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Weight info
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:56 pm
by Dot
We're spreading awareness and educating people on vehicle weights for good reason. On-road incidents occur frequently due to the result of overloading. If you would like more information to ensure you don't overload your RV, visit
www.rvsafe.com.au. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us by email at
rvroadsafety@cmca.net.au.
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https://www.thegreynomads.com.au/overloaded/...
Re: Weight info
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:23 pm
by BruceS
Was that posted by that copper in Victoria?
He's been trying to make Greynomads go over weighbridges & do driver training for years.
He conducted a few "free test weighings" on weekends & you guessed it, the Gov brought in tougher controls & he got a promotion!!!
Re: Weight info
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:54 pm
by DerekBullock
More serious than that Bruce. Here is the story from that link.
Man guilty of dangerous driving in fatal 2019 overloaded caravan crash case
Published: March 25, 2022
If grey nomads ever needed a reminder about the dangers of driving an overloaded caravan, then a recently concluded court case in Tamworth certainly gave it to them.
The Northern Daily Leader reports that a jury there took less than an hour to find Stephen George Russell guilty of driving dangerously by towing a grossly overloaded caravan when a horror highway crash killed his wife and stepson in 2019.
The details of the crash were revealed in an almost three-week trial in Tamworth District Court, which ended on March 14.
The Northern Daily Leader reports that the trial heard Russell had stuffed the caravan with possessions like a freezer, barbecue, photo albums and linen when his family went to relocate from Tamworth to the coast on January 3, 2019.
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The trail was heard at Tamworth Court House. PIC: ABC
The court was told the caravan was more than 800kg heavier than its maximum weight when Russell got behind the wheel of a Toyota Prado and towed it along the Oxley Highway.
According to the Leader, Russell began a descent about 40 kilometres past Walcha that afternoon but, when he tried to slow down, the caravan swayed uncontrollably, jack-knifed and the Prado slammed into a tree.
Lynette Russell, 72, and her son, Stephen, 38, were killed. A third passenger was left with serious injuries.
The Crown case was that Russell essentially used the caravan as a moving trailer, an allegation he denied in court.
However, a jury of 11 found Russell guilty of two counts of dangerous driving causing death, and one count of causing grievous bodily harm. He was found not guilty of intending to pervert the course of justice.
The Leader reports that Judge Deborah Payne thanked the jury for their diligence under difficult circumstances.
Russell is on bail and will be sentenced in May.