Simmo W Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 And you thought your commute to work was dangerous! Nice views...http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-03/trucks-plummet-off-road-in-norway/3929234 Quote
GrahamH Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 Dang!! I literally just watched this on the news, and then came on to x-pilot. I sure hope the truck driver wil be alright. Quote
abrenna Posted April 3, 2012 Report Posted April 3, 2012 We have a lot of really bad roads here in Norway. It's scary, but on the plus side: the scenery from our road trips are amazing. Quote
Simmo W Posted April 3, 2012 Author Report Posted April 3, 2012 Yes, me jealous, being a rally fan. What I'd do with a subaru and those roads, well best that I'm in Australia, although our gravel/dirt bush roads are fun enough! Quote
OlaHaldor Posted April 4, 2012 Report Posted April 4, 2012 Imagine the phone call the tow truck guy had with his boss... Good thing both survived, and the truck driver with minor injuries. Quote
Simmo W Posted April 4, 2012 Author Report Posted April 4, 2012 Good to hear the truck driver's ok, a scary ride I bet. That towtruck driver did well to escape in time. Quote
Morten XPFW Posted April 5, 2012 Report Posted April 5, 2012 Yeah, foreign bad equipped trucks is a huge problem here during winter. Most of them from eastern Europe.The clog up the main roads by getting stuck all the time.Some other recent ones..http://www.fjuken.no/index.cfm?event=doLink&famID=232278&frontFamID=84050http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=10040931http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.7948477http://avisenagder.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=14785http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article5954758.ecehttp://www.varden.no/nyheter/trailer-pa-tvers-uten-kjetting-1.336789 Quote
Simmo W Posted April 5, 2012 Author Report Posted April 5, 2012 Wow Morten, just a few eh. Very challenging conditions for a car, let alone a multi-wheeler weighing tonnes. Quote
Tom Knudsen Posted April 8, 2012 Report Posted April 8, 2012 And I quote the reporter in the segment in regards to the alledged wrong tiers "that will teach them" stating further that several foregin drivers do not chain up their trucks here in Norway in the winter, this is a fact for sure.Worst part is, they do not learn either, well except from the one in this footage, he will hopefully learn.But we see it every winter, either the truck slides of the road, or it is stuck in the midle of the hill climb, even sliding back down is seen in the news every winter.My advice, chain up or give up trucking. Quote
OlaHaldor Posted April 8, 2012 Report Posted April 8, 2012 Even though this country isn't big, the climate is very different from north to south. I'm near Trondheim (ENVA, Værnes if anyone wanna fly there) right now. It has been snowing for over a week non stop, until today. The total amount of snow: 1,2m - on top of what already was there!But only a few hours south of here (by car) there's no snow. The grass is getting greener and they are sunbathing.Most truck drivers probably know this climate the most, and aren't prepared for the sudden changes.In the small town I grew up in, there was several days I couldn't get to school, because the only road was choked by one or more trucks, stuck in either of the two hairpin corners. Between these two was a steep hill. Even though there are multiple pockets near the foot of the hill with big signs for "TRUCKS, SUIT UP! WEAR CHAINS!" and warnings about x % climb, looks like none of the foreign truck drivers give a damn. Quote
larjeet Posted April 10, 2012 Report Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) the roads look very similar to British Columbia roads during the winter Edited April 10, 2012 by larjeet Quote
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