Thread: Road Rage, who gets it?

oh, another one from a few months ago. i was driving back home along cherry gardens road, and i'd been stuck behind a light truck (6-8ton) for a few kms doing 60 in the 80 zone. on a big straight i gave it the beans and pulled out, he then decided to do the same. sadly i wasnt much faster than him and only got past because there was a tight corner(i could see what was coming safely enough) and my brakes were better than his. he was an absolute ****** about it and then decided it iwas in his best interests to tailgate me the rest of the way. then when we pulled up at some traffic lights at woodcroft, he starts yelling abuse at me about MY dangerous driving.

Camry drivers!

Ruddy Camry drivers!

Does one need to sit an exam in bloody awful driving to get a Camry driver's licence?

I was about to overtake one this arvo (not unusual for me) when he pulled out in front of me to overtake the car in front (no blinker, of course). Did he overtake? Not bloody likely. He sat beside the other driver and both travelled at below the ruddy speed limit for miles (sounds better than km!)

Then we got to an 80km/h speed camera and they both slowed down to 60! What the heck! I don't know how many cars I pass at that particular speed camera. Going in the opposite direction is even better. I don't bother slowing at all as the camera only works on one direction but most drivers haven't worked that out.

What is it about speed cameras that people have to slow down so much as they pass it?

I often pass a copper on the way to work. He travels at the speed limit - I work next door to his station. He doesn't worry about me being over the limit a little bit.

Originally Posted by p38arover

What is it about speed cameras that people have to slow down so much as they pass it?

Because sometimes they are wrong, and if they are its up to you to prove it! It has alreadyhappened in Australia and it will happen again. Hopefully it won't be me.

"In July 2003, a Victoria speed camera accused motorist Vanessa Bridges' 1975 Datsun 120Y of driving at 98 MPH, setting off a chain reaction of events that ultimately cost the state government A$26 million in refunds. Even after the thirty-year-old Datsun was tested and found to be capable of reaching speeds no greater than 73 MPH, police dug in their heels and insisted the photo enforcement system was accurate and that Bridges' fine would stand. Intense publicity arising out of her case, however, forced an investigation into the cameras on the Western Ring Road. Independent testing showed faulty in-ground sensors and electromagnetic interference had been responsible for generating bogus speed readings. The government had no choice but to cancel 165,000 camera tickets. "

I was approaching a QLD camera in a 60 zone the other day and saw it flash someone who I thought didn't look to be going very fast. I slowed to 45, and a car about 50 m in front of me that was only going a little faster than me got flashed too. Luckily I didn't, but I did check and confirm it is 60 there. Just think, dozens of people are going to get booked for something they didn't do, and it's up to them to prove it!

I've never come across an inaccurate camera in NSW. I've often passed them at up to 10% above the limit and have never been flashed. I think the NSW cameras may have a +10% leeway - just don't exceed 10%.

I was once told by a Highway Patrol cop that he usually allows +10% +3km/h.

I don't exceed the 50km/h limit on suburban streets. I limit my speeding to highways and motorways.

My pet hate is following slower traffic who then speed up when you get to a passing lane. My solution is to put the foot down pass them and then ease back with your nose just in front of them as the lane ends so they have to brake to get in behind. Getting one up is a great cure for road rage!

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

easy, first gear, low range, left hand down to lock, drive up over the kerb, into and through the shrubbery and onto the grass, right hand down to lock push over the fence, and head back towards the road through the next yards shrubbery. Bounce down off of the kerb to drive across the road, mount the next kerb and proceed over the rockery, ford the koi pond, up over the wood chipped mound seperating the yards and straighten the wheel, over the grass and as the right hand wheel drops back onto the black top crank it back to left hand lock as the other wheels come back off of the grass over the kerb then straighten it up....

whats hard about that?

Brilliant! (Seriously Dave, you should write a book!!)

Tim

Originally Posted by George130

Coped that last week.
Lets just say the japero was in 5th and redlining on the down hill. He then got the message that my foot was planted and was not comming up till I got passed or .....
Once he back of he droped right back down to 90 in the 110 zone.

YEP ... we get these D*** heads out here too .... I recon they are playing the "Safety Game" or what ever is running through they stupid brain

When I go country ... The FORD ... Can't beat it ... Wanna pass them .. foot down and I'm gone

Sometimes when i have had enough of these clowns I will pass thenm // get in front //then slow them em down via the "taking foot off gas pedal" right down to 20k's an hour then hoof it off out of there /// My message to them is "Your jerking people off .. Stop it ... before someone gets hurt (car accident)

Another trick is //

Whole bunch of cars waiting for overtaking lane
Jerk does the "I'm gonna do 120 kph now" trick
Pass him .. Pull left .. take foot off gas pedal ... this will slow him up
He will be blocked in on the left side because all the traffic can now pass him ... as you have him penned down to 60k's
Once the 2 lanes become one ...all the traffic has pass him ... put your foot down
They won't follow you too closely .. as they think your nut's

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon
Actually jsust remembered the one thing that really bugs me.

People changing lanes over a solid white lines.

I think what annoys me is that they're probably so ignorant of the road rules that they aren't aware they're breaking them. Those solid lines are there for a reason (eg, before and after traffic lights, or when the road curves and inattention can cause you to drift into the wrong lane).

Risking an accident cause you don't know what the signs mean does bug me.

r

Originally Posted by Tombie2

The law doesn't disallow this action.

Its a signifier that an intersection is nearby, nothing more...

Driving and riding is all about Risk Assessment...

I probably wasn't clear enough in what I described. I meant this situation from the nsw rta website - Handbook page 109. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/...uh_english.pdf
S LANES
S lanes make a right turn lane at intersections
by merging the kerb-side lane and making the
other lanes follow an S shape. *A single unbroken
(continuous) white line separates the S shaped
lanes.You must not cross this line.*

They get used at points where people are turning/merging, to 'try' to ensure no-one does unnecesary lane changing - forces them to change earlier or later when there's less going on around them.

Might be different in other states.


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