How bad can 4WD drivers be???????????

Did you point out opinions are like armpits?
Everyone has a couple and they both stink!

or

Opinions are like bleep s, everyone has one and nobody wants someone elses shoved in their face.

Bloody newspapers. Wrong name all round there.

Geoff

what a joke
i do all that in our non 4wd

LOL.. just read it , I don't see the problem I can do all six of them.. :-)

Dunworkin

Is this the same Sunday Times that is listed as a 'partner' in this four wheel drive show? See link below:

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Where I think the public is being duped by poor journalism, I respond with a short letter to the editor pointing out that only journalistic hacks feel the need to sensationalise a story by demonising the drivers of four wheel vehicles.

I then point out that in fact a high proportion of the vehicles on the road are AWD or 4WD because such designs have inherent safety features. So by criticising 4WDs they manage to insult a sizeable rump of their readership. Of course they can continue to do it if they will, but consequences could be loss of credibility and erosion of readership. After all, goodwill is very easily lost and there are electronic options for news and advertising.

EV700

I am sorry they were all talking about me.

I do all of these things every time I get in the car. One of my great pleasures is to see how many little furry animals I can hit with my massive ugly bullbar while I drive home from the pub in a state of drunken unconsciousness. I feel that while I am driving is the ideal time to catch up on my text messages too.

I am suprised they didn't mention my speeding. Never go anywhere unless I am at least 20km/h over the speed limit. The other thing they missed is that I like to do burn outs as I pull away from my double parked position after dropping the kids at school. As I have to turn around to get the shortest possible route home from school I make a three point turn preferably on the pedestrian crossing.

All this while the other drivers who never even think about putting a foot wrong watch on helplessly.

They obviously chose the more observant people in our society to intervue.

I no longer read article likes that. I am very suprised that I am actually responding to this post. Must be board.

Duncs

The Sunday Times is a monument to mediocrity and lowest common denominator inconsequential so called 'journalism' in WA with the noteworthy exception of Colleen Egan's column (if she still does it).

Frankly it is embarrassing.

I can't think of one good comment in the last decade about that rag. Even in previous times when the Readers Mart were the only classifieds worth looking at in Perth, I'd purchase the 'Slimes', take out the for sale section and dump the rest in the bin outside the deli. God bless the Quokka.

It's not even worth getting upset about. The cretins who read it have no influence in society anyway. The demographic is not what could be called 'truth and justice seekers' nor 'decision makers' by any stretch of the imagination. The stories are more 'boy trapped in refrigerator eats own foot' followed up with a column of Paris Hilton's views on the incident.

Treat it with the disdain and contempt this inane dribble deserves.

- Admit to taking a different route home to avoid being breath tested.
- Drive under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs.
- Abuse other drivers and feel justified in doing so.
- Gesture rudely at other drivers.
- Momentarily fall asleep at the wheel, and last of all, and this is the best!!!
- Hit a native animal such as a kangaroo, wallaby or wombat while driving.

Thats why here in Kangaroo Island the population is in declining!!

And I suppose that the same journo canvassed 3000 people and they all said that they weren't going to buy a 4wd because they couldnt afford one ? And that 4wders are selfish because of the time they spend helping others out of the p** ?
Hmm....it's called a filler, used for poor journos who get paid by the word. Poor diddums had exhausted his story ideas.....

Being a copper I come across a lot of road rage incidents. Guess what? no, they are not 4wd drivers but idiots driving non 4wd cars. Funny about that. fm