So much for the requirement in VIC for traffic to slow to 40km/hr around police or other emergency vehicles where they are on the side of the road displaying flashing lights.

The truck driver is a nut-job. Maybe on drugs?

As for the criminal Porsche driver ... disgusting.

He took photos of the scene before running off and then later posted the pics on Facebook. 

By the scrotum.

This is the rule:

Passing law enforcement and emergency vehicles

From 1 July 2017 a new road rule has been introduced to improve safety for our emergency and enforcement workers.

You must slow down to a speed that would enable you to stop safely when approaching and passing enforcement, emergency or escort vehicles that are stationary or moving slowly (less than 10km/h)*, and have either:

Red and blue flashing lights
Magenta (purple flashing lights)
An alarm sounding.

You must not exceed 40km/h when passing the vehicle and not increase your speed until a safe distance from the scene (more on this below).

The new road rule does not apply to vehicles on the opposite side of a divided road (separated by a median strip) from an emergency or enforcement vehicle scene.

* A fire truck extinguishing roadside spot fires is an example of a slow moving emergency vehicle.

Do I need to slow down if an emergency or enforcement vehicle is in a service lane?

Emergencies are not limited to the side of the road and can occur anywhere on the road including dividing strips. As it is not possible to know where an incident is traffic must slow to 40km/h even if the emergency service vehicle is in the service road.

What type of emergency or enforcement vehicles are covered by the new rule?

Police vehicles
Ambulance Victoria vehicles
Metropolitan Fire Brigade vehicles
Country Fire Authority vehicles
Forest Fire Management Victoria vehicles
State Emergency Service vehicles
Search and Rescue Services
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) Safety and Compliance Officer vehicles (magenta (purple) flashing lights)
Enforcement vehicles (magenta/purple flashing lights) under the control of a state transport body including VicRoads, DEDJTR and Taxi Commission enforcement vehicles
Other emergency patient transport vehicles with red and blue flashing lights.

Don’t motorists already slow down if they see an emergency vehicle ahead?

Most people already slow down when they see an emergency vehicle ahead with red and blue flashing lights, and/or alarm sounding.

The new rule establishes a required standard for safe behaviour and further ensures emergency workers can get on with their important work without worrying about being struck by a passing vehicle or debris.

The rule has been designed to provide maximum safety benefits to emergency and enforcement workers while keeping it simple for the Victorian community to understand.

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/road-rules/a-to-z-of-road-...

Bam wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2020 at 9:45am:


Facebook and criminals - what a wonderful combination   

cods wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2020 at 10:52am:


The smart arse truck driver thought he'd get past the traffic by going down the breakdown lane at high speed.

He'll have the next 8 to 12 years in prison to think about that stupid decision.

Captain Nemo wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2020 at 9:20am:


How many times have you had to suddenly slow down from 100 to 40?  It can be a very nasty thing to do suddenly, especially for a heavy truck.  I've driven, some of it professionally, for over fifty years, and I nearly hit someone who suddenly hit the brakes hard when a cop had someone pulled over and hit the lights - three cars including mine frantically switched lanes to avoid a pileup, and I have a very good safety distance in front and expect it behind at all times and preferably nobody beside me on highways (crowded situations excepted).

It's a stupid rule, always was a stupid idea made up by people with no idea, and will cause more deaths like these, and trucks can't slow down that fast... ask the woman who tried to turn into Wootton Road in front of a truck in a 100 zone... her 4WD ended up mashed and the truck in the trees... or the two local blokes from the last hometown who swung out at what I called for years the Medowie Death Junction - stop sign onto THE highway and major intersection with heavy traffic all ways - and the bloke at the wheel, instead of merging, went straight to the left lane in front of a heavy... two men dead.

You don't mess with trucks and buses.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2020 at 11:31am:


If you don't know how to travel at safe distances and/or slow your truck down in an emergency, you shouldn't be on the road.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2020 at 12:25pm:


Grow up, you silly old idiot.