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From: atec7 7 ""atec77" on 17 Jun 2010 08:20 Mr.T wrote: > "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message > news:24jd169eq0sv9th7aknpnckpb0kcfiln88(a)4ax.com... >> Road rage, in its various forms, is the most neglected road safety >> issue in this country. The most common everyday examples I see >> are.... tailgating (when it's done to demonstrate annoyance or to >> intimidate, as it frequently is) and deliberately blocking others from >> merging, overtaking or lane changing. > > IME the common reason for drivers tailgating, is because others choose to > travel side by side with no attempt to move over. And drivers blocking > people from merging is commonly because people will pass in the left lane, > knowing it's just about to run out, and expecting to cut in and force the > rest to give way. Or on freeway entrances where they make no attempt to > match speed and find a gap, preferring to simply aim for the side of your > car and expect you to give way. > > Fine the dickheads who create the real problem IMO, and the road rage goes > away. > > MrT. > > I find most tailgaters are young and over estimate the reflex time they leave braking hard in the ftruck usually generates a cure
From: st3ph3nm on 18 Jun 2010 00:09 On Jun 16, 10:40 am, PHATRS <stoptryingt...(a)m.me> wrote: > On 14/06/10 12:41, st3ph3nm wrote: > > > I > > can't get over how many people just sit in the middle lane of three > > doing 10 or 14 km/h below the speed limit. > > > Cheers, > > Steve > > Well, how accurate is your speedo, and theirs? > > I've checked mine, so I drive AT 100kph. > > The middle lanes of the Monash freeway is full of drivers doing 95 or > even 90. The 90 kph'ers probably have 95 kph on their speedo, and have > "WIPED OFF FIVE" coz the govt told them to. > > Ben Doesn't matter actually. If they're not overtaking another vehicle, then they should be in the left hand lane - regardless of the speed they're doing. Cheers, Steve
From: Bernd Felsche on 18 Jun 2010 00:06 D Walford <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote: >On 17/06/2010 9:09 AM, John_H wrote: >> D Walford wrote: >>> I've spotted a few cops doing that behind me when I was driving trucks >>> and they don't seem to like it when you back off by about 20kph:-) >> They'd probably like it even less if you did it under heavy braking >> (which is the risk all tailgaters run)! :) >Got rid of of cop unintentionally one day when I locked up all 12 >trailer wheels in a panic stop, he was beside me when I hit the brakes >but wasn't there after the smoke had cleared and I have no idea where he >disappeared to:-) Stuck under the trailer between the tractor and the front trailer axle? :-) -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | For every complex problem there is an X against HTML mail | answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. / \ and postings | --HL Mencken
From: Bernd Felsche on 18 Jun 2010 00:10 D Walford <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote: >On 17/06/2010 7:28 PM, Mr.T wrote: >> The sad thing is that there was a road safety campaign decades >> ago that said "Courtesy is catching". >> Unfortunately it never caught on! >And sadly morons who tailgate for any reason are the worst offenders. >> IF it did we may have been able to have road behaviour like Germany. >Possibly but we also need Police willing to enforce all the rules and >not just those relating to speed. They have their "rule of the day" as well. There are lots of unmarked cars patrolling with video cameras. And plenty of marked cars as well. And in some areas, there are speed traps with no other purpose than to generate revenue under the pretext of "law enforcement". -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | For every complex problem there is an X against HTML mail | answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. / \ and postings | --HL Mencken
From: D Walford on 18 Jun 2010 04:38
On 18/06/2010 2:06 PM, Bernd Felsche wrote: > D Walford<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote: >> On 17/06/2010 9:09 AM, John_H wrote: >>> D Walford wrote: > >>>> I've spotted a few cops doing that behind me when I was driving trucks >>>> and they don't seem to like it when you back off by about 20kph:-) > >>> They'd probably like it even less if you did it under heavy braking >>> (which is the risk all tailgaters run)! :) > >> Got rid of of cop unintentionally one day when I locked up all 12 >> trailer wheels in a panic stop, he was beside me when I hit the brakes >> but wasn't there after the smoke had cleared and I have no idea where he >> disappeared to:-) > > Stuck under the trailer between the tractor and the front trailer axle? > :-) If he was there I must have squashed him into such a small space that he was invisible or maybe he fell out before I got back to the depot:-) Daryl |