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Old 23-03-2012, 07:59 PM   #1
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Ok this is plain stupid..... what is this guy thinking????
Didnt want to miss the footy????

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-2...hboard/3909444


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Truckie charged for having TV on dashboard

Updated March 23, 2012 19:18:53
TV on dashboard Photo: Police say the 32-centimetre television was hooked up to a portable DVD player. (NSW Police Media)
Map: Goulburn 2580

A West Australian truckie has been charged after police found a widescreen television attached to the dashboard of his semi-trailer.

Police at Goulburn in New South Wales pulled over the truck after receiving reports from motorists on the Hume Highway of the driver's erratic driving.

They say the 32-centimetre television was hooked up to a portable DVD player.

In a statement, police said the television obscured a significant section of the windscreen.

The driver faces several charges including driving a vehicle without a clear view and driving while using a hand-held mobile phone.


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Old 23-03-2012, 08:02 PM   #2
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Was he actually watching it while driving? Wow if so.
I can see the logic behind having one if you're a truckie on long overnight runs where you may need rest times or be required to sleep in your cabin overnight, but having it dead center of the windscreen probably isn't the first place I'd install it.
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Old 23-03-2012, 08:02 PM   #3
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Porn while you drive - nice.
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Old 23-03-2012, 08:30 PM   #4
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yeah i seen this on ten news or the panel..

32" or 810mm in the new money, definatly different
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Old 23-03-2012, 08:38 PM   #5
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Thats a big-*** reverse monitor LOL
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Old 23-03-2012, 08:45 PM   #6
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Was he actually watching it while driving? Wow if so.
I can see the logic behind having one if you're a truckie on long overnight runs where you may need rest times or be required to sleep in your cabin overnight, but having it dead center of the windscreen probably isn't the first place I'd install it.
Lol yeah even if it wasn't on not the best place to have it. Mount it out the back.

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Porn while you drive - nice.
Funny you say that. I was crusing one night and some guys pulled up beside me and took the DVD screen off the dash and held it out the window and they were watching porno. True story :
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Old 23-03-2012, 09:08 PM   #7
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he would`nt be that dumb to be watching it while driving, but he would have been better having a laptop secured to the dash so he could pop the lid and watch it during rest breaks.
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Old 23-03-2012, 09:09 PM   #8
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You only use the drivers side windscreen anyway driving a bonneted kenworth.
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