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    interesting drive home last night!

    my eldest turned 40 yesterday so we did the needful thing and journeyed out to laidley heights to celebrate with him and his partner.

    the ride home was a doosey!

    was driving the caddy so people should have had no trouble seeing the vehicle

    centenary highway and some clown just tries to push me clean off the road no warning, no clear reason why he would want my lane when he had two others doing nothing... abs got a workout, pulled up and out of his way

    approaching the lights at the intersection just before the brewery on milton road, two lanes of traffic proceeding east with a green light and some clown heading west at quite some speed runs a red light with the intent of squeezing between vehicles in the oncoming traffic

    i gota tell ya. brakes in swb vw caddy's are dammed extraordinary when in full panic mode!

    car beside me, power poles on the other side so there was no where to go but backwards...

    was a close thing!

    thankfully no one heading east lost the plot and we all survived..

    was way too close tho and the clown running the light just kept going like there was no tomorrow

    get to the bribie island turnoff and some idiot in a dark green mazda decides he wants my lane more than i do and have to lock the brakes up again to dodge the clown..

    am getting too old for this sort of crap ......

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    Where is the bar work when you need it

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    Unfortunately the norm. Everything from makeup to texting. They always seem to be either 10 car lengths so they can txt or 10mm because you are in the way

    I would advise you not to venture onto the Pacific Motorway. They seem to like that stretch

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    Welcome to my world. As a bus driver I see this everyday. Impatience is a problem on the roads.

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    Love the cops in WA when they lane split on the unmarked motorcycles and catch the texters.

    Regards Philip A

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    Love the cops in WA when they lane split on the unmarked motorcycles and catch the texters.

    Regards Philip A
    Mmmmm Lane splitting

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    Mmmmm Lane splitting
    Dunno about Whyalla. Are there any lanes to split there?

    However in Sydney and NSW it is now legal. Only came 15 years too late for me, although I never ever was fined.
    Used to do it every day and use the bus lane legally . On Burnt Bridge extension it would save about 1/2 hour there alone.

    However I did have someone try to kill me for doing it! and another try to kill me because my headlight shone in his mirror, when he was having a bad day. Hard to explain there is no "off' switch on a Honda Hornet.
    Getting away from him was about the only time I split moving traffic.
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    I thought my drive was interesting but yours takes the cake.

    Just about every trip I see and avoid wildlife close to the road. Roos, wallabies, emus, eagles, etc.
    Yesterday evening in a 100 zone I drove up behind a cow cocky traveling at 80. He was towing farm machinery so was probably driving at a sensible speed. I waited patiently until it was safe to pass. Right. A long straight section. I had moved up close and was starting to move out and my foot was just about to put the boot in.
    Suddenly, three spotted deer ran out from nowhere. He slammed on the brakes just as I slammed on the brakes. The first two deer were narrowly missed but the third one was just clipped by the cow cockey's bull bar on the side it came from, barrel rolled abou three times, then ran off from whence it came.
    We stopped. All ok. The cow cockey's bull bar was slightly bent (good job he had one).
    I'm annoyed we missed out on some tenderised venison for the christmas feast.

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    And here's me thinking you had bought a Cadillac.

    I was going to ask you what model , but you explained that.

    An old Cadillac would be good.....I used to drive Mr Bigs shocking pink '66 Caddy sludge mobile around sea world just to get it warm and circulate oils etc. It was fun and I always wished I could have driven it out of the park.

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