Thread: I reckon this was unfair

Originally Posted by superquag

Taking the situation that dullbird found himself in... The Law permitted and endorsed his behaviour...then condemned it when he would have been better aquainted with our driving conditions...and therefore a SAFER driver.

Herself

I see the point, but it's a bit of a stretch to compare civil rights legislation of the 1960's with not being allowed to drive a V8 until one is issued an unrestricted driver licence

Matt

Originally Posted by superquag

As long as laws are made by politicians (driven by faceless bureaucrats?) we will have lots of stupid ones..We often fail to remember that the politicians are our representitives. We put them there..We put too much credence on the party they represent and to little scrutiny or effort in instructing our local member how to vote on the floor of the house.

My philosophical post for the day.

Ralph

Sorry, if you're so ignorant of you vehicle that you dont know whats powering it A, you should never have turned the key and B, if thats your attitude to driving you shouldn't have been permitted to sit for your learners permit.

lets look at it this way...

if she didnt know it was a V8 she obviously never opened the bonnet,

If she never opened the bonnet, hows she know what condition the engine, auto oil is in? hows she know what condition the radiator and coolant is in.

If thats not swaying you, how does she know its got enough brake fluid it in so its got a full compliment of brakes?

Even my son knows that you need to check things before you use them, Hes 6.

No sympathy, Ignorance is no excuse and shes not ignorant she knows she cant drive a V8 and its a basic drivers responsability to ensure that she knows what shes doing.

The government should have quite simply introduced a power to weight rule. Base it on factory specs and if you get nipped doing something outside the norm and the cop decides you're car might be over powered it gets dynod, if it passes (and lets have a +10% margin to allow for factory tolerances) you get a sorry for wasting your time, the car gets recorded as being suitable for L/P and it doesnt happen again. Fail you cop a fine, loss of license and get to pay for the dyno run.

basic rule, Dont draw the crabs and you might get away with a few mild mods be stupidly obvious hoon and you get what you deserve.