Are AA starting to get the point?

**oneofsix** · 30th March 2011, 07:08

Opened the Autumn edition of directions last night and read the speil from the chef. Surprise surprise only a 3rd of the accidents are caused by those classed as our most dangerous drivers. btw dangerous drivers includes anyone who has had a speeding ticket as well as drunks, so going 5 k over the limit is as bad as being 3x the limit

, but that's not AAs fault. It seems 2/3s of the accidents are caused by things like drivers not looking were they are going ... umm now where have I heard complaints about drivers not looking before?

The Direction mag also had a review of 2 GPS units for bikers.

Perhaps they are starting to realise they have something to learn from bikers and they should include them - nah just fantasizing. When they start the new bike price comparison thing they do for cars I might believe.

**Voltaire** · 30th March 2011, 07:33

I'm a member but told them not to send me Directions mag as it never gets opened and goes straight into the recycle bin....along with their stupid opinions. Every time fuel goes up they trot out the same crap on the TV.... Check your tyre pressures....go easy on the throttle.......keep your engine tuned.....every time.
Still must be what the majority of their members want....

( only in it for the Missus when she get a flat or the like.... I've never used them)

**ac3_snow** · 30th March 2011, 13:26

I wonder how they work out the speeding ticket thing, I got a few when I was slightly younger and dumber (still young and dumb but like to think I'v improved at least a little) but when im 30 or 40 am i still going to be classified as a 'dangerous driver' by their books?
Shit if I could go that long without meeting police men I would be more than happy

(touch wood!

)

**slofox** · 30th March 2011, 13:52

Originally Posted by Voltaire

I'm a member but told them not to send me Directions mag as it never gets opened and goes straight into the recycle bin....along with their stupid opinions. Every time fuel goes up they trot out the same crap on the TV.... Check your tyre pressures....go easy on the throttle.......keep your engine tuned.....every time.
Still must be what the majority of their members want....

( only in it for the Missus when she get a flat or the like.... I've never used them)

I keep my copy of Directions in the dunny...y'never know when y'might need....do ya?

**Usarka** · 30th March 2011, 14:01

Originally Posted by slofox

I keep my copy of Directions in the dunny...

Is that in case you get a "flat"?

**Voltaire** · 30th March 2011, 19:48

Originally Posted by slofox

I keep my copy of Directions in the dunny...y'never know when y'might need....do ya?

A different sort of Association....

paper is a bit shiny and smooth....Herald is much more suited to the task.

**DangerMice** · 30th March 2011, 20:08

I work in the AA head office building in Auckland (not for the AA) and I quite often see a little orange scooter parked in the President's carpark, so I guess there's always hope....

**JimO** · 30th March 2011, 20:11

its become a incontinent womans travel mag

**steelphoenix** · 30th March 2011, 20:11

Well... I work for them. And considering that an increasing number of staff are also bikie-types (looking at pretty bikes seems to infect people, surprise surprise), and have sent through complaints and suggestions in regards bikes, it may help. In particular, I sent through a strongly-worded email when I discovered that they a) didn't cover 6L or 6R riders, and b) didn't cover a number of different bike makes.

One hopes it made a difference, but this is the corporate world... *shrug*

**steve_t** · 30th March 2011, 20:22

Originally Posted by steelphoenix

Well... I work for them. And considering that an increasing number of staff are also bikie-types (looking at pretty bikes seems to infect people, surprise surprise), and have sent through complaints and suggestions in regards bikes, it may help. In particular, I sent through a strongly-worded email when I discovered that they a) didn't cover 6L or 6R riders, and b) didn't cover a number of different bike makes.

One hopes it made a difference, but this is the corporate world... *shrug*

Ah, so it's you making changes from the inside

**Smifffy** · 30th March 2011, 20:47

Originally Posted by steelphoenix

Well... I work for them. And considering that an increasing number of staff are also bikie-types (looking at pretty bikes seems to infect people, surprise surprise), and have sent through complaints and suggestions in regards bikes, it may help. In particular, I sent through a strongly-worded email when I discovered that they a) didn't cover 6L or 6R riders, and b) didn't cover a number of different bike makes.

One hopes it made a difference, but this is the corporate world... *shrug*

Exactly right, the AA is no longer an association of automobile enthusiasts, it has become a corporate.

An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

**slofox** · 31st March 2011, 10:45

Originally Posted by Voltaire

A different sort of Association....

paper is a bit shiny and smooth....Herald is much more suited to the task.

Hehehe. True.

What I really meant was, "you never know when you might need...READING MATERIAL..

**oneofsix** · 31st March 2011, 10:53

Originally Posted by steelphoenix

Well... I work for them. And considering that an increasing number of staff are also bikie-types (looking at pretty bikes seems to infect people, surprise surprise), and have sent through complaints and suggestions in regards bikes, it may help. In particular, I sent through a strongly-worded email when I discovered that they a) didn't cover 6L or 6R riders, and b) didn't cover a number of different bike makes.

One hopes it made a difference, but this is the corporate world... *shrug*

"pretty bikes"? one wonders if the credit shouldn't be to steelphoenix herself?

I don't normally read the directions but with AA getting a representative on the MSAL thought it would pay to check what they were writing in the mag.
interestingly they seem to have reconsidered the usefulness of the old pro-drive courses, pity they are no-longer run.

**Swoop** · 31st March 2011, 11:39

Originally Posted by oneofsix

interestingly they seem to have reconsidered the usefulness of the old pro-drive courses, pity they are no-longer run.

Perhaps the concept of actually training someone to drive intelligently has come back to visit them?

The aa have become just another insurance company that puts out a travel magazine and claims to "test" drivers to get their licence... if they didn't already bribe the examiner to get a passing grade.

I thought the Directions magazine was a stannah stairlift marketing tool.