Thread: How on earth does this happen?

Drugs?

I see more and more incompetent drivers nowadays. I've had a car come at me on the wrong side of the road in a 100kph highway with the driver texting and never looking up when I flashed my lights. I'm seriously considering getting a dash cam now.

There was a strange accident near us last month with a car causing a pile up. Seems like it was attempted suicide or drugs.

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Possibly a high heel caught on a fancy floor mat, then blind panic. Some people belong in self driving cars, or taxis.

distracted = mobile phone usage

i saw an old lady driving around a round about the wrong way a few days ago.

Then yesterday i saw another oldish lady hit another car in a hospital car park and race off.

Luckily for the other vehicle,it was all caught on CCTV.

Originally Posted by bee utey

Possibly a high heel caught on a fancy floor mat,.

Slightly off topic, I picked up a worm car from Toyota Service the other week and they had removed the aftermarket floor mat (the ones with the raised edges) and placed it in the back foot well....the interesting part was they have a printed card that slips over the rear vision mirror highlighting the dangers of ill fitting floor mats.

"danger of ill fitting floor mats". Funny you should mention that as the people we had lunch with today have just had their Tojo floor mats replaced by them as they were catching the drivers heel when he went to brake. Obviously a known fault as they didn't make any complaint or mention the vehicle was out of warranty.
When you look at so many accidents and wonder "how did that happen"?, it can only put down as gross incompetence by drivers who are so bloody self centred and absorbed in other things like the phone etc.
Nearly all the shouting about extra overtaking lanes for the IOD in WA are misplaced as what they really need is some decent visible policing. Policing which doesn't just concentrate on speeding although I suspect that's asking a bit much.
Driving down from Carnarvon recently there was chatter from some young sounding blokes about the lack of overtaking lanes...I butted in and asked why when the road was mostly straight, you could see for about 10 kays easily and traffic was light to non existent most of the way to the Murchison River.
One of the turkeys said he didn't feel safe without one!!!! Another asked me if I was "bluesky" or someone and as they were calling each other by silly code names I reckoned they were Tojo drivers.
The chorus of relieved sounding chatter when they reached the first overtaking lane was amazing.
Bunch of incompetents.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

"danger of ill fitting floor mats". Funny you should mention that as the people we had lunch with today have just had their Tojo floor mats replaced by them as they were catching the drivers heel when he went to brake.

Whoops, should have mention they were after market ones with big lips around the outside and slide under the pedals.

My hi-lux still has OEM mats which are retain by two catches....Toyota blurb suggest fitting OEM mats.

Shutting the gate loudly, after the horse has bolted. There are now calls for defibrillators in all NSW Public Schools.