RTman10 wrote:
That's put the snow on the Grossglockner I had 2 weeks ago to shame, and no busses, cyclists or camper vans in sight. Respect.
Campers are always a challenge up here :-X
They stop absolutely everywhere on the road - and I have stopped an asked them what in h? ??? ? they are thinking off.
Must of the time they say - "there is no one here" - and when I ask - if they are here - and if I'm here - and how many dead body's they need to realize this is a public road - they normally starts to think. Not all, bus some of them do.
I have often been thinking about the missing intelligent part of many Europeans. It seems that when they left home - they forgot to bring the head with them.
I was 1cm away to really get it - together with my wife ones up in the mountains.
They had stopped in the middle of the road in a 270o corner - 5m snow on one side - and "noting" on the other.
The car was in the middle of the road and children running all over.
I had 1cm left between the camper and the snow wall - and made it without hitting any of the children.
If not my wife had been with me (and talk the language of the campers) - I would probably have done something really stupid.
After a few seconds they realized the situation and made it to a safe parking spot. 3 minutes before the buss was passing.
The driver was near to throw up when he was realizing how close he was to killing his whole family when the bus was passing.
Some people will always argue - I was going to fast - but the problem is never the Norwegian buses or cars - It's always the forren campers (and buses for that mater) doing all possible and sometimes not possible stupid things.
They have NO idea how to travel and behave on this kind of roads.
Had to add another one ;-)
Ones up there - I found a big buss in my lane on the road. On the outer side there was 1000m straight down.
I stopped and asked the driver - whats up - as he was totally white in the face.
He had thrown up inside/window the bus - and was in bad shape.
He had been looking on the outside of the road to find that is was 1000m straight down - and therefor had to use my line.
I have been driving big lorries in the past and know that he was not allowed to go on this road.
I asked if he had checked the maximum weigh/height/length restrictions on this road and he confessed an sed no. I did know that he would not make it in a specific tunnel length/height - and told him he had to turn.
Well - he as continuing. I did call the police and they took care of it.
