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Old 03-10-2006, 05:13 PM   #31
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I saw somthing similar to that on the way home from work about a month ago. The person in the festiva wasnt seriously injured. The dump truck rolled off the back of the semi.

http://mvcfs.asn.au/South-road-dump-truck2.jpg
http://mvcfs.asn.au/South-road-dump-truck7.jpg
http://mvcfs.asn.au/South-road-dump-truck4.jpg
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Old 03-10-2006, 05:22 PM   #32
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^^^ Gee, the person in the Festiva was lucky. It's obvious they wouldn't have had a passenger either, because they definately wouldn't have survived that.
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Old 03-10-2006, 05:56 PM   #33
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^^^ Hoooooooooooooooooooollllly Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap
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Old 03-10-2006, 07:19 PM   #34
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Was heading up Wanneroo road today and spotted this at an intersection i think it deserves a big fat :
The rhinoceros musta been f**ing H U G E !
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Old 03-10-2006, 09:04 PM   #35
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Speed must of been the cause of the accident, after all the scraper had 4000hp....
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Old 03-10-2006, 10:20 PM   #36
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Here are a couple of my favourite mishaps
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Old 03-10-2006, 10:40 PM   #37
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makes me scared thinking about all these buggers passing with wide loads on Bruce Hi Way some dont even have escorts,ive had sheets of steele on one truck that i had to duck under on my old CBR1000 Honda, i always thought they rarely had accidents but some of these pics make you wonder how common it actually must be.
i bet the big dump truck on its end at mine has driver getting change of undies.
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Old 03-10-2006, 11:05 PM   #38
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It's common for belly scrapers to rollover, it's the nature of being articulated and in contact with the ground on slopes that cause it to happen more often. Scrapers don't like working on slopes.

The accident/fatality rate for these things in the US is 10 people per year.
words of wisdom there..... scrapers arent exactly friendly to the inexperienced
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Old 03-10-2006, 11:10 PM   #39
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boy there big wheels!!

actually something like this happened in Bendigo a few years back when a truck rolled going around a bend at a set of lights and landed on a small car. the car was *********!! i think they occupants survived tho.
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Old 04-10-2006, 08:04 PM   #40
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It happened Just before Nuford Wangara...I was on my way to look at a Ford Focus and I was the passenger by the way

No idea how it happened...
Ah, I know exactly where that is. Bought my BA wagon from them.
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