VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 ........looks like we've got us a convoy. 12. I saw this on the A50 Delhuijzenweg just north of Arneham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Well Martyn, your shot was more interesting than that video That is unless one has never seen grassy fields before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styckx Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Better call the Bandit! Nice shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 You wasted 5:21 of my day Martyn, thanks. At least the shot was nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Sniper31 said: Well Martyn, your shot was more interesting than that video That is unless one has never seen grassy fields before We were talking about grass in another post though! I don't like the "song" much but they do play it on the local radio and with all the trucks........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, styckx said: Better call the Bandit! Nice shots! Who is that, the bloke in charge of the greed, I mean speed cameras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 21 minutes ago, adambar said: You wasted 5:21 of my day Martyn, thanks. At least the shot was nice! With all that grass Gerold would have to be there somewhere with his lawnmower. I don't know how many days of ear space I have had wasted for me since it come out in 1975. Anyway we had better stop panning the song and the video in case we upset someone who was involved in the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styckx Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: Who is that, the bloke in charge of the greed, I mean speed cameras It was a reference to a classic 70s American movie.. Smokey and The Bandit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, VH-KDK said: With all that grass Gerold would have to be there somewhere with his lawnmower. I don't know how many days of ear space I have had wasted for me since it come out in 1975. Anyway we had better stop panning the song and the video in case we upset someone who was involved in the industry. Grass, isn't that what they make those funny fags out of, but of course I wouldn't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Very nice indeed. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Nice one Martyn, and now I feel old, I remember when that song came out. Everyone and their grandmother simply HAD to buy a CB, and they played this song all day every day back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Fantastic shot and song Martyn and keep on trucking regards EMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Nice one Martyn, and now I feel old, I remember when that song came out. Everyone and their grandmother simply HAD to buy a CB, and they played this song all day every day back then. Jack, don't feel too bad...I actually remember when that song came out AND the movie that it was for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 13 hours ago, adambar said: You wasted 5:21 of my day Martyn, thanks. At least the shot was nice! Adam this one is for you . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 13 hours ago, styckx said: It was a reference to a classic 70s American movie.. Smokey and The Bandit.. Ah THAT Bandit! Sorry a movie I have never seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 12 hours ago, Aussieflyer38 said: Grass, isn't that what they make those funny fags out of, but of course I wouldn't know No, me neither, dunno wot you are reefering to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 10 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Very nice indeed. cheers Iain Thank you Iain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Nice one Martyn, and now I feel old, I remember when that song came out. Everyone and their grandmother simply HAD to buy a CB, and they played this song all day every day back then. Cheers Jack and it is getting frightening now realising just how old some of these songs are getting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 4 hours ago, European Mountain Man said: Fantastic shot and song Martyn and keep on trucking regards EMM Thanks EMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 57 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: Ah THAT Bandit! Sorry a movie I have never seen. I saw it so many decades ago it's not funny. It was a okay series of movies, Burt Reynolds was really good in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 53 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: Cheers Jack and it is getting frightening now realising just how old some of these songs are getting! I know, Father Time stops for no one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Sniper31 said: Jack, don't feel too bad...I actually remember when that song came out AND the movie that it was for I didn't even know they even had a movie for this song Landon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 * 17 hours ago, VH-KDK said: ........looks like we've got us a convoy. 12. I saw this on the A50 Delhuijzenweg just north of Arneham. It definitely must have been on a Sunday morning, Martyn......it seems so quiet The Dutch highways are normally overloaded with trucks on an average midweek day. On Dutch television there is sometimes a series about Australian outback truckers where the roadtrains are very long but the roads are empty. In my country it is just the opposite way...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Sundancer said: In my country it is just the opposite way...... You wouldn't be happy driving in Atlanta Fred, we were just voted the third worst drivers for road rage and hostility. Not me though, I keep very clear of the nuts, I drive like an old lady most of the time. On one of the roads I drive at least once a week, I-285 North, you have to be going at least 80 MPH, 128 KPH, or you'll get run over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Indeed, that doesn't sound very comfortable. How many citizans are in Atlanta and how is the public transportation ? Around Amsterdam is a large circled road (A10, Ringweg), but by car I never enter inside the Ring , rather always use public transportation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 16 hours ago, VH-KDK said: With all that grass Gerold would have to be there somewhere with his lawnmower. So much grass in the Netherlands... that could not be treated with a harmless lawnmower... 10 minutes ago, Sundancer said: It definitely must have been on a Sunday morning, Martyn......it seems so quiet The Dutch highways are normally overloaded with trucks on an average midweek day. I have to confirm that: All these trucks moving from the Netherlands and the Ruhrgebiet over to Berling and eastern Europe... they keep our Autobahns so busy... and dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almedin Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Awesome man very realistic! Cheers, Almedin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Sundancer said: Indeed, that doesn't sound very comfortable. How many citizans are in Atlanta and how is the public transportation ? Around Amsterdam is a large circled road (A10, Ringweg), but by car I never enter inside the Ring , rather always use public transportation. They only have public transit in the city. The greater Atlanta area is sprawling, it has 6 million people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Jack Sawyer said: They only have public transit in the city. The greater Atlanta area is sprawling, it has 6 million people. OMG.....6 million..... Amsterdam around 800.000 and 1 mill, containing a brewery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sundancer said: OMG.....6 million..... Amsterdam around 800.000 and 1 mill, containing a brewery I'd trade in a minute, after seeing all of Iain's screenshots, my own flying around the country, and some Wikipedia articles and YT's, I'm ready to move there. What a beautiful place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 54 minutes ago, Sundancer said: * It definitely must have been on a Sunday morning, Martyn......it seems so quiet The Dutch highways are normally overloaded with trucks on an average midweek day. On Dutch television there is sometimes a series about Australian outback truckers where the roadtrains are very long but the roads are empty. In my country it is just the opposite way...... Cheers Fred, the roads are very quiet here once you get away from the cities. In Shepparton it is highly unusual to wait for more that one cycle of traffic lights. There are plenty of those though. I have to go out to the Qwack soon and to travel 7km there are 10 sets of lights. The first time I travelled to Darwin it was about 2/3 dirt road and no real road rules as far as to which side of the road you travelled on. The road trains can be seen from miles away with their large plume of dust behind them. They are even easy to spot flying across Oz from 30,000ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: The road trains can be seen from miles away with their large plume of dust behind them. They are even easy to spot flying across Oz from 30,000ft. That would be remarkable to see Martyn! Maybe they can create "RoadDust Flow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 56 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: You wouldn't be happy driving in Atlanta Fred, we were just voted the third worst drivers for road rage and hostility. Not me though, I keep very clear of the nuts, I drive like an old lady most of the time. On one of the roads I drive at least once a week, I-285 North, you have to be going at least 80 MPH, 128 KPH, or you'll get run over! That is bad news Jack, there is a lot of aggression and bad attitude over here too. They are as hot as mustard on speed as well. They are always showing off the latest state of the art speed detection devices on the state news. A few years ago they were talking about trialing a system enabling emergency vehicles to be able to control traffic lights so they could get a safe right of way. I fell off my chair when they said the same system had been in use in City "X" in the US for 7 years. Yes, you have got to get your priorities right haven't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 minute ago, VH-KDK said: they said the same system had been in use in City "X" in the US for 7 years. Oh, they use that system a lot here. And people have created their own and got busted for it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Aw shucks, glorious shots and music Martyn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 7 hours ago, VH-KDK said: Cheers Fred, the roads are very quiet here once you get away from the cities. In Shepparton it is highly unusual to wait for more that one cycle of traffic lights. There are plenty of those though. I have to go out to the Qwack soon and to travel 7km there are 10 sets of lights. The first time I travelled to Darwin it was about 2/3 dirt road and no real road rules as far as to which side of the road you travelled on. The road trains can be seen from miles away with their large plume of dust behind them. They are even easy to spot flying across Oz from 30,000ft. What a large, large country you are living, Martyn.... I don't know hardly anything about Australia and New Zealand. I calclulated that Victoria - Darwin must be appr. 3000 km and then driving over not real dirty roads? How long did that take? I can image that road trains don't want to use their brakes once speed up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 7 hours ago, VH-KDK said: A few years ago they were talking about trialing a system enabling emergency vehicles to be able to control traffic lights so they could get a safe right of way. In The Netherlands emergency vehicles are allowed to pass red traffic lights ONLY when they show blue lights AND blow their horns. Always a delicate point when you are waiting for a traffic light and beeing chased by an emergency vehicle speeding to you behind you.....if you can't give way must you pass the red lights as well or wait ?.....The law is not quit clear abouit that, but I have never been in that situation (and not a jurist....). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Sundancer said: What a large, large country you are living, Martyn.... I don't know hardly anything about Australia and New Zealand. I calclulated that Victoria - Darwin must be appr. 3000 km and then driving over not real dirty roads? How long did that take? I can image that road trains don't want to use their brakes once speed up..... It is a huge country Fred. It took three days and two nights on the bus from Melbourne but it would be quicker now as the road is sealed all the way. With the lack of traffic I doubt if there is very much the road trains would have to stop for! When I fly to Thailand it takes about 4 hours to get to the NW Western Australian coast from Melbourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Sundancer said: In The Netherlands emergency vehicles are allowed to pass red traffic lights ONLY when they show blue lights AND blow their horns. Always a delicate point when you are waiting for a traffic light and beeing chased by an emergency vehicle speeding to you behind you.....if you can't give way must you pass the red lights as well or wait ?.....The law is not quit clear abouit that, but I have never been in that situation (and not a jurist....). I was waiting at a very busy intersection in Melbourne many years ago, 3 lanes in all directions. I was in the front when a fire engine came behind me wanting to get through. A police car was beside the fire engine and as the traffic on the road with the green light had stopped I pulled off with care through the red light to let the fire engine through. I wasn't sure what the reaction with the police car would be but when he passed me soon after I was greeted by a big grin and a wave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Nice shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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