Long-time truckie Niell Graham captured this dashcam footage yesterday, while heading north through Farleigh – just north of Mackay – on the Bruce Highway.
“I just don’t know what goes through some people’s heads to do stupid shit like that in front of heavy vehicles,” he told Big Rigs.
“This driver doesn’t know how close they came to dying – but when you drive the Bruce, you have to always be prepared for people doing stupid shit like that.”
Niell works for Rushways Transport and was driving a Volvo FH16, pulling a B-double loaded with furniture, when the incident happened.
As he explained, “I saw them pull out and I started to brake and leaned on the horn, thinking this could get nasty and that’s when they brake checked me.
“Lucky I was probably only about 50 tonne. If I was loaded with bananas, I would’ve been 64 tonne and it would’ve been a completely different story.”
Niell also shared some advice for motorists who find themselves in a similar situation. “If people are going to be stupid and pull out in front of a truck, then they need to stand on the pedal on the right and accelerate away,” he said.
“Would you rather explain to a cop about why you’re speeding away from a truck – or how you pulled out in front of it, then slowed down and now that’s why you have a truck parked on top of your car?
“Never stand on the brake pedal as basic physics says the heavier the object, the longer it takes to stop! And a truck is a lot heavier than a car. A car will always lose that fight!”
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