Not Speeding...Driving...CRASHING

[Biff]

I drive at around 95K everywhere where there's a hundy limit. So that gives me shit loads of margin for error before I need to be concerned about drawing attention to myself.

So use your common sense mate - slow down if you're not able to maintain a constant speed in a vehicle you're unfamilier with. Fk everyone else behind you. Why should you risk breaking the law and incurring a fine for some muppet you don't even know?

And I'm with the anti-speed ticket whiners - get a grip ya jessies. A throttle/accelerator works both ways. If you get caught speeding tough shite. But feel free to post about it here anyway - because I for one love to gloat, being as I've yet to incurr any demerts. But that's because I always to runners form the cops, on one wheel, while smoking P, on my way from conducting armed robberies.

Ho - hum. Who else can I abuse? I'm in one of those moods.

Oh yeah SD - I've seen photos of you fella. A giant of a man with a huge moustacho stuck to your chops. I've fucked uglier. Thanks Jim Beam.

[SPman]

- Drives too close to other cars
- Drinks coffee and eats lunch while driving with his knees at highway speeds.
- Talks on his phone/txts all the time while driving.
- Moans about other drivers on the road
- Moans when someone who has right of way turns in front of him.
- Moans when someone who is driving carefully around roadworks goes the speedlimit.
etc etc etc

..all worthwhile skills to have......

[Deano]

Why is it that people like you are so desperate for an early death? Is it because you dont have a girlfriend? cos your mum hits you? cos of small genitalia? I am genuinely interested to see why.

I generally travel at 110kmh. Yes, I'm a natural born killer.

I'm married and I used to hit my mum actually. Was that some sort of wind up ?

Also its a common misconception that people who speed in everything they drive are hard. In reality they just think they are while putting the rest of us in danger and paying stupid amounts of money to aunty helen because they cant learn a lesson.

Chill out. It was said in jest.

[idb]

Chill out. It was said in jest.

Lucky you clarified that................I've been so angry over your post that I haven't been able to get my fingers to work to send you an abusive reply!

[scumdog]

Well thats great that someone out there is realistic about their driving. Also age does count for something, and nothing makes a better driver than hours on the road but I have met a sh*tload of 'mature' drivers that don't have any clue what they're doing.

For instance my boss thinks that he is a great driver... Yet when im with him he:
- Drives too close to other cars
- Drinks coffee and eats lunch while driving with his knees at highway speeds.
- Talks on his phone/txts all the time while driving.
- Moans about other drivers on the road
- Moans when someone who has right of way turns in front of him.
- Moans when someone who is driving carefully around roadworks goes the speedlimit.
etc etc etc

Scares the sh*t out of me every day.

Have you ever said anything to him?
Like "why are you so close to the car on front?"
Or do you value your job more than your life?

[jonbuoy]

Why is it that people like you are so desperate for an early death? Is it because you dont have a girlfriend? cos your mum hits you? cos of small genitalia? I am genuinely interested to see why.

Steady on! Its a piss take!

[Squeak the Rat]

I drive with my knees while eating pies, and am still aware enough to spot hazards like highway patrol, drop the pie, grab the wheel, pretend to scratch my head with my right arm obscuring the gap where the seatbelt should be and decelerating from 110kph down to the speed limit.

Not clever maybe, but if you're hungry and running late sometimes you need to multi task.

[Edit:] piss take. or is it....

[Patrick]

It's called the legal system.

I can't figure why so many cops whinge about people getting let out of prison early. Its not like no one knows how the system works.

But its not the legal system, (lawyers/courts etc) its the justice system (prison terms/prisons etc)...

And just to re phrase a little Squeaky...

"I can't figure out why so many people whinge about getting tickets. Its not like no one knows how the system works..."

[Ixion]

Saw a cage yesterday morning. Noticed he was wandering just a little in his lane, but nothing to speak of. 'twas a dual lane road, but not a motorway. Came up beside him and glanced in the window, I had to ride alongside him for a bit.

He had a map propped up on the steering wheel, and each sideroad he went past, he'd check it on the map. Glance at road sign, look at map, finger on map, glance back up at road, correct course if necessary.

Wondered what if anything he could be charged with if a cop had seen him. Not really dangerous, not even careless, not reckless. Not speeding. But still probably not a Good Thing.

No rant, I felt comfortable being beside him, he seemed pretty competant. Just made me wonder.

[Patrick]

Wondered what if anything he could be charged with if a cop had seen him. Not really dangerous, not even careless, not reckless. Not speeding. But still probably not a Good Thing.

Careless Use... pure and simple...

Pull over to read the map and get bearings and directions. Not watching the road while driving coz you're reading a map is "Careless" (ie: doesn't "care" enough about what is happening ahead...)

But as he was doing well enough, a "word or two" was probably more likely...

[Squeak the Rat]

But its not the legal system, (lawyers/courts etc) its the justice system (prison terms/prisons etc)...

And just to re phrase a little Squeaky...

"I can't figure out why so many people whinge about getting tickets. Its not like no one knows how the system works..."

Semantics aside and irrespective of which system, what you've said is

1. We complain about the system when we get tickets even though we know how it works
2. You complain about the system when people get let off even though you know how it works
3. People in number 1 are whingers
4. People in number 2 are right

Hmmmmmmm.

Wondered what if anything he could be charged with if a cop had seen him. Not really dangerous, not even careless, not reckless. Not speeding. But still probably not a Good Thing.

What about people who are daydreaming. How are we going to do them for careless......? Sounds like your map man is more attentive than half the people I see on the roads.

[Ixion]

Careless Use... pure and simple...

Pull over to read the map and get bearings and directions. Not watching the road while driving coz you're reading a map is "Careless" (ie: doesn't "care" enough about what is happening ahead...)

But as he was doing well enough, a "word or two" was probably more likely...

Hm. As opposed to not watching the road while driving coz you're reading the speedometer ? Not necessarily disagreeing, just interested. He was only glancing down for a moment each time , no longer than it would take to check the speedo. And probably a better line of sight to the map on the steering wheel than to the speedo in the instrument panel (ever noticed where the speedo is on old Jags BTW)

[Lou Girardin]

In reality they just think they are while putting the rest of us in danger and paying stupid amounts of money to aunty helen because they cant learn a lesson.

Do you really believe this?
Unless I'm the exception that proves the rule, I've never hurt anyone on the road, or myself, and I pay minimal speed tax. Yet I always exceed the limit, sometimes not enough for a ticket though. And rarely, if ever, at a speed classed as "speed dangerous".
But I'm also a crap driver/rider.

[Edbear]

Do you really believe this?
Unless I'm the exception that proves the rule, I've never hurt anyone on the road, or myself, and I pay minimal speed tax. Yet I always exceed the limit, sometimes not enough for a ticket though. And rarely, if ever, at a speed classed as "speed dangerous".
But I'm also a crap driver/rider.

Hey! Welcome back Lou!

[madboy]

Quite coincidentally I was having a chat with a guy today about how tiring it is to travel long distances these days. He'd found that having a car with cruise control was much better for doing distance in, because he found it took away the need for him to pay attention to the speed as well as the road, etc and meant he was not as tired. Now before you dumb shits misinterpret this, we're talking about roads and conditions that are conducive to sustained 100k+ action. And he's Aussie-based too, so wasn't just limiting this to NZ.

If you want to talk about males rating their driving ability, I used to be an absolute legend. I kid you not. I'd raced, rallied (legally) and did enough stupid shit in cars to know exactly how a car behaved, and how to control it. My reflexes were razor sharp, my skills were well and truly honed. On the odd occasion that I was driving sensibly on a public road, I was able to avoid the proverbial kid chasing soccer ball because of those quick reflexes and instinctive abilities.

BUT, and here's the BIG but, I was seldom driving sensibly around town. So if a kid stepped out, I was usually travelling at a speed that cancelled out the positives that my extra ability gave me over a dead average driver. Or I'd left such a small margin for error than when shit did happen, well it turned to shit alright.

Nowadays, I can't remember how long it's been since I've had a car on or even near the limit. These days I rely on ABS brakes and I'm bloody glad my slow CVT station wagon has a good crash rating, side intrusion beams and multiple airbags. Cos I'm pretty sure my reflexes now would be so damn dull, and so damn average, that one day I'm gonna need those features.

Personally, I'd rather not have to drive in a country that requires me to be so vigilant at watching the speedo, but thems the breaks.