Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 3m 10d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 05/03/10 03:25 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:25 AM OK ...Here's the thing... I was driving today as usual... and it must have been idiot day or something... but everyone was cutting me off.. and people weren't merging right etc etc...there were at least 5 close calls to accident I saw...and 2 accidents!Well.. it dawned on me... they were 90% older people... say over 50... and a couple say in their late 30's....This brought me back to a huge topic I believe should be promenent....Testing Once you Reach 50/60/70etc!Now when my mum went to get her licence all she had to do was go to the police station and go to the desk, ask the cop, go for a 5 minute drive and POW she had her licence!Forgive me for being ignornt, but I had to go through so much crap to now get my full licence (hopefully) next month!And failed my first p's test coz I indicated when leaving a kerb for 4 seconds not 5...I just think times have changed and some people have never been taught how to drive properly... so I think maybe driving tests should be mandatory when you hit say 40, then 50, then 60 and every 2-3 years after that...My main concern (working with a lot of elderly), I find that a lot of them drive...and OMG!!! would not want to run into them on the road!!!... I have issues with young people unneccisarily acting like tools on the road... but OMG!!!THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE CAUSE SO MANY ACCIDENTS!...Not long ago on one of our expressways an elderly man merged into a 90km/hr zone doing 20km/hr and cut straight infront of a semi... ofcourse the semi got blamed! and the media played it up as this poor old grandpa blah blah.. when there is an accident involving two cars and one is a p plater.. and one is a elderly person... the kid seems to cop the blame (media wise) even though its not always the case...I'm certainly not saying young drivers are all innocent!!!!!!!!coz we know theyre not!!!But I think that once you hit 60 you should have driving test... aswell as the vision test etc that I believe are manditory once you hit a certain age.. just coz you can see, doesnt mean you have the fast reflexes and sensory perception to drive a vehicle on the road!...Well... now I've had my bitch... please put you 2 cents in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macktheknife Xtreme Xalted Member Donating Members 3,112 Member For: 21y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: BrisVegas Posted 05/03/10 03:29 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:29 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/03/10 03:30 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:30 AM I see this all the time as I work on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 3m 10d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 05/03/10 03:33 AM Author Share Posted 05/03/10 03:33 AM Ye...... I drive a lot for my job.. so ye.. I see it frequently....Dont get me wrong.. im not saying once you hit 40 your a crap driver!... but most of the people on here are car enthusasts so you obviously enjoy driving... im talking about the other 90% of the population who only use driving as a mode of transport and don't care about how they drive or the car they drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIXT Member 193 Member For: 15y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: perth hills Posted 05/03/10 03:35 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:35 AM Driving tests should be done once you hit 65 and above not 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/03/10 03:38 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:38 AM Somebody needs a hug!I love driving, will do a 150km trip to get a bottle of milk, but I'm genuinely scared driving around in the city when it's raining. There seems to be an ever-increasing percentage of ignorant careless retarded drivers at the moment. There's f*ckwits in all demographics. P-platers predominately have accidents that result in death/major injury, everyone else just runs in to everything at low speed and causes accidents behind them, the former makes a more exciting headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macktheknife Xtreme Xalted Member Donating Members 3,112 Member For: 21y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: BrisVegas Posted 05/03/10 03:38 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:38 AM Oh good. that's years away........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/03/10 03:41 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:41 AM (edited) Only cause they don't drive performance cars, I'm sure it they did there would be more deaths in that category too. Edited 05/03/10 03:42 AM by Dillz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 3m 10d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 05/03/10 03:42 AM Author Share Posted 05/03/10 03:42 AM (edited) ye... I agree tab....but the thing is... I know you guys are 40 and probably great drivers..(mayb its just SA) but there are loads of 40ish driver I see every day who got no clue!!!!! My mum is one of em!!!!!Never had proper lessons or been talked through road rules...I mean merging is a huge gripe of mine!!!... IF YOU MERGE YOU DONT SLOW DOWN YOU GO THE SAME SPEED AS THE TRAFFIC YOU ARE MERGING INTO!!!!! WHY DONT PEOPLE GET IT!!!!! THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A MERGING LANE IN A 100KMPH ZONE!!! WTF!!!!...YES TAB I DO NEED A HUG ...now I have little bits of steem coming out... merging makes me mad!!! ahaha Edited 05/03/10 03:44 AM by xr6turbo_chick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/03/10 03:46 AM Share Posted 05/03/10 03:46 AM Yep, love the merging technique. Travel on to a motorway doing 40km/h under the limit, move right, hope for the best, give the finger to the bloke that almost rear-ended you and is making obscene gestures with one hand while the other is firmly planted on the horn....and ease up on the 40 bit FFS. Nowhere near that yet thank christ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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