Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 23/10/06 12:33 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 12:33 PM I honestly believe one the brightest things which the government/department of transport has proposed in a long, long time is for all P platers to have to undergo a compulsory defensive driver training program. I would have loved to have done one. ←Yep and take it to the next level Advanced driver training Guess what you can still stack it But this thread proves that age,ability and belief surpasses everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flukey Seriously Flukey Member Donating Members 4,354 Member For: 20y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 23/10/06 12:44 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 12:44 PM I honestly believe one the brightest things which the government/department of transport has proposed in a long, long time is for all P platers to have to undergo a compulsory defensive driver training program. I would have loved to have done one. ←Yep and take it to the next level Advanced driver training Guess what you can still stack it But this thread proves that age,ability and belief surpasses everything ←Spot on Jules. At 20 I was invincible too. Attitudes change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 21y 7m 30d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 23/10/06 01:05 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 01:05 PM Spot on Jules. At 20 I was invincible too.←Yeah...but you had a centura... At least I think it was youLumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jEtONiT Donating Members 1,817 Member For: 21y 8d Gender: Not Telling Location: next door.. Posted 23/10/06 01:59 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 01:59 PM I honestly believe one the brightest things which the government/department of transport has proposed in a long, long time is for all P platers to have to undergo a compulsory defensive driver training program. I would have loved to have done one. ←Spot on with that.. Now this test would realy distinguish good drivers from bad ones, and keep the bad ones off the road.That should see the road casualties decline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxr64t XXR.64T Donating Members 560 Member For: 19y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: sydney's east!!! Posted 23/10/06 02:20 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 02:20 PM Guys seriously Its an ford. Not even worth over 50k. In snotty eastern suburbs sydney ive seen a black sl55 amg and the driver had green p plates. the guy looked 19-20yrs old . I thought u farrrking cuunnt. And if any one in syd noticed the amount of m3's u see wit p plates. Whats next, a rolls royce phantom wit l plates.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR68UZ XR68UZ Donating Members 732 Member For: 18y 10m 6d Location: Sydney Posted 23/10/06 02:27 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 02:27 PM so like is this thread about young drivers driving fast cars, or young drivers driving expensive cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxr64t XXR.64T Donating Members 560 Member For: 19y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: sydney's east!!! Posted 23/10/06 02:36 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 02:36 PM so like is this thread about young drivers driving fast cars, or young drivers driving expensive cars?←bahh who knows lets just start talking about the weather see where that leads to.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicksy still kicking around Member 1,789 Member For: 21y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Mackay Posted 23/10/06 05:44 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 05:44 PM so like is this thread about young drivers driving fast cars, or young drivers driving expensive cars?←bahh who knows lets just start talking about the weather see where that leads to.... ←the weather is friggin windy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 4m 26d Location: Canberra Posted 23/10/06 10:54 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 10:54 PM I notice comments about "I know my ability and the capability of my car, so I know how hard I can push it".. well that's utter BS. Unless you're on the track, then your ability, and your cars ability counts for very little on a public road. You can't control any variables except for your driving... kid jumps out, mum walks out, drunk stumbles onto road, driver doesn't see your 'faster then normal car'.. there are endless, scenarios that can unfold that mean jack sh*t of your ability... Doesn't matter how good you are, if you're speeding and something happens you will not have enough time to react safely... I'm no saint, but I barely speed anymore... and if I do its maybe 90 or so in an 80 zone or something like that.. of course you give the car the odd squirt that's why we have them, but its about risk management. And the public road is always a big risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 4m 26d Location: Canberra Posted 23/10/06 11:01 PM Share Posted 23/10/06 11:01 PM I honestly believe one the brightest things which the government/department of transport has proposed in a long, long time is for all P platers to have to undergo a compulsory defensive driver training program. I would have loved to have done one. ←As much as I agree with that, part of me wonders how many young drivers will then become even more over confident... its all well and good to do a controlled slide at a driver training day on a huge bit of ashpalt, but the road is different. of course not everyone is going to get that attitude, but it does happen.Personally, part of the reason I don't speed or belt my car is because I don't trust my abilities in controlling the car in a bad situation. At the end of the day though, like guns... people kill people with cars.. its not the car, its the person behind the wheel. Normal commodores and falcons worth no more then $2500 are more then capable of reaching high speeds on the open road... in fact, most 4 cyl cars can do it too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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