Corowa Hume freeway crash ?

[lynx42]

I am so glad to here that Graham is on the improve. I agree with you, Tony Van Rohda, It is better to have a flashing light to warn other road users of a slow moving vehicle.

A couple of years ago we drove our 1916 Albion with a cruising speed of 12 miles an hour, from Bandianna to Corowa for the WWI theme. I had a flashing light on the rear tailgate up quite high and Jill followed along behind with the hazard lights on in our 4x4, she also had a flashing double light up on the roof and CAUTION SLOW VEHICLE signs on the rear of the trailer. I checked with the Wodonga police before heading off. All went well. In 2006 I drove her down the Hume Highway to Wangaratta in the break-down lane with Jill behind in the 4x4 with the flashing lights and my son in his Holden Maloo ute also with a flashing light on top and the signs across the back of the ute. The main problem on the highway was the truck drivers having a sticky-beak as they went past. Two semis actually kissed as they passed me because the drivers were both looking at the Albion not the road. Fortunately all was OK. Before we left Wodonga the police came out and they took a photo of the Maloo ute as they reckoned that they would never see one going so slow again.

Here you can see the light on top of the 4x4 when I pulled up for a quick stop.


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The veteran car clubs are currently approaching the Government to get the OK for slow vehicles to have warning lights on when out on the roadways.

Good luck Graham A.

Rick.

[Tony Smith]

If you'd pumped those tyres up a bit, I reckon you could top 13Mph!

[rob love]

Here in Canada there are usually provisions in the Highway Traffic Acts that you can be ticketed for driving too slow on the highways. There is always the possibility that jurisdictions can simply say the vintage vehicles are a traffic nuisance and legislate them off the highways. Some States in the US have legislation specific to ex-military vehicles, although some of those are aimed at their non-compliance to safety and emissions.

[maple_leaf_eh]

As Rob noted, there are many highways with a minimum speed limit to allow for expedited passage of large numbers of vehicles. When I brought my M38A1 CDN3 home I had to travel on one of those roads. The solution was to stay in the slow-ish lane and monitor approaching traffic. I'd put on the 4-ways to get other drivers' attention that I was going more slowly than expected. The spare tire of the Jeep wore a new orange reflector vest as an eye catcher. Funny thing about shapes is the subconscious tries to place things it sees. A Jeep in tow just isn't one of the usual shapes.