Stop blaming the roads

[RDJ]

Undoing a bra strap without taking your eyes off the road. Now *that* takes practice

Not with a Velcro bra
Makes an ideal gift for both involved...

[Storm]

I believe that people die on our roads partly because the LTSA are asleep at the wheel. That isn't meant to absolve the drivers of all blame. For example some of those stretches of road that are currently blighted by "head-ons" might benefit from some form of central divider. Then the terminally stupid could wipe themselves out without involving an innocent party.

Licences are too easy to get and realistically that will always be the case. (The cost of skid pans and racetracks would be prohibitive.) The problem is that people then think they can drive and in a very short time they consider themselves "good drivers". Yet most could not be truly described as "drivers" at all. They will have read nothing about driving since they sat their test, many may never have driven outside town.

The people I work with invariably consider themselves good drivers. I point out all the damage on the "Company" cars, but aparently that isn't relevant.

These "good" drivers have said some rather startling things to me :
"I have never put petrol in a car in my life."
"I have never adjusted the ventilation in a car."
"I want a bigger map, one that I can read while I'm driving."
"A Traffic cop told me never use the mirrors, they cause too many accidents."

That last one was particularly scary but I know from the mal-adjusted mirrors I find in our cars, including repeatedly finding them folded flat along the side of the car, that they are grossly underutilised.

And these are supposed to be reasonably intelligent people.

Stay awake out there...

So who do you work for again?

[sAsLEX]

Licences are too easy to get and realistically that will always be the case. (The cost of skid pans and racetracks would be prohibitive.) The problem is that people then think they can drive and in a very short time they consider themselves "good drivers". Yet most could not be truly described as "drivers" at all. They will have read nothing about driving since they sat their test, many may never have driven outside town.

Dont need anything flash, did the holden advanced driving thingo up by Paritutu(place in NP) in an old lot, mix of concrete and gravel etc, great for learning car control and braking on surfaces that aint shit hot to start with. And the other practical driving course was held out at the Airport on a mix of the carpark and some paddocks, alot harder to keep control on the grass than a fancy track!

I am sure most places around the country have unused industrial area that could be implemented as training areas.

[scumdog]

Undoing a bra strap without taking your eyes off the road. Now *that* takes practice Not to mention self control

I think I need more practice !

Especially if YOU are wearing it yourself!!

[pritch]

So who do you work for again?

I'm not saying :-)

Like I said these are reasonably intelligent people but in my opinion their driving is LCD level. Generally none have ever read anything about driving or roadcraft, none have competed in motor sport of any kind, only one to my knowledge has ever ridden motorcycles. They are all good drivers though and will tell you.

Sadly, there are a lot worse than them out there.

[scumdog]

All the bikes I saw coming back from the Beaumont rally were travelling at a much more sedate speed, tiredness and hangovers or my preaching to a few of them and the word spreading? Dunno but whatever it was i was relieved to not be attending any motorbike crashes this weekend.

[idb]

All the bikes I saw coming back from the Beaumont rally were travelling at a much more sedate speed, tiredness and hangovers or my preaching to a few of them and the word spreading? Dunno but whatever it was i was relieved to not be attending any motorbike crashes this weekend.

Have you had any word on the rally?
It's the first isn't it?

[scumdog]

Have you had any word on the rally?
It's the first isn't it?

Only positive comments, yep, it was the first at that site and I'm gutted I had to work instead of going there - HEAPS of bikes and A1 weather!! Damn.

I guess the WINJA types would say I could have gone if I wasn't watching porn but then shallow people (or retards) WOULD think that.
Nothing to do with staff shortages etc, no oh no, nothing as basic as that!!