Corowa Hume freeway crash ?

[Mike K]

Vehicle appears to be a Alvis Stalwart

https://wangarattachronicle.com.au/2...cal-condition/

[rob love]

I hope the driver survives. The story mentions he was ejected through the roof during the rolling of the vehicle.

We had something similar about 3 or 4 years back, after the Austin Thresherman reunion. An older fellow was driving his 1920s model T back to Winnipeg on the TransCanada highway when he was struck from behind by a semi. Speed on the TransCanada is 110kmh...the model T was likely traveling at around half that speed. I note that the Stalwart has a similar max speed.

While there were no calls for the banning of model Ts from the roadways after our accident, it would seem more and more states in the USA are banning military vehicles from the highways. Their lower speeds and low visibility are some of the factors given.

[Keith Webb]

I drove past and saw it on Thursday. It was a shock when I realised what it was. The bottom of the vehicle was facing the road. Latest I have heard is he has gone from critical to stable but hopefully there will be more information in due course.

[Mike K]

Gee that's good news lets hope he makes a full recovery.

I think these type of accidents involving historic military vehicles on freeways have occured in Europe a few times . I try to avoid main roads as much as possible even when driving a modern car. . Driving my 1950 Land Rover into Warragul, I use the quiet back roads . Huge logging trucks are a constant hazard around here plus massive tippers from a local quarry and milk tankers visiting farms. A tipper rolled over in the Neerim South main street recently, I heard the crash , the truck narrowly missed a car backing out of a driveway , a large pile of dirt blocked the main street for hours.

Night driving , maybe reflective tape temporarily fitted to the rear is a good idea. A chap in the UK fitted a rotating flashing light on his CDSW Morris but not sure about the legalitites of doing that .

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

A chap in the UK fitted a rotating flashing light on his CDSW Morris but not sure about the legalitites of doing that .

As long as it's not blue, red or purple, it's legal. In fact, for entrants of the charity "bash" type rallies, fitting an amber rotating or pulsating beacon is mandatory safety equipment.

[Allan L]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

As long as it's not blue, red or purple, it's legal. In fact, for entrants of the charity "bash" type rallies, fitting an amber rotating or pulsating beacon is mandatory safety equipment.

Nope, certainly not in Victoria. Certain vehicles may (or may need to) have amber rotating lights, but even fewer are permitted to use them when mobile. Doubt that Vic regs are substantially different to National regs??

Have also heard of overseas (UK I think it was) where a slower moving vehicle was instructed to remove their light.

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/-/me...0DA816EE9C5F51

[Lang]

A very common thing in Vintage circles now is to put one or two of those flashing red bicycle lights on the back - day or night.

They are very bright, can be bought for less than $10 and a real eye-catcher.

The reflective tape red/ yellow or white like the mine vehicles have is brilliant and can almost be dazzling. A board with some strips is a wonderful warning sign. Even hanging a reflective safety vest on the back is an eye catcher.

Lang

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Allan L

Nope, certainly not in Victoria. Certain vehicles may (or may need to) have amber rotating lights, but even fewer are permitted to use them when mobile. Doubt that Vic regs are substantially different to National regs??

Someone needs to tell the Victorian Variety Club, who mandate their fitment on entrant's vehicles, as do many other charity rallies. These are full road registered vehicles (not conditional reg) used on public roads.