by RichD » Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:32 am
I saw this last series on the History channel, but I'm not going to spoil it for you. What makes me mad though, from series one, you get the drivers and commentator saying 'If something happens out here on the Haul Road, there's no way to get help.' blah blah blah.
Using FSX I decided to follow the route from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay and guess what, there is at least six airstrips along that route, and if you follow the route on Google earth, you'll see most of them are right next to the road, so things are not quite as bad as they suggest.
I watched a new series last night on Quest called 'Outback Truckers' from Australia and to be fair, it made the guys from IRT look professional. There was this one driver, heading toward a rail crossing in one of their road trains (twice as long) with a car in front at about 120kph. The lights on the crossing were flashing so the car slows to a stop. The road train pulls out, passes the car and crosses the crossing, all the time the driver is 'complaining', 'These car drivers have no idea how long it takes to stop one of these trucks'......... Well, if a train had been crossing, what would 'she' have done then.
But again, it was, 'if something happens out in the bush, we are in trouble', but I bet there is airstrips along the way.
Anyways, rant over, enjoy IRT Fozzer
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