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Transport and Travel - OVERSIZE LOAD PILOT
Staying how far back? Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability 1. "Following behind an oversized vehicle: The safest distance to follow behind an oversized truck depends on your speed, but you need to stay at least the length of truck away, because this is another blind spot for truck drivers. In general, if the truck is travelling at 60km/hr, you need to be at least 75m behind, because your stopping distance at that speed is 73m. At 100km/hr, your stopping distance is 157m, so you need to be at least 160m behind the truck for safety. This is usually not a problem if a pilot vehicle is following an oversized load, because they will keep their distance behind the truck." (Forrest Logistics) 2. You are to work out your stopping distance when
3. You want to overtake an oversized vehicle. Look at the following video ‘Yeah…NAH’ 60” TVC
4. Using your knowledge of stopping distances, create a Yeah - Nah video about oversize load trucks and stopping distances.
How many Oversize Load Pilots to employ on these trips? Primary Middle Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
1. You are to investigate the following table
Day time
pilot and escort requirements for Class 1 load carrying vehicles -
updated October 2020
2. Read the following as a class by reading one paragraph per student.
"Sharing the
Australian highways with very big loads is part of the adventure of
travel.
Current Australian and New Zealand practice is to provide standard
traffic lane widths of 3.5m.
The first pilot vehicle you see may also have alternating flashing drive
lights known as “wig-wags”. This indicates the load is more than four
and a half metres wide.
3. You are to re-read this article with a partner but this time write down: a. Facts and Figures b. Questions you might have c. Statements that you find interesting
a. You see a flashing light - wig-wags - on the pilot's vehicle. How wide is the load? Give reasons. b. How long and wide will a load take to have 2 pilots? Write this information mathematically.
5. Look at the following image
These country
traffic lanes, in the image, are only 3.0m wide [Current
Australian and New Zealand practice is to provide standard traffic lane
widths of 3.5m but not in the country when the traffic lanes are between
3.0m - 3.5m]. Estimate the width of the truck's
load. Share
with a partner and discuss any differences and how you came to your
conclusions.
7. Write a story about being an Oversize Load Pilot on this trip with this oversize load, on this country road, and an impatient driver wanting to overtake the truck. Work out a solution for the car with caravan to overtake this truck with little or minimum concern for all parties involved.
Find it with GPS! (developed by Try Engineering.org)Primary Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Cooperative Learning Activity
Teacher Students work in teams to understand the technology behind GPS, explore current applications, and brainstorm new applications for global use of GPS. They use both a simple GPS handheld device and online resources to understand the functioning and potential of this engineering technology.
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