Thread: Some drivers out there, its really getting scarey

Originally Posted by V8Ian

We're out there 'makin' a mile', not on a Sunday drive. 480 kays is not even halfway on Sydney/Brisbane. Truckies are doing three Syd/Bris trips a week. I had a brand new Western Star that I clocked up 201,048 km in 11 months.
You need to get out more Sam.

Okay, I'll concede that if you do 201048km in 11 months you could have theoretically got to 7 million in about 32 years.

And that's certainly more than I'd like to do. I just completed a 6,500km outback tour over two weeks (equivalent to 5million km over 30years) and I was ****ed after that!

Sam, I did 5260 km last week. Driving a MC interstate in Oz racks up huge distances and quickly. And I agree with both Ian and Muppett that there are some crazies, old and young, who shouldn't be on roads with weapons!

What Ian is saying is don't put yourself in a position where you could contribute to any carnage, even if you consider yourself bulletproof.

FWIW

Pete

Originally Posted by sam_d

The problem with youngsters these days is that they also question their elders!

i see questioning as a good thing. not blinding following someone and being unable to think for ones self.

being older generally you know better, but that doesnt mean you do better.

Originally Posted by Eevo

i see questioning as a good thing. not blinding following someone and being unable to think for ones self.

being older generally you know better, but that doesnt mean you do better.

I think you'll find Sam was being facetious.

Originally Posted by Killer

Sam,
You may have missed the fact that Ian said he was a professional driver, I don't think those figures are unreasonable for a truck driver, I would think that most interstate drivers would cover at least a thousand km each day they drive.

Cheers, Mick.

When I was selling heavy trucks, the rule of thumb was that an interstate owner-driver had to do 240,000 k's a year to make any money. Trucks were slower then and roads were far worse.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Not to encourage stereotypes but the holier than thou attitudes of some of the older drivers I know is atrocious.

Like the driving tester who tried to fail me for double shuffling in a S2 during the test.

Originally Posted by disco2hse

I think you'll find Sam was being facetious.

i know he was.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Ian, I'm not denying either your experience behind the wheel, nor that young folks display some pretty appalling driving. Including friends of mine, people who I flat out will not be in a car with.
I'm also aware that there are plenty of people in my life with far more experience than I, at pretty much everything.
I can accept that and I don't need to argue that my 4 years of driving makes me god behind the wheel, because I know it's not true.
I've read your latest thread, and that's exactly why I don't take stupid risks, because it's not just me that it effects.
I frequently travel long distances with my girlfriend with me in the car, and I know I'd never forgive myself if something happened to her.
I think it's unfair to write all young people (particularly males) off as being arrogant, know it all drivers, but I'm also aware that plenty of us are.
Let's not sugarcoat it though, appalling driving isn't limited to young people, and there are plenty of older people I know who are just as bad, in that because they're older and because they've been driving for xyz years, they couldn't possibly be wrong, and some young upstart couldn't possibly know anything about driving, so it's okay to talk down to them.
But as you say, sometimes you need to shut up and listen.
If what you're listening to is downright dangerous and tells you not to get in a car with this person, so be it
Cheers
Muppet

EDIT: There's also a difference between questioning your elders and being genuinely curious about something. Simply accepting what someone says on face value and being told not to question them simply because they know better is also dangerous and a load of **** IMHO*
*not an attack on you Ian, or anyone. Just saying...

Not to take anything away from people here, but generally speaking in three years of teaching driving I learned that many of the experienced drivers who have driven for "x" number of years and "never had an accident" were simply lucky people. Some I know are very, very close to having an accident and don't realise that it's only a matter of time.

I've concluded that regardless of experience what matters is whether over all those years a person has actually known what they were doing. So this being a small town, now I just keep watching to see . . .