Moron Drivers

If they are anything like NSW police the lights probably didn't work cause the Gov't can't afford the money to service their vehicles properly. Bob

Jim, there was once a campaign to encourage those who had lost loved ones on the road to drive on a certain day with their lights on.
It certainly brought the point home to many.
I always drive with my lights/parkers on, no matter where or when(no I don't drive a iced Vovo :)
I can judge distance and size much more easily when the oncoming vehicle in the bush has his lights on, especially if driving into the sun.
I had always thought that as you got a bit older, it helped to you to notice another vehicle.
But sadly there are always those without any consideration for the safety of other road users. The other day I was driving my son's vehicle with all it's lights on through a 50K/h area, and an elderly driver reckoned that she could make it out of the driveway before the traffic. She was so busy being a poor impatient driver that she failed to notice me. I hit the anchors, hard, and stopped about 1m away from an almost very serious incident.
Did she say thanks and wave ?
Did she realize how lucky she was to have escaped injury and possibly death ?
Did she care ?
Nope. She simply waved me on, as if to say get outta the way you silly old fool.
My BIL was a Federal cop, and the stories that he told about police drivers and what they got up to still gives me nightmares.

If we started a thread after every time we saw a police car do something wrong, it would choke the forum!

Police in NSW dont set an example any more. They can be seen all day every day breaking all the road rules because they can.
It's "Do as I say and not as I do" from them and they do it because no one brings them to task.
Sooner they bring in a dob a cop line the better, some of them are absolute tossers.
And to the old fashioned stand up cops who do the right thing I salute you and you have my respect the rest have my contempt.

I drive with my lights on all the time city plus country. I feel the big black beast is more visible this way, (mind you I did the same with the white Prado.) However I am continually amazed at the amount of people who flash their lights at me to tell me my lights are on. I used to think they were warning me about cops or speed cameras , but it seems to be just the headlights. As soon as I pull up to park, people also tell me my lights are on, which is OK as they don't realize they go off when I close the door. I get used to smiling sweetly and saying thanks, but really, pulling a big van around this great country of ours whatever makes it safer for me is the way I go. And yes I have the the rear vision camera on truck and van despite what the NSW cops might say.
Cheers Mac

Jim,
I've recently come to the conclusion that there really isn't near enough chlorine in the human gene pool.

A couple of months back I was heading up the New England Highway on my way to Singleton. It was right on dusk, raining and generally very gloomy.

Myself and everyone around me had their lights on, all good so far.

I was catching up with a car ahead of me but also in the left hand lane. I looked in the mirror, over the shoulder into the troopy's blind spot as well. I was about to indicate and change lanes when a little voice said, "don't do it"

Bloody smart that little voice! A grey Astra, no lights, red "P" plates and all went streaming past me. To this day I haven't seen it in the spray.

If it wasn't for that sixth sense experience gives us I'd have parked a couple of tonne of troopy on the dills bonnet. Mummy and daddy would have had a field day with the big bad 4wd when the real problem was their gene's.

About 20 flashes of the high beam in the back window eventually registered in the dried pea occupying their head and the lights finally came on but only on the car!

Scared the beejesus out of me!

Geoff

Jim

1 a little mental survey = 85% of drivers had their lights on

2 a large judgment = 15% were deadset fools

no its not OT,,, no it's not OT


Cheers

Richard

What irks me is the ones that drive with their PARKING lights on and think they're safe and bulletproof. Can't see the PARKERS until well after you see the car.
Rod

Yes I have also seen some bad driving by the police but I must say most are polite and considerate on the roads and don't abuse their authority.
One question that I must ask is are the police officers given special training in driving? In the UK police are given different grades for driving ie. pursuit vehicles, divi vans, trucks and motor cycles. Unless an officer has passed certain grades they are not allowed to drive a higher grade. I recall that the metropolitan police had a driver training school at Hendon in North London.
There was also a skid patch at Southall where bus drivers were trained and which was also open to the public.

The company I work for has a policy that all company vehicles when being driven the headlights are to be on.

I have just ended my sixth weeks in a new job(traffic controller) you aint seen nothin' yet.
Drivers & pedestrians DO NOT WANT TO BE SHOWN OR BE TOLD which is the safest way.They will ingnore you,they will see through your sign & do what ever they like.
No not all of them, there are some sensible people out there.
It has opened my eyes have done the course & now doing the job.
Cheers Bob.

Jim
Because he /she can see, he/she thinke that everyone else on the road can see them....WRONG !
We were in Norway in 2003, and all vehicles have their lights on, day or night ( when it happens), summer, when we were there, or winter.
They are hard wired into ignition, and it makes sense too, you can see a vehicle, just that bit earlier. hence the safety side of things.
If a globe is blown, you will be pulled over by the local coppers, and told to replace it.
Cheers
Bucky