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Comment on Decision to allow wider truck bodies paves way for electrification of big rigs in Australia

Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This is pretty bullshit mate. I spend so much time on the highway on my bike and truck drivers are usually the most law abiding, predictable drivers I come across.

Yeah there are some who are like you describe but truck drivers are massively overworked and exploited, leading to sleep deprivation and often drug use just to meet targets, so that’s inevitable.

I’d share the road with a semi over a Falcodore or yank tank any day.

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unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Maybe it’s different in other states but in South-East QLD, I’ve had some pretty bad experiences with truck drivers. Just the other week I was in traffic on the Pacific Motorway and an earthmoving truck (tipper with trailer) was effectively tailgating me, barely leaving enough stopping distance for the common sudden stops from 70km/hr. Another truck was flashing his lights and tailgating me at 100km/hr on the Logan Motorway.

But basically everyone on the road is a dickhead so mileage may vary. It’s just scarier when it’s a truck

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- RickMoreanus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Tipper drivers are a whole different breed, and the hardcore roadrager driving you see from them is driven by economics cos they mostly get paid by the load not the hours.
  
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  - unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Though it’s no excuse for them to make that my problem. If their work conditions are poor they should work somewhere else or unionise
    
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batmangrundies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Semi drivers are generally good.

Dump truck drivers have Swiss cheese brains.

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