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Old 08-05-2009, 11:08 PM   #1
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Aug 6, 2009: Road Train Vs Grandma



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You might think the idea of a 72-year-old woman riding a bicycle 3,700 kilometres from Darwin to Melbourne might be newsworthy by itself. But what if the woman cheated death after her bike was sucked underneath a road train as the truck sped past her on the highway?

That's just what happened last month to Tasmanian grandmother Margret Mosmann.



Truck picture from flickr, apparently, but via the ABC.

Margret's picture from here.

Audio of the interview available from here.


ETA: By my count, that thing is a 74-wheeler. 74!!!
ETAA: Yes, we do *normally* drive on the left down here. I don't know why that thing is on the right. I guess, in a truck like that, you drive wherever you damn well feel like.
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Old 08-06-2009, 12:48 AM   #2
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Look at her.
Just look at her.
Behind that smile, a little version of her is jumping up and down, giving the world the finger, and screaming
"FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER! KING KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME!!!"
Oh, you can say I'm wrong.
But look at her.
She's just waiting to get that driver in a locked room.
She's gonna cut off his face and wear it like a mask.
She is just that badass.
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Old 08-06-2009, 05:15 AM   #3
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Ohhh, those things are scary as all bejesus when you overtake THEM, let alone having one zoom past when you are on a bike.

When we went to Darwin, my hire car was a little Toyota Corolla...that things took.for.ever. to get past one of those roadtrains.
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Old 08-06-2009, 06:36 AM   #4
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Does no one have any sympathy for the poor bike? Did it leave any little bikes at home? Oh the humanity!
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:27 AM   #5
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Here's a text article. I'm afraid the bike is a pretzel!
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Old 08-06-2009, 08:40 AM   #6
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Here's a text article. I'm afraid the bike is a pretzel!
I had a pretzel (which when at home is a Brezel) for second breakfast. Luckily, it didn't have a bell on.
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Old 08-06-2009, 08:51 AM   #7
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Does no one have any sympathy for the poor bike? Did it leave any little bikes at home? Oh the humanity!
Think of the tricycles!
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Old 08-06-2009, 09:36 AM   #8
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Yes, we do *normally* drive on the left down here. I don't know why that thing is on the right. I guess, in a truck like that, you drive wherever you damn well feel like.
He will be on that side out of courtesy. The picture was taken from the side of the road, and the truckie would have moved over to make sure not to buffet the car & pedestrian too much. I spent a bit of time with these guys, and the vast majority are extraordinarily courteous and professional.

On some roads in the outback there is only one lane tarmaced (ashphalted or blacktopped for our US cousins). The truck to be courteous will try and stay on the tarmac. The approaching city drivers will take this as a challenge, and try and drive in the made section too. Bad, bad, bad idea. The truckie will happily move out of the way onto the gravel at the side of the road. If the car moves over, the truck will be past in a few seconds, and everything is sweet. IF the truck moves over, there are 14-19 sets of wheels flicking stones at the other vehicle. The paintwork is blasted by stone chips, and a shattered window is guaranteed. It can be 100km or more between towns, and a new screen can take 3-5 days to arrive from the major centres.
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Old 08-06-2009, 09:40 AM   #9
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Oh, and if she is from Tassie, then the major damage may not be immediately apparent to everyone. The truck has obviously caused trauma necessitating the removal of one of her heads.
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:26 AM   #10
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Old 08-06-2009, 10:28 AM   #11
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Old 08-06-2009, 12:53 PM   #12
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Wow. Both to the story, and to the --- truck. thing. We don't have those here (although we do have wide open spaces). They look dangerous. Like really, too dangerous for anybody on the road!
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Old 08-06-2009, 02:41 PM   #13
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Speed Racer versus the Mammoth Car comes to mind.
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Old 08-06-2009, 05:17 PM   #14
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Yeah, those trucks are massive, and on a lot of those roads in the outback (NT at least), there's no speed limit, so they can really hike along if they're in a hurry.

Onya granny!
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Old 08-06-2009, 06:43 PM   #15
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She was only 25km into a 3700km trip when it happened. She says ''I'll get another bike and do the same thing next year.'' STUPID!
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