Thread: Some drivers out there, its really getting scarey

A week ago my son on L plates and I are traveling along the new penisula link freeway. It's a 100kph limit so Kris is driving at 100kph., we get over taken by a canopied ute towing one of those car tandem trailers, he over takes us and settles in front of us , he then pulls out and over takes 3 bikers on their Harleys. The Harlys are sitting on about 90kph, so my son Kris changes lanes and also overtakes the 3 bikers. The ute ist ahead of us when all of sudden two 4 x 8 pieces of plywood become airborne to 3 metres and we are about to have them land on us, Kris was quick to slow down and the 3 bikers in the inner lane werevery very lucky not to be hit by them.
The ute drive obliovious to what almost happen kept speeding off into the distance. Anyway about 10 kms futher he's pulled up adjusting the ropes on his roof load. I told Kris to pull up behind him, I approached this turkey and asked if he remembers the 3 bikers he past a while ago?. He said "yeah."
Well I told him that he could have killed them when the wood became airborne.
His reply was "Oh, I forgot about the wood."
He just had these sheets laying on the floor of the tandem not secured by any means.

Yesterday travelling on the same road there was merging traffic entering the left lane, I was travelling at 100kph, and these merging cars were also doing 100kph, So I changed to the outer lane to allow them to merge safely, but some clown decides to merge and contine to cut me off, his vehicle was 1 metre in front of me and I didn't really appreciate having to slam the anchors on to avoid the collison. I sound the horn and flashed my lights at him and all I got was a wave in the mirror from this idiot.


I also notice there are a lot of people in la la land whern they pull up to a red light with no one else beside them. I'ts some new game out.
You pull up at a red light in the middle lane on a 3 lane road, but before coming to an absolute stop, they decide they want to be in the 3 lane so you cross into the 3rd lane, but wait you don't like it in the 3rd lane , so you go back to the middle lane. totally oblivious that cars coming from behind could be about to pull up in a lane but do not have the fogiest what the person at the lights is going to do next.

Whilst Kris was out with me doing some hours on his Ls, I keep telling him to watch out for the unexpected. The unsecured load was a classic example of this. He can't believe this traffic light game that we are seeing so much of during the last couple of weeks.

He actually just this minute informed me it's pretty hard to fail these days going for your Ps unless you fail to stop at a red light or drive more than 5kph over the speed limit.
Must explain why so many idiots are on the roads. Too easy

I don't know if it's me but it's getting scarey out there on the roads these days with idiots like these. There were always idiots on the road, but they are breeding in big numbers lately.

Originally Posted by disco2hse

Makes it all the more scary then, doesn't it.

I've driven quite a few thousand miles over there and found turn right on the red works. There are normally signs where this is not permitted. I was surprised to also find that all way stop signs work too. for those unfamiliar with this concept, all streets joining at an intersection have a stop sign. Vehicles stop at the sign and then proceed in order of arrival. I reckon in Oz there would be fisticuffs in the centre over whose turn it was to move. They also get moving briskly and few drive far below the speed limit on highways unlike the bastard caravanners and grey nomads who infest Oz highways driving sedately at 80 k's in 100 and 110 zones.