Did a few thousand k's over the last few days and there's some unbelievably crook van drivers out there.
I still have my HC licence so the rumblings about requiring towing drivers to attain some extra licence level doesn't bother me, who knows it might even do some good.
I'm constantly looking for either Jayco or Expanda when I drive and I have to report that it didn't matter what brand of van, a heap were towed by pathetic drivers.
Most have huge extended mirrors that they NEVER use.
As an old time truckie it really pisses me off to see these donkeys meandering along anywhere from 85 to 95 and then boot it to some insane speed at every passing lane only to drop back to their economical speed as soon as the lane ends.
And what's with these clowns who come back to the centre lane as soon as they sight the "lane ends in 500m" sign. This stupid practice reduces the overtaking lane dramatically as well as bunching up the cars trying to get by.
The truck is 100 limited so he's got no chance to overtake. These van drivers need to look in their mirrors to see just how long the traffic is behind them.
They also need to realise any modern truck can maintain 100 uphill just about anywhere, so it makes sense to let the truck overtake and then sit back a bit behind. I'll bet the van tug will pretty quickly fall away, most don't have anywhere near the poke they think they have.
Highway towing is vastly different to off-road.
To maintain 100 everywhere on a highway you need big hp, not some asthmatic 4-potter, a big V8 or at least a Ranger.
My observations were the worst offenders drove Colorado's, Prado, MUX and so on.
If a van got up and boogied, it had a Cruiser out front.
I still have my HC licence so the rumblings about requiring towing drivers to attain some extra licence level doesn't bother me, who knows it might even do some good.
I'm constantly looking for either Jayco or Expanda when I drive and I have to report that it didn't matter what brand of van, a heap were towed by pathetic drivers.
Most have huge extended mirrors that they NEVER use.
As an old time truckie it really pisses me off to see these donkeys meandering along anywhere from 85 to 95 and then boot it to some insane speed at every passing lane only to drop back to their economical speed as soon as the lane ends.
And what's with these clowns who come back to the centre lane as soon as they sight the "lane ends in 500m" sign. This stupid practice reduces the overtaking lane dramatically as well as bunching up the cars trying to get by.
The truck is 100 limited so he's got no chance to overtake. These van drivers need to look in their mirrors to see just how long the traffic is behind them.
They also need to realise any modern truck can maintain 100 uphill just about anywhere, so it makes sense to let the truck overtake and then sit back a bit behind. I'll bet the van tug will pretty quickly fall away, most don't have anywhere near the poke they think they have.
Highway towing is vastly different to off-road.
To maintain 100 everywhere on a highway you need big hp, not some asthmatic 4-potter, a big V8 or at least a Ranger.
My observations were the worst offenders drove Colorado's, Prado, MUX and so on.
If a van got up and boogied, it had a Cruiser out front.