The ancient, overloaded cattle truck hurtled along, swaying from side to side as it tried to maintain momentum for the next hill with a trail of foulsmelling, yellowy brown slop in its wake as its load showed its displeasure at the wild ride.
I was sitting behind, knowing it was a matter of time before I got sprayed or potentially lose the front on the poolubed road. The options were crappy — drop back or stop and let him get away? That wouldn’t work as the road would remain treacherous. Overtake? This is Australia — despite long straights, the unbroken centre lines had been going on for a dozen kilometres. Time for the least-bad option then…
Moments later the cattle truck was nothing more than a dot in the distance trailing a yellow plume. I’m not sure, but the speed limit may have been exceeded during the overtake… I focused on the road, not the speedo, and the usual speed indicators of noise and vibration were absent as the 180Nm six-cylinder powerplant gained speed with turbine-like efficiency.
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