Oh how quickly oldies forget their younger selves. Younger drivers and inexperienced at driving and at life. Many of you were like that too, so perhaps you should give them a break. Getting cut up in traffic isn't really a reason to get angry, as it will happen often and there's nothing we can do about it. Yes, there are many bad drivers, but most are okay.
Yes, there are many bad drivers, but most are okay.
I want one.... WITH the gun.
Point is, most people think they are better at driving than they actually are.
On the subject of indicators, a very misunderstood area. I recently travelled down South Road and as I approached roadworks there was a sign saying left lane closed, merge right. I put my right indicator on to indicate that I was merging right when the car that was about a car length behind in the right lane sped up to cut me off and then started beeping at me.
What this clown does not realise is that in that situation my indicator does actually give me right of way even if my car is only one inch in front of his he legally has to let me in (I wouldn't force my way just to be silly).
Lack of education of the road rules again, see diagram below. (Road traffic act rule 149).
The other interesting area at the moment is that the police are having a field day collecting $149 from all the clowns that drive around with their fog lamps on in a built up area (illegal as of Jan 25th 2009).
Even better when I've got a sturdy steel tray and they've got a fibreglass bonnet and bar, it gets them standing on the brakes real hard.yep and trying to turn left into bunnings from the brooker when u got a mini brocky up ya bum certainly makes for intresting emergency braking on their behalf
That's probably to do with how busy it is in Sydney. I've often noticed that the worst drivers are usually found in free flowing traffic especially at high speeds, conditions that are less common in a large city.That's to be expected, but that doesn't address my point that most Sydney drivers I come across are okay, and this is coming from a motorcyclist. The bad drivers just stand out more, and we tend to remember the negatives far more strongly than the positives.
I took driving lessons when I first arrived, the first instructor I had, did not explain much to me, just focused on getting me to pass the exam. The next instructor, John, was a a sweet and lovely guy, he did not only show me the exam routes, but, we went through day to day practical things on the road and gave me a lot of tips and pointers. (E.g., wave "thank you" when possible when someone lets you through )
I want one.... WITH the gun.
If there is no line dividing the lanes, the car in front has right of way.
Hi, clarification needed on having fog lamps lit in "built up" areas? Why is that illegal? The plastic covers on our car was recently stolen and, and I couldn't believe how those plastic things are actually expensive, at any rate, was thinking if I was gonna spend so much, might as well have fog lamps installed.
Thanks.
Sorry to hear about your Honda Boggo.
Cheers.
Amazing stuff can, how do you handle it, keep half a dozen old bombs in the back yard to get you around and hope you live long enough to tell the tale ?
I was going to suggest getting something like the truck in awg's pics but I seem to recall that they have an endless supply of something similiar up that way
Now, i just "go with the flow"....tooting the horn when someone gets in my way....they actually respond to that!
I found that driving around SE Asia. Drive politely and you will be frustrated to death. Go as fast as possible with hand on the horn and everybody just casually moves out of the way. I used to LMAO at that.
Wow, where do i start with this thread??? This sounds like my adventires driving in Northern China everyday. Boggo, your accident sounds like my near miss ever 5 km.
I leave home early for work to avoid the traffic and a huge number of new drivers on the road. The idea of rear view mirror is this:
Why do i look in them? That's the PAST!
Driver's entering onto main roads without looking 70% of time, knowing that the on coming traffic will yield or break hard.
Picture what you are going through, only in a city that is adding up to 400 new cars per day.
Last night i had to drive back into work at night, the most terrifying time to be on the road. Large multi-axle dump trucks rule the road. Driving with high beams, facing not just front but back as well, blinding everyone. They drive at insane speeds while loaded to the sideboards, tyres bulging, and at even crazier speeds when heading back for another load. They destroy the roads, their equipment, and anything that gets in their path.
The first time you see this behavior you wonder what the police are doing....the answer is pretty simple....SFA!
Cheers,
CanOz
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