Comments for Diary of a Truck Driver

Comment on Kimberly Cool by Vivien Dockerty

Vivien Dockerty — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:22:53 +0000

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

Comment on Getting Heavy by Alistair

Alistair — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:50:08 +0000

no where you comming from, i have done a little bit of rd train work and would love to do a bit more outback, but the minister for war and finance has other idea’s. Hope all go’s well for you
Cheer’s
Alistair

Comment on Getting Heavy by Mat

Mat — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:48:33 +0000

Not much need for two up in heavy haulage, Alistair, we’re solar powered.

Comment on Getting Heavy by Alistair

Alistair — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:11:12 +0000

Not looking for someone to do 2 up with are you?

Comment on Time and Tired, wait for no man by Bill

Bill — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:50:54 +0000

The thing is that what your doing needs to be safe, I have this same problem with logbooks which make my driving unsafe. Your body is not designed to be robotically handled and told what to do. To be a safe driver you need to be responsible and pull up when your clearly becoming fatigued. Your body tells you when its time to put your head down and it also tells you when your alert and safe to drive. The real problem is that nothing beats experienced human judgement in this feild. But not all humans are this clever and this is why these laws are introduced. They are a quick fix for idiots and in return we all have to lower ourselves to their ability. Its a bad fix but the government knows the smarter ones are always going to pull up anyway. The governmet laws work as a whole, not like the old days were experience gave you an edge. Today we are all dumb cows in the lap of a perfect human governmet with fences all around to guide us the way.

Comment on Getting Heavy by john dunbabin

john dunbabin — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:56:01 +0000

Mat welcome to WA lol,There arn’t too many roadhouse’s, period,over here,and its even worse if your travelling at night.With all your o/night stops you need to do more DOTD as i for one miss your more frequant sojourns into the world of entertaining people with your stories.Just dont stop them coming.

Comment on Getting Heavy by Julianne

Julianne — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:11:19 +0000

Very good read Matt i totaly agree on Cue rdhouse its not right that they dont let ppl use there toilets i was there oneday n they wouldnt let a 10 yr old girl use them i was so angry the young girl was with her dad in a truck he then sorted it out but its not right, it was goid to finally see u on the rd,next time hopefully it will be a rdhouse and we can have a chat, be safe n keep em rolling

Comment on In Giants Footsteps by Twocrowsdown

Twocrowsdown — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:38:41 +0000

Caravan towing drivers seem to come in three varieties – the helpful, the blatantly unhelpful and the ignorant. The West Australian government puts out a pamphlet intended for tourists/travellers giving tips how to mingle safely with roadtrains on the roads but I don’t think enough people really take the information to heart.
I don’t want this comment to devolve into a rant about Wobblies (haven’t had my first coffe yet) so I’ll finish here.

Comment on In Giants Footsteps by Mat

Mat — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:39:11 +0000

That’s correct Dean. Had he lifted his foot a little he’d have soon got his speed back, unlike the road train which was obviously averaging a higher speed overall.

Comment on In Giants Footsteps by DM

DM — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:44:48 +0000

Question : I presume that the correct course of action for the second van would have been to slow down to allow the struggling truck to get back in lane. Is that true?