Comments on: Road Train http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeremy http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/comment-page-1/#comment-201740 Jeremy Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:40:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2392#comment-201740 I drove an old Toyota van around Australia a couple of times in 98/99 and if we wanted to drive at night, we'd just wait for one of these road trains to pass a rest stop and then we sneak right in behind them. It kept us from hitting kangaroos (which is likely when driving at night in the Outback) and saved us a bit of fuel from the drafting effect. Considering how long it takes these vehicles to slow down - I didn't think tailgating/rear ending was too likely. They are way bigger than anything I've seen in North America. 4 trailers seems to be the norm there and 5 wasn't uncommon. I drove an old Toyota van around Australia a couple of times in 98/99 and if we wanted to drive at night, we’d just wait for one of these road trains to pass a rest stop and then we sneak right in behind them.

It kept us from hitting kangaroos (which is likely when driving at night in the Outback) and saved us a bit of fuel from the drafting effect. Considering how long it takes these vehicles to slow down – I didn’t think tailgating/rear ending was too likely.

They are way bigger than anything I’ve seen in North America. 4 trailers seems to be the norm there and 5 wasn’t uncommon.

]]> By: woowoowoo http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/comment-page-1/#comment-201691 woowoowoo Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:24:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2392#comment-201691 Great find - these things are impressive enough in street view, but if you ever hear one start off - I don't know how many gears are in the average road train, but they seem to be shifting forever! Then there is the sheer terror of trying to overtake one, fortunately the roads in these parts don't have a lot of bends. You wouldn't bother once they got up to full speed though, they really clip along! Great find – these things are impressive enough in street view, but if you ever hear one start off – I don’t know how many gears are in the average road train, but they seem to be shifting forever! Then there is the sheer terror of trying to overtake one, fortunately the roads in these parts don’t have a lot of bends. You wouldn’t bother once they got up to full speed though, they really clip along!

]]> By: Talana http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/comment-page-1/#comment-201690 Talana Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:30:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2392#comment-201690 This entry made me giggle so hard. I spent the summer of 2002 working at a camp near Fresno, CA. On a weekend off, a counselor from Australia and myself were driving down Hwy 99 to the LA area. He commented that he had not seen any trains in the states. I told him that was because we hadn't been near tracks. He responded that no, he meant trains like a semi with 4 or 5 trailers back behind it. I was shocked! I see 3 sometimes from growing up on a rural part of I-5 but that amazed me. This entry made me giggle so hard. I spent the summer of 2002 working at a camp near Fresno, CA. On a weekend off, a counselor from Australia and myself were driving down Hwy 99 to the LA area. He commented that he had not seen any trains in the states. I told him that was because we hadn’t been near tracks. He responded that no, he meant trains like a semi with 4 or 5 trailers back behind it. I was shocked! I see 3 sometimes from growing up on a rural part of I-5 but that amazed me.

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/comment-page-1/#comment-201689 Alex Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:20:43 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2392#comment-201689 @Jordan - still there for me? Perhaps it just didn't load for you? @Jordan – still there for me? Perhaps it just didn’t load for you?

]]> By: Lee Bennett http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/comment-page-1/#comment-201688 Lee Bennett Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:30:35 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2392#comment-201688 Here's a different form of "road train" http://flickr.com/photos/leebennett/2570058855/ Here’s a different form of “road train” http://flickr.com/photos/leebennett/2570058855/

]]> By: Jordan Meeter http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/08/15/road-train/comment-page-1/#comment-201687 Jordan Meeter Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:16:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2392#comment-201687 Looks like it was deleted... Looks like it was deleted…

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