Scary cagers

[oneofsix]

Timaru reporter fails restricted test.

What I find scary about this is not that these people are teaching their kids to drive, after all the kids always think they drive better than their parents anyhow (in this case possibly true) and forget everything they were taught as soon as they pass, it is that these tosser are out there thinking that they are good drivers. Being a nation of sheep other drivers soon copy these "good" drivers

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So it was a series of intersections, stops, starts, turns, traffic lights, indications and helpful feedback from Karen.

No sweat! Not so. I failed to stop at three stop signs, drove too close to the centre line, failed to turn my head during lane changes, didn't check blind spots, drove over the centre line, failed to indicate, and broke the speed limit.

"That's seven fails; you're probably doing what everybody else is doing," Karen says.

I ask her if it is of concern, considering there are thousands of people like me on the road.

"It is of concern; these are the parents who are teaching their kids," she said.

"If you've driven like this all your life and you've never had an accident, how many accidents have you caused?"

Just a friendly reminder of the drivers you are "sharing" the road with. Stay safe, stay alert.

[sootie]

Send them up to drive around Auckland for a bit. Preferably in a fairly fragile vehicle.
If they don't learn to drive better in a few days, we will ship them back to Timaru in a box!
(I was born in Timaru by the way)

[Phantom Limb]

Send them up to drive around Auckland for a bit. Preferably in a fairly fragile vehicle.
If they don't learn to drive better in a few days, we will ship them back to Timaru in a box!
(I was born in Timaru by the way)

Sounds like a plan!
Make it one of these:


I almost bought one when I was 15 and looking for cheap roof equipped transport, felt more vulnerable than being on a bike!

[bogan]

And thats during a test, one assumes he was on his best behaviour. So unlikely he's that 'good' normally.

[carburator]

Sounds like a plan!
Make it one of these:

I almost bought one when I was 15 and looking for cheap roof equipped transport, felt more vulnerable than being on a bike!

over the years I think ive crushed one of those, a mini and certainly a mazada 323 with the supermack by simply people
doing stupid things in front of 40 tonne trucks and thinking your going to stop on a dime.

classic was the hauraki plains , a holden slowly crawls up the side of the unit ( by this time three cars coming the other way
have had to use the shoulder and im on the shoulder ) in the distance a Btrain is coming towards us, the guy panic's swerves
in front of the mack, hits the steerer the lug nuts shread the back door of his car he then finds the gas pedal does it again
( the whole rear of the car is shreaded ) and gets in front ) and then to my suprise warp factor 10 dissappears...

reported it to the police, before the days of dash cam now thats a cool toy and some of the stupid stuff that gets recorded..

[ducatilover]

And thats during a test, one assumes he was on his best behaviour. So unlikely he's that 'good' normally.

Yup, it's a worry.
I managed 100% on my cage test I even got overtaken in the Corolla through town by some numpty in a non-turbo Silvia fucking idiots.

[sootie]

I have no idea why it is, but nationality has something to do with driver education & behaviour.

When I lived in UK, I came to respect the British for being (on average) the most considerate and sensible drivers around town (London). They would let you in to the traffic when blocking your way was still a game in NZ. (That has changed thank god). They nearly always used speed appropriately. Yet, these same drivers were crazy on the motorways. They just drove far too close and too fast under terrible fog/rain conditions (and they get lots of that!)

France is totally different. I have had vehicles mount up on to the sidewalk and honk at me to get out of the way (as a pedestrian) so that they could get through. (Never a cop around when you want one.)

In California I have been told off for walking across a Supermarket carpark. "Please stick to the footpaths we provide; people get killed doing what you are doing between cars". It actually looked safer than a NZ car park!

On Maui, I once struggeld with a huge American rental car. The locals were so polite about my intersection indiscretions I had trouble believing it. A local told me "Oh we got that sorted years ago. All the rental cars here start with plates numbered: .... We watch out for visitors" It made sense to me!

Maybe we could learn more from this and work out why different ideas & bits of education work differently in different countries.

[willytheekid]

Scary....

But Surprised?...sadly

Just shows the skill levels of some drivers out there...and there attitudes!
They can make all these mistakes (as shown in the vid)...laugh about them and drive off knowing they were safe in there tin can
...we CAN'T!, hence we ride safer!

Ride Safe KBers ...Cos there panel damage...could be our lives!

[Kickaha]

Are people really that dumb that they think motorcyclists are any better?

[oneofsix]

Scary....

But Surprised?...sadly

Just shows the skill levels of some drivers out there...and there attitudes!
They can make all these mistakes (as shown in the vid)...laugh about them and drive off knowing they were safe in there tin can
...we CAN'T!, hence we ride safer!

Ride Safe KBers ...Cos there panel damage...could be our lives!

Are people really that dumb that they think motorcyclists are any better?

Why don't you and willy nip over the Akaroa loop and debate it at the River Side cafe or whatever its call. Take donuts and Rustus might even join you.

[Kickaha]

Take donuts and Rustus might even join you.

I bought him one a while back to get in credit

[Tigadee]

I have no idea why it is, but nationality has something to do with driver education & behaviour.

Well, in that case, 'driving slow in the fast lane' knows no nationalities...

[Banditbandit]

And thats during a test, one assumes he was on his best behaviour. So unlikely he's that 'good' normally.

Yeah - exactly.

We all know cage drivers are fuckwits ... one more piece of evidence to prove that.

Just remember - always give cages room to do something stupid! (Last time I forgot that piece of advice I dumped the bike!)

[sootie]

Well, in that case, 'driving slow in the fast lane' knows no nationalities...

Driving Fast in the slow lane seems to be more of a French thing than a UK trait.
In NZ I thought you just weaved from lane to lane to find the fastest through route?

[oldrider]

Why is it that when driving conditions deteriorate fuckwit drivers get even sillier and sillier as the conditions get worse?

This weeks snow conditions Dunedin and South brought out some of the worst drivers I have ever seen!