Bully Boys in Big Cars

Most people on this planet are good Jimbo. For some reason you seem to attract the arzeholes.

When I drive the other halfs Kia Rio I sometimes forget I'm not in the Patrol and try and bully my way with the bigger cars. Mind you it is red so it goes faster.

i didnt think you would mind being bullied into submissison jimbo

Jimbo,

I had to move Belinda's car the other day and it was parked in front of the Troopie. Started the vehicle and looked in the rear view mirror before moving and all I could see was two driving lights and a bull bar. This filled the back screen, so I can see how a 4wd can be intimidating to a small vehicle.

The other day I was going home on the Great Western Highway near Parramatta. I was on the front row of the lights, they turned green and a small vehicle ran the red light doing a right hand turn in front of me. I could see it coming and being a slight rise in the road I was not travelling far or fast and stopped just as the turning vehicle had to stop because of traffic. The look of horror on the female passenger that was staring at 3,5t of vehicle was priceless. The bloke in the vehicle in the vehicle next to me had a good laugh as he could see what had happened.

Wayne

Whats to be intimidated about? 4wd pfft I drive around some genuinely large machinery. PC 8000 shovels, Cat 793 dumptrucks 994 loaders and when underground it gets even more exciting coz theres no where to go except full on the brakes and try to snatch reverse at the same time when you come accross a dumptruck coming down the decline in neutral to get more speed and he forgot to call his levels or a bogger comes charging into the stockpile you parked in
It all puts the "Ive got a big tough 4by" into perspective. Especially when you see the video of a dumptruck running over a landcruiser as a demo of what can happen. It doesnt even slow it down just pancakes the cruiser

Funny, that! Your right, little cars seem to attract adverse raction! Was driving my daughter's little car the other day..same thing..however, funny how, when I introduced myself, attitude kinda changed! ( I'm 6'3", former bodybuilder)..however, must have been funny watching me extract myself outta her mini! Regards
Bronco

Hiya Jimbo

I'm driving a Lancer Coupe at the moment, Al's driving the Landcruiser now, and apart from feeling really really little, I am discovering how people in other cars can be pushy, but it's not just big vehicles. The other day, a mum at school in her BMW hatch was in a foul mood, and not terribly patient, flew passed me as I was stationary and waiting for the person in front of me to complete backing out, then she proceeded to abuse the chap in the sedan I was waiting for. She must have been running late I guess.

cheers

Lyn

Jimbo,

Actually, I find the exact opposite is the norm.

It doesn't seam to matter how small the other vehicle is, or what condition it may be in, the driver just HAS to pass that big 4WD monster.

It is only when they pull back in front and drop down below the speed limit that triggers "Road Rage" symptoms.
That is the time I wish I had those train air horns, but usually just fill their rearview mirror with the Bull Bar at the next set of traffic lights. That generally causes them to increase the distance a bit.

I have been guilty of turning night into day with the IPF's if it happens at night.
Works wonders too!

I don't try to bully smaller cars on the road but other drivers have to understand that fourby's are bigger, accelerate slower, brake slower and are less agile than other cars.

They have to take this into consideration when they pull out in front of or cut you off.

The blind spots are also crap. Often not easy to see small cars coming up behind you.

Give us space.

Barnesy

Having listened to truckies bullshyte for a while it would seem that every vehicle is a menace when you add up all of their dislikes.

Recently several of them were going on about Falcon drivers as people who would always do the wrong thing and probably got their licences out of wheaties boxes.

I find owners of expensive sporty vehicles the worst and examples are BMW, Audi and the like. If anyone is going to blast through taking left of way it has to be one of them.

Maybe, just maybe, inconsiderate fools drive all makes of vehicle and this only means we should drive defensively at all times.

Does everybody feel better now?