[Bushbasher]

, Welcome to my world.

Sorry V4man, probably not called for but as a professional driver who does 600km a day/night on country roads/highways I, like Gasolane, deal with all kinds of traffic imaginable. Most slow moving traffic you make allowances for as they are doing their best, ie. wide loads, headers, caravaners, horse floats etc, and they'll move over when possible but there are some right dropkicks out there as well. There's other threads on the forum outlining my and others frustration with stupid and ignorant road users so I won't bother going into them again but some you just can't help but get frustrated at and it's worse in a speed limited truck as you don't have the speed or acceleration to get around them, at least in a car you have the ability to get around and away from them.

Originally Posted by mrbaxr6t

Sorry man but the shield idea don't work, car infront hits roo and it comes over bonnet, and ends up slamming into your windscreen, dunno about you but I would rather the nose my car hit the roo than have its carcass fly through my windscreen

Roos very rarely go over the car, most usually cave in the front and get flung down the road left or right of your car. Occasionally they'll come up your bonnet into YOUR windscreen though. Besides if you're following someone who's going fast enough to throw a roo over their roof and into you then you both deserve to hit something. Traveling at anything over 100-110 in roo infested country at night is just asking for trouble IMO.

Originally Posted by Copie

My theory behind them sitting on your rear end is that they are using you as a shield from roo's/other cars/police its fairly common practice in country areas especially late afternoon/night/dawn.

I do it occasionally (hey if it saves me from hitting a roo its worth it)

If you think trailing behind a car is safer by any real margin I'd suggest you're wrong there. Firstly, and this has happened to me in the truck, the leading car could spook a stationary roo into coming out behind it and then you got no time to react or get out of the way cos you didn't see it in time, or, just as bad, the leading car swerves left or right and misses the roo and guess what, same end result, you are left with bugger all reaction time to deal with the sudden appearance of a roo in front of you. No thanks, I'd rather be out in front to give me maximum time to spot it and react.


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