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Re: Dodgy Government / Police One-Sided Thinking

Wed, 07 January 2004 04:02

justcallmefrank wrote on Wed, 07 January 2004 10:25

Apollo, I understood you fully in regards to maturity when I quoted that. I don't personally see how you write off every 17yo as being immature. In the grand scheme of things, it isn't age or even exactly maturity that is responsible for road accidents, its a lack of attentiveness and a lack of adequate training. I think the ages are fine, 16yo gets their L's and 17yo's can get their P's.

It was one of those Today Tonight/A Current Affairs shows that I saw a thing about roundabouts and how there are so many people are useless at navigating them nearly causing accidents. That just shows that there are serious issues with the training of people, you can't just tackle young people.

Yes, I remember being 17 though and the sort of things that 17 year olds get up to. Wink

But my maturity point is only one of many. But as Caledwvech has said, there are plenty more:

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I have lost count of the number of times I have had to swerve/brake hard to avoid an accident in the last year or so. And of course you always give that person a nice glare, lean on the horn or whatever. And if memory serves me correctly not ONCE has the offender been less than 30 years old (well as far as you can tell from there).

We are just a convieniant scape goat.

Yes, I find that the majority of lane cutters/whatever else causes me to brake hard is in this age group as well, (and are women). But they are basically not likely to be the ones with the loud music doing the ful sic burnouts from every stop. Wink

They are just the ones to endanger their children that are with them instead.

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1. Look in rearview mirror and over shoulder
2. Put blinker on
3. Look over shoulder and in rearview mirror again, and at the same time swerve slightly towards that lane.
4. Jerk back suddenly when realised swerving.
5. If another car is within 5 meters of the back of your car, wait.
6. Look over once again at the same time as pulling foot off accelerator.
7. Accelerate hard into other lane relieved that yet another obstacle has been overcome.

1 and 2 is what you should do anyway. You DO check your blind spot don't you and never rely soley upon your mirrors? I ALWAYS check over my shoulder and make sure there is at least a car length between me and any other car in the lane I'll be going into to avoid in the event that if I change lanes and the car then which will be infront of me brakes hard and I have to as well, there is plenty of space behind me.

Plus I hate having to change lanes right infront of someone making them an instant tailgater. I know I hate it when it happens to me.

It just comes down to courtesy and sense.

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