Fyshwick trucker makin' chaos

Granny said :

Come to think of it I need a new mattress!

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and who said advertising doesn”t work?

Come to think of it I need a new mattress!

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Granny said :

From makin’ mattresses to makin’ news …

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and free advertising! how many times can you see makin mattresses on the media at the moment??

From makin’ mattresses to makin’ news …

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peterh said :

perhaps the title needs to be changed to “tourist causes truck accident in fyshwick” – truckie did the right thing, but isn’t at fault here…

Yeah, that’s probably fair enough, but there’s no rhyming slang in the new title. 😉

wow, just picked up my new mattress the day before this. phew!

We need another roundabout. 😛

signals wont fix it, you would still have the hill, people running red lights and an enormous amout of rear enders. The only thing that will fix this intersection is a left only turning lane. Whilst it would be a pain, no car should be able to turn right.

Well if you had to crash into a building better a mattress showroom than a fireworks factory lol

When coming over that crest and heading down, I wonder if someone is going to be coming out of Wollongong St as I come over. So I drive accordingly. Just sayin…

Yeah, if I was religious I’d say a prayer whenever I drive through it. It needs signals.

That intersection is a real shocker.

SheepGroper said :

But no one can judge what happened except the people who were involved with the accident.

Better tell the crash investigation people they’re wasting their time then.

Haven’t you ever seen any of the programs that examine crash sites and show you how evidence is gathered and tested in order to piece together what happened and how?

LOL – you hit the spot I wanted to but wasn’t going to!

Same goes with the police.
Person 1: “Who murdered that person”
Person 2: “I reckkon he did (pointing to innocent bystander)”
Person 1: “I agree also”
Suspected: “Nah uhhh wasn’t me…”
Person 1: “Well that settles it! Case closed, he is the murderer”
Policeman: “Ahh crap, beat me to it again!!!”

perhaps the title needs to be changed to “tourist causes truck accident in fyshwick” – truckie did the right thing, but isn’t at fault here…

But no one can judge what happened except the people who were involved with the accident.

Better tell the crash investigation people they’re wasting their time then.

Haven’t you ever seen any of the programs that examine crash sites and show you how evidence is gathered and tested in order to piece together what happened and how?

From the looks of it – I would say that the truck driver wouldn’t have been speeding.

It does take alot to stop those trucks and if there was more speed involved you would expect to see alot more damage to the building and to the car involved.

Glad to hear that no one was hurt. But no one can judge what happened except the people who were involved with the accident. I have had experience of truck driver’s that drive quite fast than they should considering the surrounding. I hope that was not the case but if it was then well what can you say ….

Thanks for that peterh. :p

I saw that on the way home from work yesterday. The road was blocked off so we all had to do a u turn and go around the other side of Fyshwick. I’m glad nobody was killed.

Holden Caulfield said :

Thanks Charchar, I had a feeling the truckie would have been left with nowhere to go.

OT, holden, but I have found YO-YO biscuits!!

kambah friendly grocer has them.

now all I need is mettwurst and bung fritz, then I will never need to go back to SA….

After reading the Canberra Times report, kudos to the truck driver! It appears he must have swerved violently to the right to avoid going over the top of the silver Ford, and then over corrected back to the left and colliding with the building.

Poor truckie!!!

400ltrs of Diesel at approx $1.60 p/ltr would be a loss of $640.00
not to forget the damage done to the poor fella’s tyres and truck and everything else mechanical on it – wouldn’t be surprised if it’s written off due to structural damage.

I wouldn’t trust it being repaired and back to perfect as you’re driving that truck everyday – practically living in it for 9-10 hrs a day.

Thanks Charchar, I had a feeling the truckie would have been left with nowhere to go.

was that on the blind crest? hate that bit of the road, never know what is coming, or at what speed.

The accident was apparently caused when a car failed to give way (tourist who checked left rather than right). The truckie did his best to avoid taking out the car but as a result ended up in the front of makin mattresses. Very lucky that no one was killed.