‘Entitled’ driver blasted for causing delay on mountain road as calls grow for changes to licensing of one particular vehicle
An ‘entitled’ caravanner has ignored signs warning him not to attempt towing on a winding mountain road and ended up with a knife, infuriating delayed motorists stuck behind him.
At the tricky bends of Mount Glorious Road, which is about 35km northwest of Brisbane, there are plenty of signs advising that ‘lorries, buses, caravans and trailers’ should not be entered on the road.
Motorist Andrew Mathiesen expressed his frustration with the hapless caravan owner after encountering them twice on the winding road, which was made even more treacherous as it was wet at the time.
Motorists on a winding mountain road were greeted with the unwanted sight of a caravan with a knife holding up traffic
“There are signs along this road not to take trucks, buses, caravans or trailers, so to my surprise there is a caravan crossing the road,” Mr Mathiesen, who works as a truck driver, told Yahoo News.
When Mr Mathiesen came behind the caravan at the first meeting, the owner moved aside and let him pass.
However, as Mr Mathiesen was traveling back, he came across the caravan and the tow vehicle wedged into the road, blocking it for an hour.
“(The) wet conditions, debris all over the road, made conditions slippery and the road unsuitable for heavy vehicles or caravans,” Mr Mathiesen said.
“The caravan pushed the tow vehicle into a sharp bend.”
Mr Mathiesen, who required additional driving qualifications for his work, suggested that people towing caravans should also have more than a standard driving licence.
‘Why shouldn’t they have to get a driver’s license to show that they can tow a caravan, while I still have to drive a truck of the same weight?’ he asked.
Veteran truck driver Aaron Farquhar told Daily Mail Australia last month that caravan drivers are the type of motorist most likely to lose out to truck drivers.
The caravan tower tried to take the hard road, despite the many signs warning it was a bad idea
Veteran truck driver Aaron Farquhar said caravan drivers were among the motorists he found most frustrating
“You’re driving on a single-lane road and it’s a 100km/h zone and the car in front of you is doing 90km/h, but when the passing lane comes up and you go to overtake, they speed up to 100,” Mr Farquhar said.
‘As soon as that passing lane ends, they slow down again.
“I think it’s because they don’t want to go faster, but they don’t want to be behind us either, but that’s what causes accidents.”
“You hear truckers going crazy on the radio and I feel sorry for it because I see it all the time.”
He also thought that caravan drivers should receive additional training.