Rules For Driving On Dirt Roads

How about; Wen travelling in convoy leave a space of 500 metres to a kilometre between rigs to allow others to pass. Those camper trailers in convoys we see on places like the GRR, many must have the rule book for Turist's second set of rules - they travel almost touching distance so they don't lose the leader in the copious dust clouds. The probably fail to clean their air filters each night too.

It seems you have had some bad experiences. It sucks for sure however don't paint such wide sweeping statements. No doubt there a bad caravan drivers and labelling all caravan drivers as such is a gross generalisation.

Does it feel better that you have vented?

Last year on the way to Birdsville to do the Simpson I spotted a large convoy heading my way at great speed.

I pulled off the Birdsville Track to avoid the shower of rocks they were throwing out.

It was about 10 4WD's, all towing campertrailers and going at around 100 to 120 km/h, travelling about 2 or 3 vehicle lengths apart, happily driving in each other's dust. I noticed after they had passed that 3 vehicles had fallen off the back of the convoy and stopped.

I pulled back onto the road and started towards them. As I got close i noticed that one vehicle was sitting at a funny angle in the middle of the road. When I got to it I saw that the front driver's side alloy wheel was in about 4 pieces.

I passed them as there seemed to be enough of them to handle the situation.

A couple of hundred metres up the track there was a rock the size of a pillow in the middle of the track with a new looking chunk taken out of it.

It seems the idiot couldn't see the rock because he was driving in the dust cloud of the vehicle in front. It was a miracle that no-one was killed. It could easily have been a multi vehicle and trailer pile up and I still don't know how it wasn't. Meanwhile I had radioed the other vehicles in my group to warn them about the incoming convoy - we were spread out about a kilometre between vehicles.

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Hi all,
This is my first post here when I saw this thread I thought I could learn something from it but was astonished at the first post. I have a close friend that has a camper trailer and at no means would i preach that to him or dare let him see it, he is very considerate and pure gentleman. I have also had trouble with caravaners doing the same thing as in the last comment. I just think you are being a bit harsh towards the people with camper trailers as they are not all like that.Like i said earlier I have seen people with caravans that could also fall into that catagory.
Sorry but it upsets me that things like that are said.
Regards
Bob

Rule #7
Drive on the left side of the road. Do not drive in the centre. do not drive on the right. Drive on the left hand side of the road.
Note: If towing a camper trailer Rule #7 does not apply.

This sign used to be at the start of the telegraph track at Coen back in the days when the Ópen wire' to Bamaga was still in use.

I haven't been to a Muster yet.

Must be a lot of fun, provided everyone announces when they are using their sense of humour so it is clear to those who can't recognise it.