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Post by enigmas on Oct 30, 2016 10:41:18 GMT
I thought I'd start a new thread illustrating weird or potentially dangerous driving situations that we've all encountered on occasion whilst driving our cars. My wife took these photos of an overloaded truck and trailer carting silage on a country road. We waited until it turned off before attempting to pass for obvious reasons.   |
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Post by Warwick on Oct 30, 2016 22:12:46 GMT
Vince, what's your opinion of those new (relatively) cable barriers along our roads?
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Post by enigmas on Oct 30, 2016 22:25:36 GMT
I really haven't thought about it much Warwick. Considering it now, it's probably a real hazard if a car came into contact with one, as it would tangle and shred a car. If I had the choice, I'd rather be deflected by an Armco barrier in a hazardous situation.
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Post by djm16 on Oct 30, 2016 22:51:21 GMT
I have ridden a motorcycle in many places including the USA, Italy, Greece, Central London, but nowhere have I seen so much pervasive dangerous driving as here in Western Australia. It has been cars only for me since moving here, the death rate is too high on motorcycles. I only feel vaguely safe in a Landcruiser with airbags.
Tailgating is the most obvious poor behaviour. At least 9 out of 10 drivers tailgate on the highways / motorways. More like 1 in 10 on minor roads. One of the days I am going to get a couple of kilos of 1/2" ball bearings to toss out the window at them to make them back off.
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Post by enigmas on Oct 30, 2016 23:35:09 GMT
Yep, I agree. Similary in urban Victoria. It seems to be a right of passage today with modern cars. Seemingly most drivers rely on the technology to stop and instantly manoeuvre their cars in and out of lanes without considering the mass of metal they're actually controlling. All the safe driving rules regarding distances between vehicles, braking, approaching intersections, etc, seem to have either been forgotten or have become totally irrelevant. I have several motorbikes but it can be like roulette using them in current traffic conditions where I live.
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Post by gingerbeer62 on Oct 31, 2016 10:04:39 GMT
It's the same here in the UK - farmers load their lorries - trailers up like the bales have no weight at all. The only thing that seems to restrict them is getting under bridges. While I am on the subject, modern tractors are a complete scary menace. They can go so fast these days and that is what they do. Flat out, it seems to me with what look like a 16 year old at the wheel. Drivers of heavy vehicles in general don't seem to understand stuff like momentum and centrifugal forces. A house down the road, some years ago, suffered a tractor and trailer mounting the bank and taking out the gable end when the driver lost it on a corner or something. Colin www.fwi.co.uk/business/unravelling-the-rules-for-young-tractor-drivers.htm |
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Post by Warwick on Nov 4, 2016 4:32:15 GMT
I really haven't thought about it much Warwick. Considering it now, it's probably a real hazard if a car came into contact with one, as it would tangle and shred a car. If I had the choice, I'd rather be deflected by an Armco barrier in a hazardous situation. They seem to be installing them anywhere there are trees on the side of a road that carries a lot of high speed traffic. The result is that it often makes it impossible to get completely off the road, to change a wheel for example. |
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