Thread: I have to know

Originally Posted by Randylandy

I moved to Qld 2 years ago from WA it was noticeable as soon as I crossed the border how bad qld drivers are. Tail gating sea to be the norm up here as well as trucks doing 20 km over the limit and passing on blind corners.

Yep. get used to " tailgaters" on the main highways, but just slow down when they do , give them the message. [ except on the Gold Coast, you may need bullet proof glass ] Bob

come on bob10 and randylandy....you guys are talking the exception not the general rule. for the last 2 years I have travelled fairly extensively around Queensland and have found truck drivers to be the most courteous and helpful of them all and most car drivers who aren't rushing to get to work are generally very good. I think you guys might get yourselves into situations by the sound of it.

what part of Qld? it will have a huge influence on your experience.

In SE Qld region : tailgating / RH lane hogging / etc are common, rubber necking is rife with consequent delays. A few years ago the population of the SE Qld region was expanding by 50 something thousand people a month. There's something like 1000 a month taking up digs in the inner city...

100+ thousand people commute by car every day from the Gold coast to Brisbane and about 60+ thousand head the other way for their daily toil.

It is much the same from the north with thousands heading towards Bris in the morning from all points north as far as the Sunshine Coast... likewise in the afternoon when the exodus begins around 3.30pm.

Bad luck you can't stay in Bright!

As Hoges says,that is about the norm,a lot of the trucks particularly the sand and gravel jokers with truck & dog trailers are paid by the load,so speed =loads =pay,and with a high number of southern retired folk who have no particular need to be anywhere at a set time you can experience great frustration and the right lane on multi lane trunk roads and highways is often the domain of the 10+klm slower brigade.

Uncle Ho you are not saying pensioners are slow are you????

Originally Posted by 3toes

Uncle Ho you are not saying pensioners are slow are you????

not our rocket!

A few pointers you need to comprehend!!!
No Queenslander drives a slow car, therefore the "Slow vehicles keep left" sign is superfluous up here.
Roadworks. All Queenslanders have had it drummed into them over the past few years that any "Roadwork speed restrictions" are meaningless until you get close enough to actually see the mandatory parked police car with its flashing lights, then, and only then, slow down to within ten Ks either side of the posted speed restriction for 200 metres or so.
In an emergency, do not expect a police car to respond in a reasonable time, as they are all parked out at the various roadwork sites!
Apart from those two major differences, we are not that different from any other driver in any other state, although, perhaps a little more tolerant at allowing traffic to merge on to a freeway.
Just remember that regardless of what state you live in, the Moron in the other vehicle is out to kill you, so drive accordingly and you'll be right.
Regards
Glen

Originally Posted by johnyrover

Going to be moving to Queensland soon, and am wondering. Are Queensland drivers as unconscious of actually being in a car, on the road, as Victorian drivers?
I have had the misfortune of living among these blinkered wanderers for over two years, and have never had as many white-knuckled encounters in my previous 40 odd years.
What brought this to the rant stage was today I was teaching my daughter how to avoid Victorians wandering into her lane/ tailgating her/ coming around blind corners towards her in her lane/ overtaking in a 60 zone with oncoming traffic/ sightseeing at the cost of lane awareness and just generally wandering about the place IN THEIR CARS AT SPEED. At 100kph one of them decided that veering from his side of the road in front of us and into his driveway without an indicator was a great idea. It was that close my daughter had to brake to avoid hitting him.
I have driven in just about every state in this great country of ours but this is the only one that I have never been able to enjoy driving in.

Just saying.

Get with the program. Easiest way to become used to Victorian driving is to start driving like a Victorian...

Teaspoon of concrete anyone???