Maybe you were in the only vehicle with enough tread on its tyres....:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
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Maybe you were in the only vehicle with enough tread on its tyres....:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
G'day Rovercare :)
Yup! I sure have been in a table drain :( fairly recently too,I put my restored Series 3 Lightweight into one about 400 metres from home one evening after the bonnet came up, blocked my vision, I pulled left as there was traffic following,down the table drain at 70kph(80 limit) stood it on it's nose and over onto it's back, I crawled out the rear through the remains of the canopy and hood bows :(
I will rebuild it in the New Year :)
In the suburbs, I try to stay at or below the speed limit, especially around schools. One of my local streets carries a lot of traffic and often has HWP on it. I never speed on it but many do.
On the open road, I'm usually at the limit (by the GPS). We've had three Subaru Foresters and their speedos indicate 118 at 110. I suspect most other cars are the same and that's why so many drive below the limit.
Add in a few Victorians who think NSW has the same 2km/h tolerance and therefore travel even slower......
My P38A's speedo (when using road tyres), is spot on compared with the GPS. However, with my larger off-road tyres, I have to remember the speedo reads slow - not good.
Re stop signs, there is a stop sign from the street my local shopping centre to the Gt Western Hwy and it is mostly ignored by drivers who are turning left. When I say mostly, I would suggest over 80% of cars do not stop, nor really slow down as they go left.
I once mentioned this to a HWP copper who was working RBT nearby but he was packing up so he wasn't interested. I even sent a letter to the Penrith LAC and mentioned it on the Penrith LAC Facebook page but no policing of the intersection has ever been seen.
I wrote to the RTA and suggested changing the sign to a Give Way sign since almost no one stopped. They disagreed as the sign protected a six lane road.
How many are going to accept drivers going above the posted limit on the street where they live ? So why then is it ok else where ?
The suburban street I live on is a race track. There are skid marks where the end of the road has appeared a bit sooner than expected . Not to bad where kids play , and all sorts use the road as a defeacto footpath.
I can't work out why they do that either,sure slow down if you want,but why pull over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
Maybe our vehicles are the only one's around that are capable enough to drive in heavy rain.
Anyway,i recon it is great they do it,leaves the road less congested,so i can speed up and get on my way.
Not much chance of getting pulled over either,as they don't like standing and writing tickets in the rain.
Have had the experience in the past when driving during a hailstorm of drivers stopping under an overpass. They don't pull off the road, they just stop and create a traffic jam.
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Originally Posted by Debacle
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Yep, I once saw it here on the M4 Motorway. It was amazing no one crashed into them because many drivers didn't slow down in the hailstorm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Debacle
Maybe amusingly I have to admit that as a young shaver I sped as much as I could. Even in the old series 3 or 300tdi. Admittedly that may have been helped with the big hills we had
But jokes aside beside the farm Utes my early cars were a great Sprite and 3.5 Rover P6.
Have to admit that I loved how I could put the foot down and pass almost anyone in the old Rover.
Had a torrential storm going through Seymour late one afternoon, turned into night really quick.
The only two cars not to pull over were a Rangie and myself in the D1. We both slowed from 110 down to about 95k's, but that was it. Everybody else got off the road or were doing about 20k in the left lane.
Although, as I look back now, it was a stupid thing to do, and I'd probably slow down a bit more next time, purely so I wouldn't have to concentrate as much. I guess if someone around us had stuffed up, it could have been chaos. There was probably a 25mt gap between us, which saw me lose sight of his tail lights, I first though he'd either managed to pull up without me spotting him, or he'd been a whole lot keener than me and zoomed off into the distance. When it all subsided, he was only about 50mt's in front.