Public stupidity announcement

[sAsLEX]

Wouldn't know the prices as it was all payed for by some trust!

[k14]

Yip, both mine and his were free through school, can't remember who paid for it though.

But I could easily say that it was the most educational and fun days when i went to school.

[FROSTY:Me]

the hitting the corner of the truck think had me scratching my head too.
I'd have thought that the faster car would have center punched the truck and the slower car would have caught the corner.The truck would have travelled further through the intersection or whatever it was.

[scumdog]

Just got a new 'puter and catching up with all the threads on this site, boy I've missed Kiwibiker.
After reading the messages (mainly the earlier ones) on this thread there seems to be an awful lot of know-all twats who have slagged-off the "slow-down' ads. on T.V., - obviously the govt. is employing the wrong people, they should be checking out this site and this thread and contacting the negative know-all twats who say the ad. was a waste of time and get THOSE guys to do the ad. shit I bet we would see a few doozies and have a bloody good laugh and get to find out what a REAL waste of money looks like.(if they put an ad. together with the same thought and logic).
RULE ONE: If you are moving you will have to stop - eventually.
RULE TWO: How you stop may not be when/how you planned!
RULE THREE: The faster you are travelling when RULE TWO crops up the bigger mess and less reaction time you have.
MESSAGE FROM SCUMDOG: ride as fast as you bloody well want, just remember the above thre rules AND don't come bleating on this forum about the after effects of those rules or any speeding tickets you got - just remember the saying "speed costs money, how fast do you want to go?" does not just refer to tuning and performance improvements!! :sneaky2:

[Jackrat]

Hey Scum dog,Good to hear from you again.
In fine form I see.
Good on ya'.

[scumdog]

Jackrat, thanks for the comment, I love this site as it gives a chance of voicing comments to those to scared to say what they want at a party or bike rally site. (I'm politely saying it gives gutless people a chance to vent their spleen!!)
Some of the thing said on this site surprise me - I could understand it if they were said in the heat of the moment after a few ales but to sit down and type out their thoughts with time to reflect on what they are saying - sheesh!!! give me strength!!

[wkid_one]

Jim, alot of the holden driving course focuses on the negative effects of target fixation and how looking through and around hazards at clear road will greatly reduce the likelyhood of an incident. Very little of the course was straight line "stopping" but maintaining control of the vehicle when decelerating.

One of the excersises was to nail a litlle suzuki up and over a little rise and fly towards three lanes of cones, you weren't allowed to brake until the instructor lit up a traffic light infront of you which also indicated the lane you were required to go into, you then had to brake and turn quite severly to avoid cleaning out a dozen cones.

These skills should be practiced/shown to everyone as part of driver training in my opinion and this would greatly affect the road toll.

This is the same as the Ford ADT course as well. It is interesting.

What it does show tho - is that without fore-thought about a possibly accident - you are largely fucked. Had any of the scenarios actually occured for real (ie: we weren't told about them, and didn't know to expect a whistle to signal when to brake) - we all would have been severely injured - ABS or not.

[SPman]

Some of the thing said on this site surprise me - I could understand it if they were said in the heat of the moment after a few ales but to sit down and type out their thoughts with time to reflect on what they are saying - sheesh!!! give me strength!!

I know some of the things said on here are in the heat of the moment after a few ales!
With no reflection at all on what is said .....until later!

[madandy]

seems to me our fearless leaders have decided it will be easier and cheaper to scare the speed out of us rather than teach how to speed safely.Our Roading network will not support higher speeds for all...two lanes, trucks boats campers and cars...some can speed some cannot...the speed we are all able to travel safely at is the speed they will govern us to not the speed(s) SOME of us can attain.The lowest skill level on the roads is the one we will all be credited with.
It will cost so many billions to up-grade our roads and as much again to educate all drivers with the skills some people profess to have...LTSA is a band-aid quick/cheap fix outfit who exist to save the Government money by convincing the public that driving slower is the answer to road death and injury...

[DEATH_INC.]

Remember those ads Brock did a few years back?you know 'brake on the straight before it's too late' ect.Those are the sort of ads they should waste our money on, not running into trucks with cars......

[pete376403]

There was another one, "get up to speed before you pass" good common sense, must have given the LTSA the absolute shits, a respected motor racing driver suggesting that people actually increase speed!! Shock horror!!