Preparing to undertake a Collins Adelaide B double, M7 motorway/Hume Highway southbound

Preparing to undertake a Collins Adelaide B double, M7 motorway/Hume Highway southbound, 1:30PM 10th March 2018

[@lukew67]

All the trucks sit in the right lane southbound on the M7 (from Bernera Rd Exit to Hume) as the left lane ends very suddenly once you merge onto the Hume and that way they have more time/can see traffic so they end up in the left lane of the Hume Motorway. I see them do this all the time there and yes have to undertake them.

[@blastermaster2383]

@@daviddou1408 Less than a Kay pal before the left lane ends.

[@Fullsendit_ENT]

Piss off obey rules get in the slow lane!!!

[@fredburmeister7125]

@@Fullsendit_ENT The speed limit is 100k

[@Fullsendit_ENT]

@@fredburmeister7125 the pyramid on the left can boost you to light speed... it’s a jump spot

[@SafeRoadsAustralia]

@@fredburmeister7125 I think he's referring to the "Keep Left Unless Overtaking" road rule.

[@johncunningham4820]

As Retired Heavy Truck Operator I reckon Mr Collins B-Double should have been in the Lane were he is eventually Passed . Lane 1 . That is NOT undertaking , technically . Both lanes are clearly marked . The Truck IS in the wrong by hanging in the right lane unnecessarily .

[@davidhenry3833]

Exactly, I was also taught that. If there are no line markings where the road is wide enough for 2 vehicles and you pass on the left, that's undertaking and you shouldn't do it. If there are line markings then all good, go for it if safe. Also yes, get out of the overtaking lane.

[@SafeRoadsAustralia]

@@davidhenry3833 "Exactly, I was also taught that. If there are no line markings where the road is wide enough for 2 vehicles and you pass on the left, that's undertaking and you shouldn't do it." Yes, it's road rule 141 No overtaking etc to the left of a vehicle (1) A driver (except the rider of a bicycle) must not overtake a vehicle to the left of the vehicle unless: (a) the driver is driving on a multi-lane road and the vehicle can be safely overtaken in a marked lane to the left of the vehicle

[@Moon62118]

@@SafeRoadsAustralia Adelaide Truckies consider that if they're making a RH turn within the next 100kms they have every right to be in that lane

[@SafeRoadsAustralia]

@@Moon62118 I was responding to what David Henry said, which is about only one lane, in this footage there are two. The road rule I quoted doesn't apply here, which was David Henry's point.

[@Moon62118]

@@SafeRoadsAustralia Are you completely without a sense of humour?

[@hilux4x4x3]

All car drivers should be made to do a week sitting in the passenger seat of a heavy vehicle before they get their licence, see the crap that have to deal with from car drivers with no clue on a daily basis. It’s far safer for the heavy vehicle to do a constant speed in the right lane than to continuously slow down , speed up, change lanes around car drivers that can’t keep a constant speed.

[@hilux4x4x3]

@@daviddou1408 I agree with cut the crap comment re 3 heavy vehicles all jockeying to be in front & speeding up to hang one another out to dry, equally frustrating though is catching up to slower cars in the left lane, overtaking, only to have them speed up & hang you out, in a vehicle with a speed limiter set to 100kph, once you get to 100 that’s it , there’s no reserve to complete overtaking, so your only options are to drop back, pissing off the cars behind you that can’t see the car you’re overtaking speed up , or hang out there , also pissing them off. If people were more conscious of maintaining their speed , it would seriously help. The greater proportion of heavy vehicle drivers don’t set out to piss car drivers off, they are just trying to keep a constant speed. Most drivers, you give them a fair go, they’ll give you one back.

[@blastermaster2383]

@@hilux4x4x3 Copy that.

[@buffomarinus17]

Keep left unless overtaking, simples

[@SafeRoadsAustralia]

@@buffomarinus17 Exactly, and exceeding the speed limit when overtaking is still speeding.

[@andrewallen9993]

@@buffomarinus17 Nope! Too bloody difficult for most truck drivers to understand. Simples only for persons of intelligence.

[@francisbrown5469]

Driving today is a contest and everyone is a fucking lawyer .Trucks with imported drivers sitting in the outside lane with a total disregard for anyone but themselves and of course there are the self righteous who wants to teach us how its done ...

[@photosbyernesto9621]

What was the point of that vid? Plus, why was the B-double sitting in the right lane all that time?

[@Mooky1300]

I drive a van and instead of dealing with car drivers who won't let me in when I try to get into the lane about 500m from the turnoff I will simply sit on the right lane for a km at this turn. The car drivers go tearing past me, undercutting me while I sit on the speed limit. It's ridiculous the impatience that is out there. Guess they are invincible and have never had to pick up body parts after an accident.

[@coony535]

Good work, commit, get in, get out !

[@truckingboy6736]

Love Collins gonna be a driver one day

[@peterschmidt1453]

So what?. There is such rule as "undertaking" in Australia. your lane is your lane, this is not Britain. If you wish to change lanes it is your responsibility to ensure the adjacent lane is clear and you can safely move into. It does not matter if a car on your right is travelling slower it's perfectly legal to pass on the left, just stay in your own lane and drive the speed limit.

[@gregkunst8199]

Up here in qld on the ipswich motorway there are no rules/no speed limits for any vehicle.....apparently lol

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Trucks are speed limited to 100 km per hour. Should have been able to undertake/overtake.

[@MrPomdownunder]

come on cobbas thats the third non event vid I've just watched...

[@louiselliott4878]

don't have a problem with collins b double as coming down hume on ramp left lanes slow down and sometimes stop so it is hard to keep momentum up in a semi/b double.

[@hilux4x4x3]

Aren’t you breaking the speed limit undertaking a truck that’s doing 100kph?

[@hohoshang32]

So? the truck is technically also breaking the “keep left unless overtaking” law.

[@Gazzilaussie]

@@hohoshang32 Not a law hero, just a suggestion. Also, do you have a truck licence? do you know why he was staying in the right hand lane?

[@johncunningham4820]

@@Gazzilaussie . I DO have one . Very familiar with that spot there too . He should have been One lane Left , rather than completely hanging right .

[@gsd4me00]

@@Gazzilaussie. Try sitting in the outside lane on the M1 between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and see how real the ticket is. ;-)

[@Gazzilaussie]

@@gsd4me00 Yeah I seen over there the cameras in the right hand lanes. Was talking about WA in my comment, I should have mentioned that.

[@cam-yg8dk]

I drive the m7 everyday and no1(car drivers) sits on 100 they sit between 90-95 so i sit in the right lane also.. given the chance the car drivers on our roads will make our lives hell on the road so i hold no regard for them at all.

[@travislee595]

To all car drivers out there who think trucks speed try checking your Speedo with a gps you might find your Speedo is under you would not believe the amount of cameras and tracking and speed alert buzzers and more that are in trucks

[@MajorBuzzBarrington]

That was so scary?? We have 30 of these B trains running wood chips from a lumber mill 80km to a pulp and paper mill on the 2 lane highway I commute to work on everyday. I have a dash cam and can send you hundreds of overtakes that would make you pee your panties.

[@BigScotty1971]

and your point is????

[@vincemurphy5384]

what gets me is they say respect truckies but when they are speeding it's a bit hard and trucks are only supposed to do a 100 even when it says 110 what happened to regulating these companies are letting truckies get away with it more crack down needed.😀

[@Dats.Travln]

Trucks especially Collins are speed limited to 100km/h and when you hook a gps to your car you will likely find your only travelling at 96km/h roughly, if you don't want to be tailgated let the faster traffic go and your all good.

[@robs7083]

Dangerous move overtaking a Collins.

[@Aileensehra]

Collin Adelaide super

[@jorg8714]

? ? ? ?

[@rickdowell6739]

Stay left unless overtaking ...typical collins cowboy

[@davemelzer185]

Rick dowell: Read the comment above AGAIN. Its got NOTHING to do with being a cowboy.

[@rickdowell6739]

@@davemelzer185 that's my comment and opinion

[@The_Aussie_Truckie]

@Ric O'Shai if he is a swift driver you won't get a response back he is probably in jail for killing someone in a accident or maybe he has crashed into someone trying to back up

[@tba3900]

Collins has a right hand lane only policy. Protects the trees from the trailers or is it the other way around

[@markaylott1780]

The speed sign said 80, he has every rite to be in the right hand lane

[@andrewallen9993]

How do you overtake someone too stupid to understand what keep left pass right means?