Road train drivers fear there will be an accident there unless the damaged road is fixed. Image: Matthew AllpikeAn experienced road train driver fears that a crumbling section of the Stuart Highway south of Coober Pedy is an accident waiting to happen unless an urgent fix is found. “About six weeks ago they started running five-trailer road trains from the mine site to the rail-siding roughly 60km north along the Stuart Highway,” Allpike told Big Rigs. For road train drivers like himself, the need to slow down in that area also takes a hefty toll on schedules and fuel bills, he added. “Every time you slow a road train down and get going again, that’s fuel consumption.