Comments by "Adrian McLean" (@adrianmclean9195) on "American reacts to r/BeAmazed - Australia" video.
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I did a trip from Adelaide to Perth, across the Nullabor, hugging the coast in a boiling hot new year, in 2006, in a rented BMW Z4, base model. Horrible, unsecure electric steering and hard riding run flat tyres .
On the Royal Flying Doctor's airstrip landing sections of the highway, I tried to see how it would feel at speed with no one around and clear visibility - the steering prevented me from trying as it was appalling - maybe better now - very un-BMW like.
I discovered that when overtaking road trains, you must only do it when you have a clear line of sight for a very long distance to overtake in time.
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If you watch your video close up, you will notice that the trailers actually move from side to side - it is not straight - so with the natural pull and buffetting that you get when passing a semi, you actually need to time your overtaking with the last trailer going outwards rather than inwards. And as you pass, you sort of slow down and speed up with the swaying of the trailers, so each time you have them next to you, they are moving away from you, in succession.
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