders with the race on.

I did spot this anecdote of a race rider abused by truckie due to this reported near miss, got out of the cab and pushed the rider as he went past giving rider a serve.

https://youtu.be/dx3WH2dQ0rg?t=308

[warthog1]

^^ warning, Durian rider utube channel

[eldavo]

^^ warning, Durian rider utube channel

The time link is to the actual anecdote.

Equivalent of warning on the article by OP.

[cyclotaur]

Well.....sleepy cyclists? Or sleepy truckies?

[irony] You also have to factor in that there is all that heavy on-coming traffic out there on the Nullarbor that would make it impossible for a truckie to move over a bit to safely pass a vulnerable road user. [/irony]

[Mulger bill]

Couldn't be sleepy truckies. Everyone knows they run short hours and low miles and never take stimulants

[Thoglette]

I think the irony of who is causing the near-misses they speak of is lost on these road-hogs.

The double irony is that 90% of the loads are going point to point between the outer 'burbs of Perth and Port Augusta.

That is to say, trucks are the wrong tool to move that quantity of freight that sort of distance. But when the train only does 66kph....

[outnabike]

I reckon people get the idea a cyclist is a problem and that's the end of the story. Most truckies I have met are local cowboys and they all hate bicycles. Your van drivers and smaller tray trucks etc. They say we "orta be orf the road"

Yet my mate when younger and driving an 8 mtr tray truck hit a pole due to lack of sleep on his way to a fruit market.

He was only a klm from home.....Yep cyclists are the problem. The beauty of it all is that some of these fellows grow up and drive local buses, as companies give first credit to blokes with experience.

[RobertL]

Couldn't be sleepy truckies. Everyone knows they run short hours and low miles and never take stimulants

http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncatego ... ps-away-2/

[find_bruce]

Scofflaw cyclists probably didn't have a bell

[Mulger bill]

Scofflaw cyclists probably didn't have a bell

Good thing they aren't in NSW...

[Howzat]

And I'll bet that light pole wasn't wearing a helmet.

[BJL]

I heard the truckies are planning a class action against Montague St bridge in Melbourne. Apparently, it keeps trying to decapitate them!

[gorilla monsoon]

Couldn't be sleepy truckies. Everyone knows they run short hours and low miles and never take stimulants

And only have one logbook. And its fully up-to-date and totally legal.

[HenryCharlie]

And I'll bet that light pole wasn't wearing a helmet.

Bloody light poles should have to pay for rego!