New cager technique. Cooperative steering

[Ixion]

Spotted today on the Southern Muddleway. In very heavy merging traffic (At the top of the Grafton Rd onramp - after 35 minutes getting from Stanley St to the muddleway proper)

Large people mover thing.

One Asian in driver's seat. Second Asian *standing* in the rear, between the driver's seat and the front passenger seat,(ie immediately behind the central console thingy) leaning over and steering. Both "driver" Asian and standing Asian are grasping the steering wheel.

Then the hazard lights come on, people mover stops completely (admittedly, only going about 10 kph before that).

Queue crawls on, with cars (including me) going round the people mover on the left hand shoulder.

Much animated discussion between Asians, joined by 3rd Asian in passenger seat.

Doors open, "driver" Asian and Asian from front passenger seat exchange places (in middle of traffic still) . People mover moves off, hazards off. Staggers down Gillies Avenue offramp, straddling two lanes, no signals.

At which point they passed from my sight, though alas not from my memory.

Sigh. the things you see when you haven't got your gun.

[sAsLEX]

must of been one of the 400 dollar driving tests bet you they passed though!!

[Riff Raff]

Sigh. the things you see when you haven't got your gun.

Classic!!!

[Grumpy]

Sounds like they must have gone halves on the license....

[Motu]

Back in the late 40s my mother and her two sister in law's used to go into the city to dances and shopping - they drove a 38 Chev and the car was too much for one girl,so they had a co-operative driving system.One aunty had the pedals and steering wheel,my mother sat in the middle and her job was the gear lever,the other aunty was in charge of the hand brake,a lever coming vertical out of the floor to the left of the gearlever.We heard the story many times as kids when they told us the things they got up too.Perhaps my problems are hereditary,blame it on the parents,that's what you do eh?

[NordieBoy]

My Grand Father complaining about "kids these days" and then telling us about driving home from the pub with one eye closed so there were less wheel tracks on the gravel road to follow, using gelignite to go after eels etc etc

[c4.]

Bout the same, saw classic don't do, between pitt street on ramps, 1600(rush+ hour), flash, lowered street racer, being towed by standard japper... 8 metre tow rope, slack of course, but clincher for me was tow car driver, asian on phone. Lights turned green, driver hits gas, mod hard, slack taken up, tow car must have still had brakes on, tow driver nearly head butts wind screen, bunny hops clutch, meanwhile tow car has foot off brake, slack rope again, tow driver hit s gas again, slack hits, same result, third time up I wasted them for fools and left, driver still on phone, slack in rope and heading for fourth headbutt. I'm sure if it was me doing 61 kms at 10am in the burbs, I would have a ticket. Never a c*** round when ya need one.

[Lou Girardin]

But they weren't speeding!
And if they had seatbelts on, that's all that's required to be a safe driver in our brave new world.

[scumdog]

Good thing was : they weren't doing anything dangerous eh? Except for the one in the back Lou, HE wasn't wearing his seat-belt.

Probably en route to pick up their new $400 licences.

The part that got me is that they knew how to use the hazard lights!!!

[Sniper]

The part that got me is that they knew how to use the hazard lights!!!

Arent they they standard, look at me Im an idiot/Asian/german/tourist attraction lights?

[Wolf]

Arent they they standard, look at me Im an idiot/Asian/german/tourist attraction lights?

General "I don't know which way I'm going to turn" and "Park anywhere free" lights.

Helping a mate shift, in his truck. He flicks on the hazards as he backs across the road to angle the truck down the driveway. His son asks him why he's got his hazards on. Before he can give a sensible answer (gods forfend!) I chimed in with "It's a condition of his licence. He has to have them on at all times as fair warning to everyone else on the road."

So he's trying to back down a driveway while laughing...

It only occured to me because I've seen a few people around that I think should have their hazard lights on permanently...

[SlashWylde]

Godammit that's not funny. I don't care who you are or where you're from if yuo can't f**kin drive don't f**kin try.

[handy_dog]

Pillocks like those discribbed, are the reason insurance is so high in Auckland.
Perhaps visitors should have thier intelegence checked with a dipstick when the go through customs.

[Coldkiwi]

Godammit that's not funny. I don't care who you are or where you're from if yuo can't f**kin drive don't f**kin try.

no, no, it IS funny- just so long as you see it coming and can get out of the way!
course, with you living in Dannemora, I can see how you might be a bit sensitive about the issue!

[Timber020]

when going to races in the holden ute or mates truck there were often a few more in the cab than it was designed for so the driver would have the steering and brake and excelerator, and the second guy would have the clutch and gears. Great, especially if we were wearing our helmets to!

American cars can be a gas, as the throttle is on the same side as where a passenger sits and if you get a few to many people on the bench seat the passenger on the drivers side can accidently (or purposely) end up resting there foot on the go pedal. Funny at times, terrifying at others (especially with a modded 7.4 v8 engine). One time we were barrelling along downhill racing against some other guys. I took my foot off the throttle to slow down and we kept going. My mate beside me says loudly "Hey kiwi, shouldnt we slow down a bit for the corner?"
I looked at him and said quietly"I will Ben, just as soon as you get your foot off the gas pedal" He just about jumped out of his seat.

Or there was the mate who had a mark5 cortina with a 351, fat fat tires, race steering wheel and no power steering......