14 thoughts on “And you thought parallel parking was tough”
The fair dinkum “Kings of the Road”; here’s some Aussie Truckies in action, at 1 min 34 seconds there’s an interesting turn or events. By the way there are many women here that drive these rigs in WA, in fact they are much in demand by the fleet managers because of their work ethic and good driving
And I thought double rigs were big. Triple is ridiculous. Probably fine driving in a straight line, but the turns are what I end up watching closely, especially at a crowded intersection where they have to make the turn without smashing any cars (including mine) in the adjoining lanes, jumping any curbs, knocking over any signs, etc.
Yikes, that’s not a truck, that’s a train. And with no rails to help keep it in line.
Yes indeed they are trains, they are called ‘Road Trains’, many of the roads they travel over are not sealed, just good ol’ dirt roads, I cannot recall ever hearing, or reading, of a road train involved in a major accident.
Yikes. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere near one of those things in my little car. But my hat’s off to anyone who can drive one.
If I did that with my car, there would be damage to both my car and the building.
Makes me glad I drive a smallish car, even though I still complain about tight parking. Next time I’ll probably think of this truck and how much worse it could be.
Just guessing here, but looks like an exterior roller gate above the small door to secure the dock area. So perhaps the larger opening is into general or uncontrolled parking. If you wouldn’t want to back a semi trailer in to a dock, most assuredly you would not want to enter such a parking garage and then hope to safely back out of it! (I really loved my VW Bug for tight spaces, btw) 🍀
I assumed it had something to do with getting to the appropriate loading dock or other location inside the building, but regardless, it’s an impressive bit of driving.
The fair dinkum “Kings of the Road”; here’s some Aussie Truckies in action, at 1 min 34 seconds there’s an interesting turn or events. By the way there are many women here that drive these rigs in WA, in fact they are much in demand by the fleet managers because of their work ethic and good driving
And I thought double rigs were big. Triple is ridiculous. Probably fine driving in a straight line, but the turns are what I end up watching closely, especially at a crowded intersection where they have to make the turn without smashing any cars (including mine) in the adjoining lanes, jumping any curbs, knocking over any signs, etc.
Triple is average, the longest has 6 trailers in tow. 4 & 5 are not uncommon
Yikes, that’s not a truck, that’s a train. And with no rails to help keep it in line.
Yes indeed they are trains, they are called ‘Road Trains’, many of the roads they travel over are not sealed, just good ol’ dirt roads, I cannot recall ever hearing, or reading, of a road train involved in a major accident.
Yikes. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere near one of those things in my little car. But my hat’s off to anyone who can drive one.
If I did that with my car, there would be damage to both my car and the building.
Looks like they’ve got steel posts protecting the sides/corners of the doorways. So I imagine your car and mine would just accordion against those.
I don’t know, I think I could put a scratch in them. 😉
This makes me feel a bit sheepish for complaining about the parking spot in my condo! And yes, why did the small truck get the big door?
Makes me glad I drive a smallish car, even though I still complain about tight parking. Next time I’ll probably think of this truck and how much worse it could be.
Just guessing here, but looks like an exterior roller gate above the small door to secure the dock area. So perhaps the larger opening is into general or uncontrolled parking. If you wouldn’t want to back a semi trailer in to a dock, most assuredly you would not want to enter such a parking garage and then hope to safely back out of it! (I really loved my VW Bug for tight spaces, btw) 🍀
I assumed it had something to do with getting to the appropriate loading dock or other location inside the building, but regardless, it’s an impressive bit of driving.
Most definitely impressive. The best make it look so easy, too!