Modern truck

Hey work, Some goose has screwed Volvo mudflaps to your scania :silly:

Interesting.... Didn't know Volvo had that style of rear guards.... But it might be Rex or Swishy havin a bit of fun

170405W Melbourne Herald Sun - Peabody coal mining.

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170412W Melbourne Age - Dortmund (Germany) bus explosion.
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170413Th Melbourne Age Thomastown (Melbourne, Vic.) firefighters.

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170413Th Melbourne Herald Sun - Good Friday Appeal, Melbourne Airport firefighters.

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170413Th Melbourne Herald Sun - Rio Tinto, robot trucks.
The company is also planning to run driverless trains.

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Rio Tinto have been using driverless trucks in the Pilbara and elsewhere for many years now (first on trial then in daily use). They have sensors all around them that sense people, vehicles etc in their vicinity and they just stop.

They use GPS sensors and they run over the same patch of road trip after trip, almost as consistent as a rail line. They have found they need to do more road maintenance as the trucks don't recognise pot holes so keep running straight through the hole enlarging it. The person I spoke to didn't know what happened if the side of the road washed away. I suspect the vehicle would just stop, hopefully on the remaining road

My neighbour drives the trains. He said there's no way the company will go driverless, economics aren't in it, way cheaper to have drivers.
The driverless haul packs are also costing heaps more than they predicted, but they've gone down that path so they plan to stick it out.
Think you need inside info rather than the spin they put out.

Roderick.

Man, 97, realizes dream of becoming firefighter on birthday
2017 KYW via CNN, Tuesday, April 25th 2017.
Bill Grun said he has always admired firefighters. (Source: KYW/CNN).
DOYLESTOWN. A Pennsylvania man who always wanted to become a firefighter had that lifelong dream come true on birthday number 97.
Photojournalist Tom Gardiner was there for the special day.
Bill Grun celebrated his birthday by activating the siren on a firetruck, and enjoying friends at Wesley Enhanced Living. “Always been very admiring of firemen,” Grun said on Monday. “It is a milestone that when I was in my 70s I never thought I’d reach.”
He took a ride on the truck, enjoying the blaring sirens. “Thank you all very much,” Grun said to all involved in making his birthday one he won’t forget.
< www.kait8.com/story/35233851/man-97-real...efighter-on-birthday > with a good video.
Photo at: abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/photos/photo-bi...-fire-truck-47035709 .
also 170427Th Melbourne Age - USA fire appliance.