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Postby LIBER8ED » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:45 am

ok, ive made it this long, but im going to crack... :butcher:

admittedly i know that these sorts of posts tend to start domestics, and people tend to make assumptions that im sterotyping.. but hear me out, i do come in peace!! :meeting:

ive been in albury/wodonga, since the 14th, and previous to that, a week in sydneys western suburbs. and of course, before that brissy, my place of origin.

now im sure some of you have this down pat, and with your vast experience in driving ability and years on the road you understand the concept of driving... but going by the time i have spent shaking my head and yelling at a someone i know has no hope in hell of hearing me in the last couple of weeks, obviously we dont all share that same ability.

Queenslanders i know. have a very laid back, casual sort of care free approach to driving, yet the temptation to want to get out of your car, and approach the driver and question what limited edition of cereal came out with a drivers permit..

You of the cockroach origin, i notice have the swerve then indicate, must hurry, cant be late or ill miss my hair appointment sort of attitde. but at least you indicate!

Victorians, well sorry guys i still dont get it, admittedly, i have only ever driven in wodonga, but still, i just dont understand. I know we all drive the same car, ok well the same make! but i know they all come with a stick on the right hand side of the column that is commonly used to activate that little orange light that INDICATES to people where you are going, im just guessing maybe down here they are overrated!
And im quite sure that traffic lights, the green lights dont get any greener.. it wont change within a second of going green so its ok, and you can go thru an orange light, if its not safe to stop.. 3 lights.... pretty easy.

and roundabouts.... this will be the death of me!! it is not a requirement for you to wait for the traffic to get to the round about, i can confidently say, that you only have to give way to traffic on the roundabout... and you are aloud to get out of first gear to go around.. really you can... i dont mind..

now im sorry if i have offended anyone, not my intention, and of course people are going to retaliate, or defend thier fellow drivers, but i guess at the end of the day, just speaking my mind
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Postby gt_dicko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:51 am

I'm not sure that it's the state that is the problem, but more so the time of year.
Every state has its fair share of bad drivers and I know there's quite a few around Vic. But it seems to me that when December rolls around everyone forgets how to drive.

I'm a sales rep and as a result spend most of my days on the road, and it has to be said that the majority of people out there are well behaved, but around Christmas time, the horn gets a good workout, people seem to be very distracted and don't concentrate when they are behind the wheel.

Yesterday I saw an SA plated commodore try and merge into another car at 110Kph on the Western Hwy just out of Melb. Almost got very nasty, luckily the Vic plated guy was paying attention!

Now that Christmas is over and done with, people will get better. Trust me it happens every year.

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Postby johnnydad » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:20 pm

Wondonga = Vic? :roll:
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Postby LIBER8ED » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:08 pm

victoria, new south wales... combination of both state drivers.. recepie for disaster ha ha ha
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Postby XRC15T » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:48 pm

wait til you try those hook turns - WTF is that!!!
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Postby Ric » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:34 am

XRC15T wrote:wait til you try those hook turns - WTF is that!!!

Just a way to allow trams to get through an intersection quickly, where there isn't enough room to add a dedicated right turn lane.
It's easy once you get the idea ;)
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Postby XRC15T » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:46 am

Its so mexican......... :lol:
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