Thread: How on earth does this happen?

Not a reflection on this particular incident. But the things you see parents do in car parks when they want to get away quickly.

I work at a school, and one the most worst parents I came across was on the phone (phone in hand, not hands free), while reversing in the school car park, in his brand new BMW, when a kid ran out behind him. Luckily he noticed in time and slammed the brakes on, but before I was able to gently suggest he stay off his phone in the school car park, he had a serious go at me and suggested we needed to do a better job of keeping the kids off the road in the car park. I mean, there's only 1500 of them.

I had to go and let the Principal know that he might be getting a parental complain after I had finished letting this bastard know what I thought of his suggestion.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Letting people drive in Australia using overseas licences/qualifications is a seriously flawed idea.
I have had first hand experience of their ineptitude and I also carry the scars to prove it.

From memory my over seas licence was more stringent to obtain than a nsw one the truck licence testing was a joke. No circle check , air brake knowledge or much more than go that way and don't hit anything.

Originally Posted by trog

From memory my over seas licence was more stringent to obtain than a nsw one the truck licence testing was a joke. No circle check , air brake knowledge or much more than go that way and don't hit anything.

Hmmm, I will defer to our truckie brethren here to answer that particular one.
However would you consider that a drivers licence from Lebanon, Jakarta, India, and Many other countries to be as stringent especially when in many countries licences and educational qualifications can be obtained with someone else doing the tests and exams, This Was (and maybe still is) a problem with new Australians getting others to obtain their drivers licences for them.

I Guess if i could have had a lookalike do my test I would have been better off financially and time wise but I only look like me , not someone else. Though quite often fit asked at the Coogee bay if I was some local singer.

Originally Posted by trog

I Guess if i could have had a lookalike do my test I would have been better off financially and time wise but I only look like me , not someone else. Though quite often fit asked at the Coogee bay if I was some local singer.

Norman Gunston?

Nah my hair was much longer and darker then. If I had liked his tunes I would have named names .
Still some of the young fellows I work with now seem to have not much understanding of road rules , reading of traffic or even a nap are sent out as professional drivers. And the employers seem happy. No different than anything else that gets the job done or the red tape eliminated.

Little Patty?

Wrong accent, must've been Anne Murray.