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Yian
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Re: look at me! im drive 40 on 60 road! im SAFE!

Sat, 13 November 2004 10:57

thu187 wrote on Sat, 13 November 2004 20:16

b1gb3n wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 15:38

thu187 wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 14:15

b1gb3n wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 04:34

Yian wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 02:38

Heh. Its almost as bad as when I almost ran up this Holden driven by some old dude. I was going a tad over 70 (maybe 80? maybe 90? I dunno but thats not the point) on a 70km/h road and this guy pulls out from his driveway on a 3 lane road and merges straight into the right lane which I am on. I was a fair way back at this point but c'mon, if you want to merge into the right at least speed up. I had to brake down to 40km/h coz I just didnt realise that they would be stupid enough to go that slow in the right lane. And kept at that speed for another approx. 1km. Ah well. At least I know my brakes work.

maybe its coz the holden has poor acceleration?? Rolling Eyes

If you're a good driver you know how fast your car accelerates and you will know not to merge into the right lane of a 3-lane road if you don't have the pace. Heaps of times I've had to wait longer than usual to turn into a road when I've got 4 or 5 people in the car because I know my car won't make it. Sometimes it pisses people off but I'm not stupid enough to try and floor it. I'm not going to get into an accident because someone behind me can't hang on for 30 seconds. Pffft.

And how many good drivers have u seen on the road?? U cant expect general ppl around u to be good drivers

I think it's a perfectly good expectation. When you drive your own car you have a feel for it. You know how fast it goes and if you can make it or not. Maybe it doesn't happen but it should be expected. The path to obtaining a license should be a lot more demanding I think.
Even instructors will tell you, when over-taking, don't get right behind the car. Keep a distance of like a metre then change lanes and then come back into your original lane. However this isn't possible if you have an older, crappy car (which instructors do not).
I've been honked at before because I desperately needed to get into the next lane and because traffic was travelling fast, when I got to the next lane it was too close to the guy behind me's car (even though it actually was safe). Still, if I had a better engine it would be much easier but it'd be nice if people considered these sorts of things more.
I'm tired, I might be rambling on and talking shit.

Well, its understood that it takes time to gather speed. But being

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a fair way back at this point

I did have room to stop and he did have room to speed up. The fact that he was at 40km/h for

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another approx. 1km

is what shits me. Dude, I've ridden my bicycle before and at full pedal-off-my-ass effort I can hit 60km/h in less than a 1km distance.

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