I helped a mate recently, riding shotgun in his light truck on a mid-morning run down the M1 to Sydney. His truck has seen better days. It was fully loaded. But the sun was shining, the traffic seemed light, we pressed ahead, what could go wrong?
The answer came at Ourimbah with our first climb. Trucks only in left lanes say the road signs, as if our chugger was capable of overtaking anything when confronted with an incline. Rather, our vehicle shifted rapidly down its gears - I didn't know trucks came in automatics - and we joined a slow procession of heavy vehicles up the hill.
