With some road trains almost 60 metres long, new rules in WA mean truckies will have to display signs alerting other drivers to their vehicles' length. But the haulage industry says the change will be costly and ineffective.

I like the idea at the end of the article more. Spend some time educating people on how to overtake roadtrains safely. Me, i have no ideaif the random bits i’ve been told would actually be useful or not.

  • ZagorathEnglish
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    2 months ago

    most motorists don’t look at the back of your truck at any time, not even for indicators when turning

    How would you know if they do look for indicators? It doesn’t help that the sign truckies give for “it’s safe to overtake me now” is exactly the same as the sign for “definitely DO NOT overtake me right now, I’m about to turn right”.

    Anyway, you know what would really make roads safer? Fewer road trains to begin with. Almost all road trains would be far more effective as actual trains. They’d travel faster, carry more, and cost less to operate, and cost way less in road maintenance. All our intercity/intertown freight should be on rail. The only exception should be tiny communities under about 1,000 people, where freight trains can do the journey to the nearest >1,000 town and trucks can do the final leg.