Exactly my thoughts. If I had a car park to pull into then maybe, but I kept moving, full lights on and hoped those around me saw me. Like you say, truckers are generally better on the roads than most but they probably feel a certain safety through size, height and weight; Justified mostly, but not always.

In the northern parts of the country they haul 4-6 full sized trailers: Cattle, ore, fuel, diesel, gas, pipes, mining stuff and sometimes grain. They do 140kph and don't stop for anything. They can be frightening for people not used to them, especially on a single lane (both ways) outback strip of bitumen. It's a matter of getting waybiff the road before they get there as they cannot stop or deviate. It's interesting times for sure.