old cars blamed for road toll in Oz

[jono]

Yep, can you believe it? The media are finding commentators who are spruiking this as a reason.

 

No one is blaming the minimal requirements to get a drivers licence here compared to some other countries. Think it is sixty hours log booked driving accompanied by someone who has a drivers licence themselves, not having passed a driving test themselves for likely twenty years or so.

 

Learner drivers licence test should be conducted at speeds and sh1t driving  they display once they get their P plates not sedate old bowling hatted grandma type driving. Stick em out on baldy tyres in the wet with slippery surfaces - yeah straightlining through a roundabout at P plater speed in the wet. Make em drive tired, drunk, music up at DOOF DOOF levels, four kids across the back seat, mix that with heat shrunk rear coils then have them lecture a hard faced inspector on how they think they can drive

 

The number of times i see small business owners conducting telephony comms at the wheel of various size vehicles - pi5535 me off big time. Bloody dump truck and double bogey included! Even worse when you see they have passengers that could be relaying the conversation for them.

 

Then we also have a culture that use one hand to support that hot coffee they have time to line up at a driveway to get, but not enough to consume it before driving away. Blame the fast coffee service world for human nature that makes our small brains want to presserve a lap from spilled coffee more than accident prevention on the road.

 

Cut down more trees and power poles as this is what small brain human focuses on when they come out of a quick snooze at the wheel so the body steers towards what they can see without time to calculate the resulting impact.

 

Advanced driving courses have been blamed for an increase of accidents amongst attendees because they have become more confident as a result when they get out in the company car - Yee Haaa

 

Rant over, for the moment!

[jono]

more sightings include mobile cranes road registered - saw one dude driving around his kids school car park loop in this small crane while he was on his mobile phone. Saw another crane driver on the road in his larger four axle beast, full on burger in his left hand as he did everything else with his right, including a wobly entry into the 80 kph zone

[el_freddo]

Don't get me started on what the media and policy makers believe about older cars!

 

I wish you'd post this on an Oz forum, I'd be keen to see what others have to say.

 

If you can't use, or dot want to return to Ausubi (need an old internet explorer version or modzilla Firefox to access atm) you could try out Subyclub.com - they're mainly into EJs but do love a good brumby build thread and being educated about EAs

 

Cheers

 

Bennie

[jono]

One older car, a Holden Combo attarted my attention yesterday. Its driver is givng way to may as I turn right at a T intersection, my window is open and right to my right i hear engine revving, wheels spinning while I am in the T bone position - at that time if traction propelled him forward he would have caused me to throttle him if he touched my ute ! The stupid thing is the van had a distinctive colour and business name on the side.

 

Googled it and later found the van parked out front of their business premises. Am gonna go visit them next week to see if it was the business owner or staff that was driving it in such a menacing, dangerous manner.

 

Presently fewer cars on the road locally, more space to display yurblefenker driving skills.

 

Oops!! Looks like I got caught out using fb acceptable language !!

Edited December 29, 2017 by jono

[sparkyboy]

Here in the US the lawmakers are always trying to pass laws to hassle us old car owners. I have seen proposals to ban engine modifications (seriously, how can they ever put a stop to that) and laws against ūstoring old cars outside on private property.

It's so goofy that there is a group of lobbyists that was formed out of necessity, the SEMA action network whose slogan is "fight unfair automotive laws"

Old cars are cool, i wish people would quit blaming them for inaccurate things, like polluting more or being unsafe or whatever bs.