RAP1D Member Donating Members 3,739 Member For: 18y 8m 10d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW Posted 29/02/08 11:24 PM Share Posted 29/02/08 11:24 PM Yeah true, a 40 year old can drive camry's for 20 years then jump into a F6 with some mods and wipe himself out... was was experienced, just not with high power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/03/08 12:40 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 12:40 AM (edited) This story is crazy. Something like this was bound to come up sooner or later.It's all just inexperience and lack of education...I'm glad I drove 5 totally different cars all under 100kws before I got into my F6. I did some STUUUUPID things, but I NEVER went over an unsafe speed (120- 150 max, depending on the surroundings and the car).As I said in another topic somewhere, driver education is the only way to stop so many people from dying on the road. As this story clearly states, you can drive one of the most safe cars in the world and still end up dead if you do not know what you're doing and excessively speed.SPEED KILLS Edited 01/03/08 12:41 AM by R-SPEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/03/08 12:46 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 12:46 AM (edited) As I said in another topic somewhere, driver education is the only way to stop so many people from dying on the road.Mabey not, this may give people the impression that they are better abled to handle a car at high speeds and around tricky corners when infact there not.Example: "Don't worry mate I done a few of those driver corses and now I'm a pro, watch this!".......BANG! Edited 01/03/08 12:48 AM by XRTPSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 01/03/08 12:54 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 12:54 AM Its not the performance driving course kids should be taking, its the driver education courses, these courses are conducted at normal road speeds - 60, 80 and maybe 110km/h depending on the track - and show people hoe to control a vehicle in an emergency situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 01/03/08 01:20 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 01:20 AM SPEED KILLSBullsh*t it does. Stupidity kills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvyk Member 1,070 Member For: 19y 10m 29d Location: The North Cooma End of Canberra... Posted 01/03/08 01:44 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 01:44 AM This is the big problem with modern day cars, and especially high performance cars. They are very safe, have excellent handling, brakes, and especially with the T's silky smooth acceleration. They do not feel overly fast until your pushing big numbers. The problem is that even 40KM/h can feel extremely fast when the car loses it and is no longer in your control. (Trust me on that one, I was at an advanced driver training day when the T came off the track, it was only at very low speeds which all of a sudden felt very fast whilst sliding sideways out of control)Most modern day cars will easily reach 180KM/h, and the modern day performance cars will reach speeds of well over 200Km/h. The even worse problem is that it's not until you've hit these sorts of speeds that it truly feels fast.Anyone who is not used to performance cars can easily be tricked into thinking they are going slower than they really are. These been a few times in the T where I've been thinking I might be only doing 130Km/h to 140Km/h, where I've actually been in a different gear to the one I thought I was in and I was doing 200Km/h.Given that it's very easy to build the speeds up, it also means that when things do go wrong it's happening at much higher speeds. Even the best drivers in the world can't do anything when their cars turn them into a passenger at the higher speeds, just look at any car race. I'd say most of those guys would be amongst the best drivers in the world and they still slide off the road from time to time. What chance does the average joe have?[/rant] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvyk Member 1,070 Member For: 19y 10m 29d Location: The North Cooma End of Canberra... Posted 01/03/08 01:46 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 01:46 AM Bullsh*t it does. Stupidity kills.No, speed kills, have you ever seen a car accident involving 2 cars which where not moving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/03/08 02:02 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 02:02 AM Bullsh*t it does. Stupidity kills.They both tie into eachother.I was t-boned 6 years ago in a Bluebird. I was travelling at about 10kmh pulling out of a carpark, and some f*ck head in a VS V8 ute hit me at 70kph in a 50kph zone. He hit the drivers side passenger door. I spun about 200°, the chassis rail under the doors snapped in two and the door was pushed in over 40cm. If he had have hit my door OR if he was going any faster I would have been in some serious trouble.Speeding is stupid and speed kills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 8m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/03/08 03:08 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 03:08 AM No, speed kills, have you ever seen a car accident involving 2 cars which where not moving? Well if we're getting testicle. Speed doesn't kill, it's the stop at the end that does. I've never heard of anyone dying at 200kph aside from maybe a heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 01/03/08 03:18 AM Share Posted 01/03/08 03:18 AM "It wont happen to me....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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