At least a balanced view on 4WD safety.

They will totaly ignore them as usual. But it gives us ammo to fight back.

It is a balanced view, compared with today Herald Sun. I darn near choked on my snap crackle and pops, or MTW as one Callum is known to eat, FOUR (yes 4!) 50/50 comments bagging 4WD owners as morons who flout road rules and drive over medians and on the wrong side of the road in their road warrior "weapons of gross construction", I can't wait till the morrow when the next flood of anti4WD gobbledygook arrives for the easily lead to devour and spruik forth.

Bonz
I live to Serve

Strange you should mention those tossers who drive over median strips. I've seen 2 in the last week whilst on the way to work in a total distance of about 6klms.
One did it to avoid a red light by going left and then straight over the strip, right, then left again to go in the direction he wanted.
The other past a set of lights in his haste to get to work( I suppose) and cut through in front of me to get into Bunnings carpark. He could have turned right at a set of lights couple of hundred metres back but that must be too easy.
I've been tempted a few times myself to do things I wouldn't normally. When faced by the enormous amount of lights in Perth metro area at every insignificant road junction, sometimes the frustration of driving here gets to me!
Try being a heavy vehicle driver and see what they have to put up with apart from pig drivers. They have to make very big journeys sometimes in order to turn right because there's very few roundabouts where they could turn to get to the road they want.
Gone off the track a bit there, but I reckon driver frustration leads some to do strange and at times dangerous things.

Seems this type of thing is not just in Melbourne. I have been tempted to drive over the median strip too (in the Patrol anyways). In the XR I just sit patiently and watch the other temperatures rise, and I dont mean the radiators. I sympathise with big rig drivers and I admit I have cut in front of a few in my time but that was a while ago, sooner or later one learns that the road is a place to care for yourself and for others, once I wouldnt relinquish a place in the traffic, now, well, who cares if you get there 2 mins later, even 5 eh?. Its a cliche to say ....at least you get there!..... But I always found that with all the rip tearing around you always waited for the meeting to start or for others get there or just got home earlier and sat on your bum for longer. Seems like I am an old Fart now, might have to share Lynda's blanket!

Hey Alan

"past a set of lights in his haste to get to work"

I can say that I am never in a hurry to get to work! Why would you be???

Steven

From what I've seen Savvas, ALL vehicles should have more care and attention paid to the way they're driven. I'm not suprised in WA that people with no brains get licences, but I'm constantly suprised that they actually get to keep them!
But as the local Police seem to care about speeding only, I suppose it shouldn't be suprising.
Their own driving isn't up too much either, you should see some of their antics from the cab of a truck or bus!
I couldn't care less about the very intensive training they're supposed to undergo, a lot of them forget it as soon as they've got the pretty lights on top.
I dobbed in a copper motorcyclist some years back who'd been on the road for 3 weeks only, and he got taken off the road. If they've got the authority to hand out tickets they should be setting a good example as to how it should be done!
There I go, that bee in my bonnet is buzzing like mad again.