SandS said...

Kozzie said..
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im choofing on victory, its no wonder you dont recognise the smell

go do a defensive driving course

you hazard.

Are you for real !!!! ................... You want me to do a defensive driving course !!!!! When you prefer to make decisions based open a little flashing light !!! instead of watching the path of the vehicle that you are defending against

Now have you read and understood the rules cut and pasted by Chris yet ?

Is this what you say to the cops when they ask you why you didnt pull over? ARE YOU FOR REAL!?!? YOUR FLASHY LIGHTS CANT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!! a boohoohoo

we don't have any roundabouts or traffic lights but people stopping in floodways or blind corners on the highway to take a photo of a flower pisses me off when I have 50 ton behind me doing 100k.

DaylightDebt said..
..... No indicators is a signal in itself.

That's right! Perfectly explained.
cheers

Oh Chris you have disappointed me , I thought for a moment there you had seen the light . [ that was for kozzie ]


I will finish on this note . In Victoria, NOBODY indicates to go straight through a round about [ or take the second exit what ever you like to call it ]

There is no problem with roundabouts here at all .


Over the years I have had Police follow me through second exits , happily indication free

The traffic flows perfectly , people are happy .

Maybe if you and kozzie prefer to bitch and moan about people sailing through roundabouts ,taking the 2nd exit flasher free , then you should move here .
you will have plenty to moan and bash your steering wheel [ lotofwind painted a perfect picture with that phrase ]


No hang on, thats what started this RB bitch session , NO ONE INDICATES TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH A ROUND A BOUT over there either , so you should be able to stay there happily moaning and thumping.

HAHAHAAGHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

I get annoyed with people who get annoyed for not racing to the get to the maximum speed limit and trying to save every second to and from getting to work. Remember this is the limit and not what you must do, and a few ks over it and you get a hefty fine. I pretty happy cruising along. Often with some tunes, just enjoying not being in a rush. I not worried that I am extra minute or 2 longer to get to my desk. I bet half the people racing along trying to save every second, are the same ones that then blow 20 minutes at work getting a latte or on facebook. Each to their own I guess. But anyway, seen as you asked, that's what annoys me.

City drivers annoy me full stop. That's another reason I don't live in the city!

I live in a gorgeous area that has weekend tourists mainly from the city. Wineries, restaurants and beaches. Even accounting for unfamiliarity and often an unknown destination, that's no excuse for driving at 60km/h in a 90 or 100km/h open road zone. If you know there's a turn coming soon, pull over, study your route first, get someone to navigate, switch on your sat nav or whatever. Driving constantly up to 40km/h under the limit because your turn is somewhere in the next 10 km is just selfish and bordering on triggering the obstruction rule.

So yes, we all need to show tolerance for drivers not local to the area but sometimes driving styles are rude and ridiculous.

True, but there's far less of them. Actually newer Landcruiser drivers are some of the slowest around - even V8 model drivers. Must be the crap truck-like handling or something.

Annoying stuff:

- People who assume high performance moves and skill are the essence of good driving. If you need more than the basic skills you're doing it wrong.

- People who push and push to get past even though there are more packs of traffic ahead and everybody is driving in a tidy fashion on the speed limit.

- People in the right lane who don't look ahead for obstacles on the left (cyclists, parked cars, merging lanes on the freeway) and just keep on coming so that they block the traffic in the left lane (otherwise known as driving with your head up your arse.)

- People who swoosh along in their fancy cars and think that it makes a difference. In the old days if you wanted a fancy/hot car you had to build it or track one down from a custom builder. Now all you have to do is go to a shop and sign a lease. Get over it.

- People using mobile phones (including at traffic lights).

- People who get irate that you're doing 80 kph in the left lane on the freeway ... when it's Easter and everybody is driving home and all the cars in front are doing 80 kph in both lanes.

- People who fang through residential streets.

- People who whinge about speed cameras and think it is impossible to not speed. It's easy to not speed. You're just being a whiny dick.

- People who don't use cruise control on the freeway. You catch them. Start to pass in the right lane, and they speed up. Then dickhead behind you in the right lane starts to push!

Adriano said..
City drivers annoy me full stop. That's another reason I don't live in the city!

I live in a gorgeous area that has weekend tourists mainly from the city. Wineries, restaurants and beaches. Even accounting for unfamiliarity and often an unknown destination, that's no excuse for driving at 60km/h in a 90 or 100km/h open road zone. If you know there's a turn coming soon, pull over, study your route first, get someone to navigate, switch on your sat nav or whatever. Driving constantly up to 40km/h under the limit because your turn is somewhere in the next 10 km is just selfish and bordering on triggering the obstruction rule.

So yes, we all need to show tolerance for drivers not local to the area but sometimes driving styles are rude and ridiculous.

We get those here too, although mostly 10- 20 under, not 40... I think they're rubbernecking at the scenery we mostly take for granted. On the bright side I feel safer sharing the road with slow rubberneckers than speeding ones.

Gorgo said..

- People who don't use cruise control on the freeway. You catch them. Start to pass in the right lane, and they speed up. Then dickhead behind you in the right lane starts to push!

YES!!!!

Also, the guy today who kept speeding up as I was trying to merge, had a bit of a hissy fit when I cut him off, and then felt the need to overtake me on the freeway ramp.. I hope he saw me clapping in his rear view mirror..

Adriano said..
True, but there's far less of them. Actually newer Landcruiser drivers are some of the slowest around - even V8 model drivers. Must be the crap truck-like handling or something.

i got a landcruiser,
its the cost of petrol

i drive much faster in my commy

2 things in WA stand out.

1. The driver has to look the passenger in the eye when talking, maybe the passenger is deaf.
2. Country folk insist on driving with one wheel in the gravel trying to temp you to have a head-on trying to pass them, fkn teasers.

Sorry, 3rd one, they have to stop at the roundabout & look to the right (only), plain stupid.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I feel better now

When I used to play Golf at Hamersley, I'd tee off and frequently slice the ball off the toe of my driver over the additional safety fence and out onto Marmion Avenue. I'd always sort of **** myself that my driving could possibly put a ball through some innocent motorists windscreen.

I hate this one;

I'm sitting on 78-81 in an 80 Zone... Then someone behind is doing 83, but also insists on overtaking.
The pass, then back off to 78, so as not to get booked...

There's no need to overtake... It's moderately dangerous, with cyclists, lots of side roads, and no safety shoulders / safety run off...

Just be patient, and sit behind, and we will all get there together anyway!

SandS said..

I wish people would keep a safe distance away from the car in front . and when they overtake do it properly and get way out in front .say 15 car lengths at least before pulling in front

Yeah, that one gives me the irrits too. People that overtake you at 100km/h and think its fine to pull infront of you with a space of one car length... and then to compound the problem, they slow down!