Pete A Member 442 Member For: 15y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: Castle Hill NSW Posted 14/06/10 01:08 PM Share Posted 14/06/10 01:08 PM I missed the article but I think this is the most important thread for some time.This is all good stuff and I agree with the lifting of highway speed limits and the reduction of so many speed changes in urban areas etc etc etc. MS driving a FORD was really great! Shows up something doesn't it?But my main concern is two fold.1. The drunk drivers. Raising the speed limits mean they are even more dangerous. They can go faster leagally and so the risk is greater because their sub-conscious tells them they can go faster.2. Half the people with licenses now don't deserve them. I see so many bad drivers every day and this is where the big risk is with anything that is put forward about raising limits. Letting them drive faster is a real problem. I've driven all over Europe for years on the Autobans and over there these people are brought up with the knowledge of how to drive fast when it is required. The education is the issue. I've been driving at 220+K's on some freeways and even though there's traffic they know what to do. They know that there are fast cars all the time and they are alert to it. Even if they are traveling much slower, they know how to make it work. I NEVER had a problem. Being able to do a reverse park, know how far to park from a corner, hill start, is 1% of how to drive. Yet they dish out licenses to all and sundry like there's no tomorrow and to many people in Australia who can't even speak English. But that's another matter. I would say that there is only a very small percentage of people in Australia with current licenses that are able to drive at 140kph with any confidence or capability without killing themselves and someone else.So it's the education, not the speed, and I think that despite what MS reports says, that's the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 14/06/10 01:22 PM Author Share Posted 14/06/10 01:22 PM So it's the education, not the speed, and I think that despite what MS reports says, that's the issue.THAT was the whole point of the statement he made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete A Member 442 Member For: 15y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: Castle Hill NSW Posted 14/06/10 02:09 PM Share Posted 14/06/10 02:09 PM Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Member 144 Member For: 18y 9m 11d Posted 14/06/10 10:40 PM Share Posted 14/06/10 10:40 PM (edited) the article was porb taken from a Sudray Night news report about Mark going to Germany to see why their accident rate is so low in ypung people considering the lucky buggers have autobarns.on the web page below there is a road ahead video link, saw it sunday night, really interesting but so logical. better roads, better cars, BETTER DRIVER EDUCATION! Sunday Night Videos - Yahoo!7 TVspeed is not the killer we are being taught it is, just a lack of expierance of it! When I did my driving test only 10 years ago, in a largeish town (geelong) I never got over 55km/h for the entire test! Of the few driving lessons I did have, I didnt go over 70 on any raods, crazy! Edited 14/06/10 10:43 PM by oldskool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 15/06/10 01:09 AM Author Share Posted 15/06/10 01:09 AM The article was ABOUT Mark being on the show Sunday night.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 15/06/10 01:15 AM Share Posted 15/06/10 01:15 AM I reckon it should be more about driver training rather than just simply jacking up the speed...what do you reckon Dags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 15/06/10 01:33 AM Author Share Posted 15/06/10 01:33 AM What if they made it about driver education and improving the road networks rather than just increasing the speed limit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 15/06/10 01:42 AM Share Posted 15/06/10 01:42 AM 140 ks wouldn't work in Qld. Farkers sitting in the RH lanes are completly oblivious to what is happening around them let alone behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 21y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/06/10 09:42 AM Share Posted 15/06/10 09:42 AM well youre the dipsh*t who moved there....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Donating Members 553 Member For: 15y 6m 2d Gender: Male Posted 15/06/10 11:17 AM Share Posted 15/06/10 11:17 AM 140 ks wouldn't work in Qld. Farkers sitting in the RH lanes are completly oblivious to what is happening around them let alone behindgrrrrrr there is nothing worse! nothing gives me the sh*ts more! and it pisses me off so much that at the soonest opportunity I boost the f*ck out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now