19 August 2008

Fyshwick trucker makin' chaos

| Holden Caulfield
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I’m sure a few people will have seen this story already, if not check out the slideshow on the CTimes. According to the ABC it was a multi-vehicle accident and 400 litres of fuel was spilled. Apparently most of Fyshwick was without power as a result. Although, I work in Fyshwick, on the Canberra Ave side, and our power was unaffected.

That intersection where the accident took place can be a tricky one with the blind crest and it appears as though this was a near miss as far as death or serious injury is concerned. If anyone has any more details please share them.

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dragonflygal12:02 am 20 Aug 08

Madman said :

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.

Don’t worry Madman, the truck is owned by CSG, not a truckie himself… CSG can afford it should they be found at fault – which I doubt. Who do you think is more skilled a driver, the person who spends 9 – 10 hours a day driving something that big, or us car drivers?

And Ant? Try stopping quickly in a fully loaded truck and dog that’s heading down a hill. Just sayin….

Holden Caulfield9:53 pm 19 Aug 08

Let CSG put some spring into your garden.

grunge_hippy9:51 pm 19 Aug 08

i think the one in hume called ‘sexy time’ is quite amusing… that makes me laugh each time.

Whenever I go past Hello Sexy I say, “Who? Me?

*haha*

Er … no … sorry. I don’t actually.

grunge_hippy9:36 pm 19 Aug 08

when i left a building right near there last night at 9pm (NO IT WAS NOT HELLO SEXY*)
they were still trying to restore the power and the road was still closed.

*hello sexy was closed… no power! oohhh there’s some potential for bad buns there!!!

Felix the Cat9:25 pm 19 Aug 08

GottaLoveCanberra said :

I’ve been told by a few of the guys who were there afterwards that the CSG truck was almost brand spanking new.

Wonder if it was a replacement for the one that ended up in the ditch on the side of Horse Park Dr the other week?

The traffic seemed to be disrupted unnecessarily in Fyshwick yesterday afternoon. The cops had the left turn from Newcastle St into Gladstone St blocked and also the next left turn from Gladstone into Wollongong St blocked as well even though the accident was at the other corner of Gladstone and Wollongong St.

GottaLoveCanberra7:38 pm 19 Aug 08

I’ve been told by a few of the guys who were there afterwards that the CSG truck was almost brand spanking new. Add in the diesel costs like someone earlier said, the damage to the building, the fact the truck cleaned up two cars and that sign runner is looking at one helluva bill.

Not to mention the pole that was sheared clean off its base.

Made to measure loam mattresses?

Nah, give up…

Holden Caulfield said :

We need some mulch for home, I heard CSG does door to door deliveries.

I’m sure there’s a line in there about ‘garden beds’ but it’s just not happening for me. I may have to outsource the bad puns today.

Holden Caulfield5:20 pm 19 Aug 08

We need some mulch for home, I heard CSG does door to door deliveries.

Granny said :

Come to think of it I need a new mattress!

: )

and who said advertising doesn”t work?

Come to think of it I need a new mattress!

: )

Granny said :

From makin’ mattresses to makin’ news …

; )

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

From makin’ mattresses to makin’ news …

; )

Holden Caulfield3:51 pm 19 Aug 08

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!

Holden Caulfield3:40 pm 19 Aug 08

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 ….

Holden Caulfield10:48 am 19 Aug 08

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.

Holden Caulfield10:13 am 19 Aug 08

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.

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