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From: Lake Macquarie, NSW AUS
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30th May 2009 - 07:20 PM
30th May 2009 - 07:20 PM
Taken from THE HERALD (NSW) May 30, 2009.
This girl used a median located signposted "Police & Emergency Service Vehicles Only" U-Turn bay to do the deed, and messed up big time as you can see. It is a common enough action on the NSW F3, particularly in locations near the Caltex twin servo's, and is one of the most serious motorway driving offences in my book.
It is illegal worldwide, on this category of road to do a U-Turn owing the "UN Road Traffic Convention" requirements for motorway class roads, along with reversing, stopping etc.
To prevent these sorts of idiot actions, RTA are trialling two new GATELOCK systems at the F3 Sydney end. Eventually one design will be chosen and then adopted on ALL median crossover points, to prevent public access.
In the past I've had police action 'long' caravans and a B-double doing this stupidity, even dumber - during peak holiday times. This behavior is one of the reasons why we won't raise speed limits on freeways, and other rural high-speed dual carriageways, such as those approaching ACT (Hume et al).
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/new...lf/1527199.aspx
This post has been edited by Keepleft: May 30 2009, 11:06 PM
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This girl used a median located signposted "Police & Emergency Service Vehicles Only" U-Turn bay to do the deed, and messed up big time as you can see. It is a common enough action on the NSW F3, particularly in locations near the Caltex twin servo's, and is one of the most serious motorway driving offences in my book.
It is illegal worldwide, on this category of road to do a U-Turn owing the "UN Road Traffic Convention" requirements for motorway class roads, along with reversing, stopping etc.
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(Article 25 - 'motorways and similar roads', = (b) drivers shall be forbidden;
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* to make U-turns,
* to travel in reverse, and to drive on to the central dividing strip, including crossovers linking the two carriageways).
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* to make U-turns,
* to travel in reverse, and to drive on to the central dividing strip, including crossovers linking the two carriageways).
To prevent these sorts of idiot actions, RTA are trialling two new GATELOCK systems at the F3 Sydney end. Eventually one design will be chosen and then adopted on ALL median crossover points, to prevent public access.
In the past I've had police action 'long' caravans and a B-double doing this stupidity, even dumber - during peak holiday times. This behavior is one of the reasons why we won't raise speed limits on freeways, and other rural high-speed dual carriageways, such as those approaching ACT (Hume et al).
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/new...lf/1527199.aspx
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A P-PLATER had a miracle escape yesterday when her car was torn apart by a truck on the F3 Freeway at Black Hill.
Firefighters said the 19-year-old woman turned out of the emergency U-turn lane and into the path of the oncoming truck about 10am.
The truck cut her sedan in pieces, sending the driver's section of the car flying one way and carrying the rear end along.
Despite the damage inflicted on her Honda Civic the woman walked away from the wreck with only a bump on the head and minor injuries to her shoulder and side.
She was taken to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.
Emergency services said they were amazed she survived.
"She's amazingly lucky, amazingly," deputy fire captain Evan Dowling said.
"We don't see many cars cut into two like that any more, it's a real lucky escape."
Newcastle Highway Patrol officers are investigating the crash and expect to speak to the woman over the weekend.
Tom Corey, who was driving the truck that collided with the car, said he initially thoughts things would be a lot worse.
"I saw her turn out and I just went 'Oh shit'," he said.
"She's very lucky."
He said the crash had caused about $60,000 worth of damage to his truck.
Firefighters said the 19-year-old woman turned out of the emergency U-turn lane and into the path of the oncoming truck about 10am.
The truck cut her sedan in pieces, sending the driver's section of the car flying one way and carrying the rear end along.
Despite the damage inflicted on her Honda Civic the woman walked away from the wreck with only a bump on the head and minor injuries to her shoulder and side.
She was taken to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.
Emergency services said they were amazed she survived.
"She's amazingly lucky, amazingly," deputy fire captain Evan Dowling said.
"We don't see many cars cut into two like that any more, it's a real lucky escape."
Newcastle Highway Patrol officers are investigating the crash and expect to speak to the woman over the weekend.
Tom Corey, who was driving the truck that collided with the car, said he initially thoughts things would be a lot worse.
"I saw her turn out and I just went 'Oh shit'," he said.
"She's very lucky."
He said the crash had caused about $60,000 worth of damage to his truck.
This post has been edited by Keepleft: May 30 2009, 11:06 PM
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Buy a UNECE R27 Spec hazard-warning triangle for your vehicle for use at crash scenes (to prevent secondary) and breakdowns. SUPPLIERS - via "auto-parts retailers"; I suggest HELLA Part No 2901 or; PRO-KIT Item No. RG9212, $21. From; BUNNINGS stores nationwide - Code 14 580, $9.90. AS3790 accepted. http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/...veSafePart4.pdf
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KeepleftPost #4QUOTE (Jason91 @ May 31 2009, 02:10 PM)
did she die ?
I gave THE HERALD link so readers could study the story, but have now quoted it to the original post. Jason, you will see she is a very lucky young lady.
I've made similar posts re this at a Uni forum, Ford, Essential Baby (parenting forum) etc. I am serious when I say it is one of the primary reasons why our limits on these roads do not go higher.
This second event is a similar situation, the woman's car crossed over at the dedicated point, GATELOCK will prevent this sort of thing, the two fella's in this story would be alive today IF we had the system installed at the time (Pics):-
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html 30th May 2009 - 10:47 PM
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basebriskidoPost #10QUOTE (NT1200 @ Jun 2 2009, 07:12 PM)V-TEC must have kicked in....
YO! 2nd June 2009 - 03:53 PM
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wannabie_drifterPost #21another honda off the road, honda haters represent!!! yo
19th June 2009 - 08:40 PM
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KeepleftPost #27QUOTEWollondilly Police News - He took a turn for the worse
A HIGHWAY patrol car was almost hit by a car attempting an illegal U-turn on the Hume Highway near Bargo on Sunday night. Officers conducting radar duties were sitting in the U-turn bay - reserved for emergency vehicles and police only - at 9.05pm when the car came through.
Police stopped the man, 30, of Buxton, on the Hume Highway a short time later.
The man was charged with mid-range drink-driving (0.112 reading), possession of a prohibited drug, being an unaccompanied learner driver and not displaying L plates. He will appear at Camden Court September 30.
Hopeless, really. 30th September 2009 - 01:35 AM
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KeepleftPost #29NSW RTA's F3 Kariong camera, as at Nov 2009, has the new "Police & Emergency Services Only" U-Turn bay treatment, carried out to help prevent this sort of action.
The 'bay/s' use to be a 'wide open' area, with simply the warning signs stating the above on approach.
This treatement will become increasingly normalised on all NSW freeway/motorway class roads in the years ahead.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficreports/n...f3_kariong.html
Buy a UNECE R27 Spec hazard-warning triangle for your vehicle for use at crash scenes (to prevent secondary) and breakdowns. SUPPLIERS - via "auto-parts retailers"; I suggest HELLA Part No 2901 or; PRO-KIT Item No. RG9212, $21. From; BUNNINGS stores nationwide - Code 14 580, $9.90. AS3790 accepted. http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/lic_drivesafe4.pdf 21st November 2009 - 02:48 PM
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KeepleftPost #33QUOTE (stevokickass @ Jan 7 2010, 01:49 PM)so stupid
Yes indeed, now take a look at this event from today, 9 January 2010:-QUOTESix people have been injured in a four-car collision after a car attempted a U-turn on a freeway in Sydney's north on Saturday.
A six-year-old boy suffered suspected serious head injuries and has been flown to hospital following the accident, which happened just before 10.30am (AEDT) near Mooney Mooney, on the Hawkesbury River.
A 45-year-old man has been flown and another man driven to the Royal North Shore Hospital, both with chest and back injuries, paramedics said.
A woman and a child have both been taken to Hornsby Hospital, while a 19-year-old woman has gone to hospital in Gosford.
"One car attempted to do a U-turn and has collided with three other cars," NRMA CareFlight director Ian Badham told AAP.
The CareFlight helicopter and an ambulance helicopter both landed on the freeway.
The six-year-old boy will be examined at a specialist neurological unit of The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Mr Badham added.
The RTA says all northbound carriageways on the F3 are closed with significant delays southbound.
Traffic is being diverted off the freeway at the Berowra exit.
The first horse race at Newcastle on Saturday afternoon has been delayed from 1.35pm (AEDT) to 2.15pm after jockeys were caught up in the incident
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/992192...chaos-in-sydney
I'll find pics and video later, or will link same. Had video on TEN News at 5 AEST.
8th January 2010 - 10:38 PM
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