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  • good save by the truck driver

  • Tony Abbott = AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST JOKE

    *PENALTY RATES made optional

    *Wants 1 Billion CUT from PBS - medicines for cancer, transplant & other patients

    *11 Billion Costing Cover Up

    *30 Billion BLACKHOLE in his BOGUS Climate policy that no scientist/economist support

    *Against Flood Levy & wants a Childcare Levy

    *Wild Rivers for Mining giants to mine on Aboriginal soil.

    *Millions in donations from Tobbacco Industry then against PP

    *Against the Mining tax & raking in millions from the Mining Industry

  • the truck driver said afterwards if he knew it was the madmonk mr workchoices himself he would have gone straight  look its a big monk [MACK]

  • its a pity that it wasn't a convoy of trucks and poor old mad monk would have been in workchoices hell

  • julie bishop was driving the truck full of asylum seekers she was taking them to subiaco oval and make them sign AWAY to stay in WA the only reason the mad monk didn't get killed is if he did work choices would have to be buried cremated with the mad monk now that will never happen bloody bishop she should have stayed in her old job in the abattoir with all the bull[shit] no bull

  • @luneco100 they are not going to Subiaco Oval

  • how can i talk to this prick aboott talking shit about my blood line how THEY came into this wonderful country

    & they fought in WORLD WAR 1 & 2 i'm a real AUSTRALIAN FIGHTING FOR THE LIFE EVERY ONE SHOULD HAVE BUT DICKHEADS LIKE ABOTT STOP THAT I WANT TO ASK WHY

  • lol sitting in the middle of the road on a 1 lane road doing a u turn is just asking for it

  • abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/0­7/21/2960252.htm

  • The fate of the country's future rested on the result of this fuck-up. Just having Abbott survive this near miss, may well cast us all into oblivion. Rudd is on his way out due to his ineptitude & if we get this fuckwit into parliament, we're gonna slide back another 30 years in the way of living. Fuck you, truckie . . . near enough ain't good enough!

  • @MRCLINTFLICK if rudd is ineptite is because abbot should change his name to opposer u cant say a pm hasnt done anything if u have the highest percentages in australian history of opposein any billl or idea thru parliament i believe its alll a croc abbot will be just as ineptite as ruddd was just as useless as howard coz think in the last 50 years how many right were given and how many have been taken away or taxed

  • @brothernumzy I know Abbott is fucked - that's why I wished he got mashed by the truck, remember? But mate; I've voted at a dozen elections, seen more broken promises & heard a mountain of fucking bullshit from ALL politicians over more years that you've been alive, so don't try & covince me that Rudd ain't as fucked up as that budgie smugglin cunt.

  • mental note- book press conferences for tony abbot in the middle of fucking nowhere.

  • Is there an actual driveway there or are they turning into a grass field cause they all look illegally parked, so in essence they should all be fined

  • lol nearly got pwned

  • Oh my god. Rudd wouldnt ever do something so stupid like this.

  • @mcdons01 Abbott isn't driving the car, so how do you know Rudd's driver would never have a near miss with him in the car

  • they were just lucky that it was obiviously a seasoned driver of that truck or they all could be DEAD. i say well done to the truckie to pull up a semi like he did without causing any injury. i Bet abbott didnt even go and see if he was ok or appologise.

  • there would be less hazzard if polititions kept to their office and that bloody camera crews etc didnt create such a distraction for drivers. you could see a heap of cars on the side of the road and im sure ther would have been more behind the camera (probably parked in the emmergency lane) and with heaps of people walking everywhere

  • Tony caused it. Just stopped on the highway

  • When I drive a country road before I deside to turn right. I look in the back mirror and deside to stop on the left of the road if I have to do so.

    I don't drive in Victoria I just do it all the time anywere.

    Bad luck Tony better luck next time.

  • abbot didnt do anything all he did was quite literally shitt his pants and then gave some dumb speech on how dangerous the roads are

  • Australia news is a coward he had my comments removed because i made him look like a fool your arguments have no substance put my comments back and lets have a debate coward

  • tony is a c!*k head why didnt he pull over first and wait for no traffic instead of endangering many peoples around him and his life.

  • "Abbott avoids accident"????? I don't think so, since he wasn't driving. More likely title should read something like..."Underpaid, overworked truck driver (otherwise known as 'slave') avoids life sentence for running over idiot politician who instructs Comcar driver..." Turn here, there's cameras and everything, they're all waiting to interview ME!!!!"

  • fucken moron

  • Fuk the nwo

  • Bus driver was like "FUCK THIS!" and drives off....

  • Trucks need much larger stopping distances to stop due to their massive momentum... they need to think ahead when they need to stop.

    When I drive down an outback road the last thing I expect to have to worry about is vote grabbing liberal MP's stopped in the middle of the road to turn off the road into a flat field of nothing.

  • They need to add 'unfortunately' to the end of the title.

  • What a buch of idiots.

  • What's with the idiot waving his hand about his face. The smoke is no where near him.

  • flies

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  • yeah KRUDD is way better... anyway watch me sing in my bedroom pleaaaaaaaaase... let me know what u think, love or hate it - just watch!

  • Australias political system is no different to the US, the banks rule this country as they do in the states. Vote for who ever you like either way your a SLAVE.

  • If you think this is a fairy tail go and get yourself a new Australian passport its already begun. The sad thing is terror will become so bad that people will want to be RFID chipped. They will clean out your bank accounts and blame it on terrorists, they will steal your identity and blame it on terrorists, so that you beg for tighter security. X ray scanners are just the beginning. Prison planet

  • It doesn't matter who you vote for the ETS will come into effect because the New World Order wants it. You will pay extra taxes whether you like it or not, and you will become part of Asia and ultimately be ruled under one world government. Oh i forgot terrorism which doesn't exist will get worse, the Internet will be censored, and you will have new identification like our dogs and cats do.

  • Mate, you've seen too many movies.

  • Better luck next time.

  • i dont like him, hes funny looking

  • buzZzZzzZzz.... *squat*

  • Abbot = Women have precious vaginas

  • Rudd = Champion

    Abbot = Christian activist who thinks that women should do as he says

  • @theboxmike John howard > Rudd

  • Paul Keating used to put John Howard in a box and crush him..

    If Keating hadnt have gone nuts and got run out of the labor party John Howard would never have been heard of again.

    The luckiest moment in his life was when Paul Keating lost the plot and Howard got his career back.

  • your all a bunch of sooks... Complaining about howard for so long.. Then you all complained about rudd after electing him.. now your all complaining about this guy.. and he isnt even prime minister!!! OMG get over it!

  • there both shit, who the fuck will i vote for this year??

  • green party!

  • abbot =unaustralian dog for doggin his supossed mate no way in hell would i vote for someone like that

  • Kevin Rudd thinks his the head of the UN putting every 1 but Australians First

  • well the flies seem to like him...

  • abbots = real person

    Rudd = labor puppet

  • idiot driver should have pulled over to the left and waited till all the traffic cleared to cross both lanes. who stops on a highway??? libs

  • i wish it hit him

  • That was an act of terrorism. That bastard truckie should be sent to Christmas Island and waterboarded until he confesses his links with Al Qaeda and his failed assasination plot. Thank you Mr Abbott for uncovering this muslim scum by pulling up in the MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY! Ruddock would be very proud.

  • As for saying someone is a labor redneck or a liberal party lover, its pointless. Though members of the Young Liberals are a special breed of moron.

    The Australian Labor party for the workers no longer exists.

    We now have the Labor, Liberal party, made up of career politicians and the real Liberal party made up of career politicians.

    There is no real working Australians, Labor party, in this country any more.

  • abbot would be a much better PM than that KEVIN07

  • the spindoctoring article in the age yesterday officially blames the mini bus for 'slowing down' and gawking at the media on the side of the road. Seems to me the truckie's view of the car was obstructed by the mini van who suddenly decides to go around the TA's car without checking his mirrors.....always check your mirrors..that's the lesson..no matter the rules..it will save you to keep your eyes in the back of your head open...

  • I hope Srekwah is being sarcastic, I don't want my great nation of Australia to become land of the Christianazis. Its like everyone's forgotten how bad the Howard era was, and how many laws he ruined for Australian citizens

  • Next PM without a doubt.

  • Herty, I think it was set up too. A bit of a coincidence? Nah!

  • set up... fake get support etc

  • I have decided to raise the number to 2 boxes of krispy kreme for the next trucky to hit Tony on target!!!

  • close, but no cigar

    but it's given me some ideas........

  • the problem with our roads and deaths that occur on it is drivers like this who dont think, who the hell would think it was a good idea to stop with your right hand indicator on in a 100 zone. i suppose if the truck driver hit that car they would blame speed and want to put cameras there.

  • I was going to give Mr Abbott heaps of shit. But after going over the video i noticed the White Mini bus which was also moving around left to avoid the car turning right, the car wasnt breaking the law . What happend i think, is the Truck couldnt see the car because the bus was in front of him, his view was blocked. And he might of been lookin at all the people to his right :) ... Funny tho hahah imagine if it connected

  • All in all its a pitty we have such a TWIT as a political leader...........Abbott is the master of dodging questions and now trucks

  • Trucker Amazing? I reckon the truckie was just lucky - he just jammed his brakes and hung on. He was out of control. Amazing..phhttt...

    Truckies are just bullies on the road, everyday, I see the way they drive..professional driver..phhhtttt...

  • This is stupid. Abbott's driver is a Commonwealth Government employee and is part of the public service - Tony Abbott does not select him. It has been confirmed numerous times by the Victorian Police that Abbott's driver did not break the law by making a turn where he did. Finally, if the truck driver did not leave a sufficient distance between Tony Abbott's car and his semi-trailer, then he was driving dangerously. Next time you rear-end someone, try blaming it on them and see how far you get.

  • Try pulling up in a 100 zone on a National Highway in front of a police car and turning where its not an intersection...

    make them pull up from 100kph to zero and turn or do a uturn

    I dare you to try it, double dare you.

    Next time youre on the open road try it.

    I bet they follow you around and charge you with driving with undue care. I have no doubt in my mind.

  • 60 zone independent traffic accident inspector cleared comcar driver and lay the blame at the truck drivers feet, whilst commending him for gd evasive action condemning him for failing to drive at a correct speed and distance. the truck driver sits 2.3 metres high in his cab and should be able to see far into the distance, including over the bus between comcar and truck. the comcar driver was fully entitled to turn from that position and it is not required or common practise to pull to the left

  • '60 zone independent traffic accident inspector'? What a stupid title. Are you making stuff up? Anyway, is this a 100 zone like everyone says or is it a 60 zone?

  • its 100km zone

  • Police get on youtube to hunt down car hoons. Have they seen this video and will Abbotts driver be charged with driving with undue care? All the evidence they need is on this video.

    For all the people that are saying what he did is legal it is still considered as driving with undue care. If you drive at 45 kmh in a 100 zone you can be charged with driving with undue care. Stopping in a 100 zone in a place that it is likely to cause an accident is driving with undue care.

  • Youd have to say that truck driver blew his shot at becoming a national hero and earn his place in Australian history.

    If there is no turn off lane, never ever, ever park in the middle of a 100 zone to turn, pull over to the side and wait until it is clear and safe.

    Did this driver lose his job?

  • Well said i agree

  • reminds me of a meatloaf song

  • Why would anyone wish death on Tony Abbott - what a fucked thing to say. - and to then have 3 people agree with that is just fucked in the head. What are you pricks - monsters or just typical leftist crunts?

  • You are a good example of what is wrong with Australia ya red neck crunt

  • Wishin death on Tony Abbot is not at all a F'd thing to say.

    Tony Abbott is happy to put policies in place that will cause the Deaths of more people than just himself, he already has with his past work in the Liberal govt.

    This man is an egotistical moron and happy to put so much pressure on peoples lives with his enforced stupidity that they turn to suicide.

    Id rather see him dead than any one person he personally causes to suicide.

    Youre probably a Young Liberal and see him as an idol..

  • People tailgate too much and this is a lucky escape... if your driving something that is that heavy you need to keep back from the traffic in front of you so youve got time to stop without raming up the back of someone,,, unfortunately it is a responsibility to be wary of traffic in front of you because moments like this will always happen. Watch ahead of you and keep back and moments like this wont happen.

  • Im not saying that is a good place to do a turn and its actually very stupid but if poeple arent paying attention behind you or slowing down to the conditions then they are the ones in the wrong... the truck driver should have been slowing down way earlier.....

  • Do you people think that Abbott's driver all of a sudden hit the brakes and pulled up his commodore to turn,,,,, im sure he indicated and then slowed down thats why the bus that was behind him comfortably moved around him no worries,,,, the reason the truck driver had to slam on his brakes is because he wasnt slowing down and he wasnt paying enough attention to what was going on in front of him. No excuses...

  • the bibles for retards that believe anything some douch tells them. + the make up of this country and any other western country is something to be ashamed about not revered. you sir are a faggot!

  • In the country, you have to pull over to the left and wait for traffic to clear then turn right and into the drive way. City drivers die on country roads. Adapt your driving , don't blame the roads.

  • That was a tragic accident! Tragic he didnt hit the Mad Monk that is!

  • That truck driver would have shit himself, close call Abbott. bet you check you mirrors all the time now.

  • "we see how perilous the road can be ..."

    Yeah, especially if you stop in the middle of a 1 lane highway you dickhead.

  • classic

  • Near misses happen every day it's just a pity my ex didn't get bulldozed by a b-double!!!

  • Oh no a scorned woman.......lol

  • Are you a b-double driver Eddy?

  • Sure am, If I was driving that day they would have had to scrape abbott and his foolish driver out from under my tyres......

  • Faaark you were lucky I wasn't driving that rig, I would have been waving at the cameras not expecting Abbotts car to pull up and ran right over top of him and his dickhead driver. Last time he would stop in the middle of a highway.....

  • politicans are bloody lizards, the lot of them!

  • damn they missed him gahhhhh.

  • look closely at the bus, it does not indicate to pull off the road and the truck driver would not have seen the car pulled up. country drivers know the dangers involved with this action and would have pulled off to the left and wait for the road to clear. great reaction time from the truck driver, just showing it is usually stupid car drivers that are to blame for truck vs car accidents.

  • Publicity stunt .. again..

    Haha kidding.

  • your driver stopped in the middle of the road to turn right into a grassy clearing you fucking idiot! sack your driver and fix the roads cock

  • lucky the truck driver was a liberal voter, shame a labor driver wasn't behind the wheel. their is no justice in this world.lol.

  • poor trucky had no time to brake n yer abbots driver need to go take drivein les u dont stop on high way n turn right lmfao it cod hav been messy n abbots driver need to take cia drivein test he cod have put thr car in first gear n put the foot in it to get out of there bad bad bad drivein

  • planned assasination gone wrong lol

  • Lol, yeah thats true.. Its because they were not in a tunnel.

  • That incident was one big tease :(

  • total set up

  • Another stunt from Tony abbott trying to scare the voters on road safety. Wonder how much the trucker got for this stunt?

  • LOL

  • bullzye01 so no turning on a highway? Does that mean that me and all my neighbours on this highway are breaking the law by turning into our driveways? Its a rural highway that needs improvement you fool

  • He's a danger on the road, he's a danger to our international reputation, he's a danger to our democratic process, he's a danger to our education system, he's a danger to the enviroment, he's a danger to the economy... thankfully, he will NEVER be prime minister & his wretched party will be in opposition for at least the next decade... the only positive about the man is; knowing he couldn't keep his dick in his pants, he opted out of becoming a paedophile... I'm sorry, that should read 'priest'

  • Tony's driver should fess up to nearly causing a "GREAT BIG NEW ACCiDENT", that truckie will have nightmares tonight about how it could have all gone horribly wrong...Abbott's lame pontificating in front of the cameras is further evidence he is out of touch with people and the road rules

  • in the RTA rules... on a highway there is no stoping or turning its abbots fault for turning on to a bit of grass wich you can not do in the RTA rules any driver know that has a brian know that its not the road so you should be sacked mr abbott should be sacked for telling the driver to turn lucky you not all dead???

  • you need a brain to spell brain...good work dickhead

  • Learner P Plates aren't are problem P-oliticians are the trouble on our roads, with stupid acts of driving like that.

  • trust me, he wasnt behind the wheel, they get there own drivers...spoilt

  • Its got nothing to do with the driver and all to do with poor road design. There's no double lines and the turn was legal. I live on this highway and it is a death trap. Those people having a go at abbott and his driver fucking open your eyes

  • oh here we go just another liberal dog

  • Well maybe if you drove to the conditions, maybe it would not be so bad.....would it now?

    His turn may have been legal, but was it with due caution and observance of what was behind him? I think not otherwise the bus would have had more time to pull around and the truck seen it(the car) earlier.

    Foolishness and stupidity are our biggest killer on the roads.

  • according to abbot, the driver is bullshit. typical abbott

  • You're parked in the middle of a fucken highway, what the fuck did you think was gonna happen you stupid fucken tool?! Might just have a bit more to do with the driver and a bit less to do with the fucken road you stupid cunt.

  • Abbott... Nothing to do with the Road it's YOUR FU**ING DRIVER!!!!!!

  • Epic fail tony abbot lol

  • The road are dangerous because of drivers like Abbotts cronie.

  • hes practically doing a U turn on bend and with double lines marked. If I was the truckie and would of gone off at him. You hear the truckie later on radio and he says he just glad none got hurt. How about giving abbott and his cronies some stick? I would gone off on radio blaming his U turn.

  • So he makes a statement about it right after telling us how dangerous the roads are. How contradictory, just like all politicians.

  • damn...so close

  • yeah stop in the middle of the highway, if he cant run a car how is suppose to run a country?

  • Tony should Thank the driver and not blame the driver for not hitting him middle of the road. There is nothing wrong with the road.. is the driver who is wrong. what a lame comment he made.

  • The truck driver should be arrested for missing an obvious chance to rid the country of a total fucking wanker.

    Shame shame shame.

  • Fucking labour free loading scum. Go get a real job numb nuts. What it your head says I wish the truck had hit the car. Fucking head butt

  • And we're supposed to trust these kind of people with our future?

  • What was the truck driver thinking using his brakes ?

    Just run the fcukers over..

    What idiot would stop in the middle of a major Highway to turn right into a non discript paddock.

    Common sense would say pull over left turn when clear, bloody arrogance and stupidity, the driver should be booked for dangerous driving.

  • Haha obviously everyone failed to see the indicator flashing to turn right. There is a pretty good chance a turn off lane there. The truckie was probably doing what most of us would do and looking at all the cameras, looked back up and was approaching that mini bus way too quick.

  • lucky 100% i bet he saw the turn off and put his indicator 20 meters before the right turn, and expects a truck to stop with him, its good practices to turn indicator on a good 100 meters before on country highways,very good save buy the truckie

  • Catholic priests rape children.

  • Yes....Yes they do.

    It's god's will.

  • GOD WILLS IT!

  • This is what happens when our utterly useless damn politicans get chauffered around everywhere .. well-detached from all direct hands-on reality. Instead of having to suffer in the massively over-crowded traffic queues & bad roads that we commoners of the realm have to endure on a daily basis. So until you begin living under the same grimy conditions that we great unwashed have to put up with by virture of your inadequate management of our society .. then shut the hell up, Tony .. you jerk.

  • Tony Abbot should have pulled to the left and waited for the road to clear of traffic before turning right. He created this hazardous situation by behaving like a jerk.

  • It appears Tony Abbot just created a potentially dangerous road hazard by his dangerous driving and irresponsible actions on a public road. Stopping in the MIDDLE of the road on a busy highway is not a safe thing to do, such an action is against the road traffic act.

    QUESTION: Why did the Police not arrest him for that?

    ANSWER: Because Pollichickens are allowed to break the law as much as they like. Moreso than you miserable peasants. Learn your place and stop asking so many questions.

  • Yes if you stop your car in the middel fo the road it is 'a hazard to traffic' Tony, welld one.

  • Abbotts driver just proved that stupid and foolish driving is the common thread in deaths on the roads.

    Dont try to make it a issue about roads(only part of the problem) Abbott and cover your silly backside up! You know what your driver did was stupid.

    Although, I do wonder what the speed limit is set to there?

    @ the semi driver, professional driving at its best!!

  • @thesurfsflat

    Absolutely agree 100% well written

  • 'we just saw a moment ago how perilous these road are" yeah especially when some dickhead stops in the middle of the highway WANKER. gotta hand it to this truck driver, how he managed to manauver it out of the way and not ram it square up their government cars arse I'll NEVER know!!

  • The Liberals were that much closer to being down yet another Leader

  • What was the fossil doing in the middle of the road in the first place??

    VOTE INDEPENDENT AND GET RID OF THESE CORRUPT VULCHERS ROBBING OUR COUNTRY.

    DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR COUNTRY VOTE ANYTHING BUT LABOR OR LIBERAL

  • Abbott now only has 8 lives..........C'mon A CURRENT AFFAIR and get this life saving truckie on TV and hear his side of the incident.... please

  • When you are driving a big rig along the highway, and see a camera crew ahead on the other side of the road, you don't expect the car ahead of you to be stopping. In a situation of this nature the common sense manouvre would be to firstly check your rear vision mirror then pull over to the left and wait for the following traffic to pass. Then proceed to turn across the highway to the other side. This truckie deserves an award for his effort in avoiding a possible fatality. GOD BLESS HIM.

  • @mcsquiggs you must be blind! Its a straight road. Only a blindman couldnt see them. Maybe your the truck driver trying to defend your poor judgment.

  • he was high on bikie speed and looking at child porn while on the mobile

  • rudd u sneaky fox, assanations attempts.....ruddy snake in the grass

  • did anyone notice how that fly was on abbotts head the whole time?

  • @humananus

    flies like shit......that was the little fellas home

  • If you had shit running down ya legs, you'd have flies on you too.........

  • Looks to me like the bus has blocked the view from the truck cab of the car stopped in the middle of the fkn road for no good reason. Better luck next time, Truckie could've significantly increased the avg iq of australia in one swoop.

  • Thats a classic. Lucky bugger and everyone else in the car. You could almost think it was a setup if it wasnt so hard to control a bigrig like that. Truckie prob too busy looking at the cameras on the side naughty boy.

  • @diggyman77 at what point do you think he would've seen the camera crew? Look at 0:11. Look where Abbott's car is, with the trees down the sides. He wouldn't have seen the camera crew at all.

  • Tony has a driver you tools... do you really think Tony was driving the car?

  • Close but not close enough, Jesus must have been looking out for his disciple.

  • @coszz too bad Jesus is dead

  • Good im an atheist.

  • Thats what I call drifting.

  • Gold!!!