TMR camera captures moment truck brakes fail on Toowoomba Range

The incident sent the prime move hurtling down the Toowoomba Bypass. In a statement on Twitter a Department of Transport and Main Roads spokesperson said the driver’s quick thinking probably saved lives.“Arrester beds, like this one on the Toowoomba Bypass, west of the Six Mile Creek bridge, are specially designed to stop a vehicle that has run away downhill,” they said. “The uphill bed is filled with special gravel that catches the runaway vehicle and they’re usually strategically placed…



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