Debris riding behind trucks and trailers

[MotoGirl]

When I travel behind utes, trucks and trailers, it always amazes me how much crap blows off them and into my path. I briefly followed a ute full of lawn clippings today and an empty fertiliser truck that travelled without the cover fitted over the back of it.

I couldn't stay behind them because the wind catches their load and blows it straight into us. Not only could these materials damage our bikes, the flying debris stings you in the neck and even gets in your eyes when your visor is shut.

Has anyone else noticed this too?

I just pass those vehicles, after all, that's what I've got a throttle for.

[The Lone Rider]

I think part of the problem is that they kick up all the dirt and stuff thats on the road!

[Macktheknife]

Never get to close to those things, you never know what is going to come off the back. I have seen large lumps of wood and metal come flying through the air and worse things too, stay away, then pass when you are safe.

[MotoGirl]

I think part of the problem is that they kick up all the dirt and stuff thats on the road!

But so do we, e.g. when you go through roadworks, you only need to give the throttle a quick squirt to shower the following car with stones

[owner]

pass my truck with caution, a s26 tegal chicken@4 meters high can dump a hell of a load ......up to two meters around my truck

[Daffyd]

No cover on a fertiliser truck, or a trailer load of grass clippings?
That's insecure loading. *555 them!

[The Lone Rider]

But so do we, e.g. when you go through roadworks, you only need to give the throttle a quick squirt to shower the following car with stones

Yes but those trucks and things kick up regardless of what the driver is doing

[F5 Dave]

One ex girlfriend was nearly hit on her bike by a spare wheel falling off the back of a Transit. Another found a couch in the middle of an unlit section of motorway, fortunately avoiding it. People who don't cover their loads or tie them down need to be scuppered with a garden fork.

Don't even start me on those wankers spilling diesel out of council buses or the pillocks with stock trucks that spill shit all over the road or people following them.

[klingon]

Going over the harbour bridge the other day behind an "empty" gravel truck and great chunks of rock were flying off in all directions, over both the clipon lanes. I slowed down to put some distance between the truck and me and got tailgated by some impatient moron. Couldn't they see the rocks flying all around them?!

Definitely a traffic hazard. If I hadn't been so busy trying to avoid the stones, I would have got the truck's number & *555'd it when I got to work. Missed opportunity.

[Cache Wraith]

I avoid travelling behind trucks and trailers at all costs. I'll pass or back right off or even let a vehicle get between me and the truck. A friend of mine was following a truck the other day (in a cage) and a large roll of pink batts came off and just missed her. Imagine that hitting your bike.

[obstacle]

I was trying to figure out why there was so much crap on the motorway from st lukes to waterview yesterday. i pretty quickly caught up to a car towing a trailer with some house demolition stuff in it crawling int he slow lane. Nothin was tied down, i guess they assumed the cage on the trailer would stop the crap flying out. They looked pretty sheepish so I guess they knew they were not being so helpful to other road users.

[ozrobo]

yeah i like to get past trailers quickly ecspecially the lawn ones kills my asthma

[Conquiztador]

I just love riding behind full cattle trucks...

[Defiant]

I was following a curtain sider one day and a helicopter skid type thing slid of the back, I darted for the right lane and missed it but the sorry guy behind me in another truck wasnt so lucky, I was just glad i had checked the lane next to me e second or so before it happened getting ready to pass or i would have had nowhere to go.......always be aware of the lanes around you in case you need to use them in a hurry.....lol..

[Ocean1]

Once upon a time I was damn near brained by a brick. It had become lodged between the dual tyres on a truck and thrown out once up to motorway speed. Ever since I've been a bit watchful of dual tyres, tend to stay out of direct line behind.