I hope I don’t get squashed
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325825)
Rockingham, Australia
September 4, 2018 12:38am CST
Our property is about a kilometre off a main highway which.is the route used by a lot of massive trucks. Some are carrying logs or woodchip but most are carrying lithium from Greenbushes, a town to the south of us.
Tin mining started in that area in 1888 and for the past 30 years lithium has also been mined. An ever-increasing demand for lithium for batteries and components in the growing electric vehicle market has seen the Greenbushes mine become the largest in the world
With a new $400 million dollar refinery being established at Kwinana on the coast, the mine is set to expand even more. There are reports that an extra 400 trucks a day will soon be running on ‘our’ road. 400! That is a huge number of trucks and most are bound to run in daylight hours.
Turning out in front of these monsters looks set to become even more difficult – which is why I hope I don’t get squashed.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Sep 18
Your country is known for those truck trains.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Sep 18
@JudyEv Not as long as yours.
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I don't think my little Hyundai is a match for these big trucks.
I would be scared
@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
4 Sep 18
400 in a day is too big number.I hope that they do not cause any inconvenience.
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
4 Sep 18
@JudyEv OMG 600 trucks in day..it will be chaotic.
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@JudyEv (325825)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 18
@arunima25 Yes that is a lot isn't it? That will be 300 going each way but it is still a great many trucks plus all the usual cars as well.
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@betlynfrnds (4066)
• United States
5 Sep 18
600 trucks a day is about 599 1/2 too many for me. Please be extremely careful. Remember, it's not only your driving that matters. Watch out for the other guys; especially the big, 18 wheeler type guys. 
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
6 Sep 18
Wow that doesn't even look legal. Looks lik a train. Must be a pretty straight run.
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@JudyEv (325825)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Sep 18
That length is only allowed in the north of the state but it's the only photo of a truck I had. But we'll have dozens of two-trailer trucks.
@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
24 Feb 20
Are there lots of mining sites there? I remember my cousin in Australia taking up mining engineering
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@JudyEv (325825)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 18
We have well back off the road and don't hear them. Occasionally we'll hear a particularly noisy motor-bike. It's more about whether it will be difficult to turn onto the highway from our side road. Probably it will be perfectly okay. We only leave the place once or twice a week so it's not like we're communing every day.
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
23 Feb 20
I find your mining history lesson interesting!
I think all those big trucks would nerve wracking to me too.
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@JudyEv (325825)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 18
Oh wow, how lucky that you weren't closer! That was a very near miss indeed - and would have been very frightening.
@snowy22315 (170018)
• United States
4 Sep 18
Oh wow..it may become an endless stream of trucks! I think I would be thinking about moving.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
4 Sep 18
The price one pays in the name of development
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@wolfgirl569 (95240)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Sep 18
Glad I live nowhere near a highway. It can be hard to get on the road when it is busy with trucks.
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@JudyEv (325825)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Sep 18
It will be interesting to see how much difference it makes to our road.
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
4 Sep 18
wow. I bet that is alot of noise too.
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