Full of cattle

Thanks for viewing/commenting/critiqueing/rating. Cheers, Sam.

I've driven the longest rigs legal on the North American continent - and this thing just frightens me! You Australians are crazy! Nice shot, too - really gives you a good idea of the size of this thing, and had nice, vivid colours, good DOF.

Peter, these road trains operate only in the relatively low density traffic regions in the N & NW parts of the outback in Australia. They thunder along at 100 km/h (or even faster), cannot really brake when cattle, camels, or kangaroes suddenly cross the road - so they just go over them. Sometimes cyclists are sucked under them & cannot tell the story afterwards. Overtaking them is only possible when, by citizens band radio, you tell the driver who has to agree. If a bus is going to do that the road train driver often asks for the prettiest girls on the bus to wave at him. However, these days anything is possible: also women can be observed driving these monsters. One of them is driving accompanied in the cabin by her three dogs, as I heard on the radio. Thanks for your comment & appreciation. Cheers, Sam.

Another good shot and commentary - i do find your work / adventures so interesting.

Gareth, I'm very pleased to learn you like my photographic work. Thanks very much for telling me. Cheers, Sam.

wow - I wish I had the miles under my boots to have such stories. but I am glad that I have a computer where I can at least re-live those of other people! Awesome stuff.

One point though - having driven big trucks for a living - I can assure you that yes, hte traffic density is a factor, but the idea of one of these even on an empty road is truly daunting. A point of interest - I find female truck drivers, when straight out of school(taking experience out of the equation) to be generally better than the men. They go into it with an empty glass, ready to learn... with most guys the belief that testicles give us some divine right to all things mechanical makes us less receptive to the lessons we need to learn, hehehehhee.

Those rebars on the front look truly daunting - but I guess you explained the reasons vividly enough! I think taking one for a spin would be an experience! What a monster! And what a good job showing it to us! Thanks.:)

Peter, thanks a lot for your reflections and insight about life on the world's highways! My woman also thinks girls drive better than men. Cheers, Sam.

Sam! the pic and your narration are priceless 7/7/7 (the third one is for the literature).

 

Mauro

Mauro, thanks very much for your kind comments & enthusiasm! Cheers, Sam.