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Sydney
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September 2004
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Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 13:13
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I was driving home from uni when an asian lady was driving along beside me in a blue 93 camry. It was on Lane Cove Rd and she was just driftin into my lane and it looked like one of those things where drivers some times drift into another lane for a second or two then straighten themselves back up.
So I'm watching and then I keep watching as I see the front half of her car move right infront of me but I was able to brake in time to avoid any kind of accident.
I was so shocked and dismayed that I even forgot about honking. All I could think in my head was WTF?!
I think she was drifting over then decided she would lane change without indicating and bothering to check to see if there were other cars around.. 
On Olympic Drive in Lidcombe it happened again. I happened to look to my right and she (another asian lady) was coming into my lane ( I was in left, she was in middle lane) but I saw what she was going to do so I honked but it must've made her accelerate because then she zipped in front of me and again I had to brake. I had to come to a complete stop. Luckily the traffic behind me was pretty far away so everyone was able to change lanes to avoid me. I had to stop completely so I started again and my ae82 doesn't accelerate blisteringly fast and the old man dickhead behind me is honking me!! What an arsehole.
The next day on Joseph St some arsehole tried to get into the right lane so they could turn right (2 lane road) but realised they couldn't so sort of tried to come in, followed by me honking and then they swerved back into their lane. I glare at the driver of the car to my left who is smiling and waving who happens to be, you guessed it, an asian woman.
This happened right after I got my car. It's so freaky I'm not even angry. My friend doesn't drive and I asked her why and she goes "I'm scared. I'm a woman and I'm asian"
I never really had any bad experiences before and thought what she said was a bit slack but now...
Just sharing my story 
I think it was just a run of freaky coincedances.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 13:20
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i think many people have week's where it seems everyone wants to hit you. I had a week where i was nearly side swiped or people locking up behind me or pulling out of streets without looking. I was nearly hit at least 5 times in 7 days, twice in the one day 
There was a thread a long while ago about who's worse, asian or indian drivers, and there was something along the lines of "old asain women in volvo's make me wanna go home"
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Location:
Sydney/Wollongong
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 13:25
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Had alot of people drifting into my lane recently, can't they even drive in straight line?
But my pet hate lately has been people who decide to turn left from the centre lane 'oh I couldn't possibly turn into that driveway from the kerb lane, think i'll just slow down in the middle of the highway' Happened to me at least 3 or 4 times in the past week...
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
May 2002
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Banned User
Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 14:14
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It just makes me wonder how in the hell did they get their licence...
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 14:18
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| SLY-T18 wrote on Mon, 14 March 2005 01:14 |
It just makes me wonder how in the hell did they get their licence...
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They go for it again and again and again.
One of the guys at work was telling me about his friend who went 18 times! FFS Find something your good at - like walking!
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 21:00
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I can vouch for the fact that asian women are horrendous drivers. Well, cept for my missus, she's a freak of nature. But my mum, aunties, sister, cousins etc should not be allowed on the road. They scare me.. and I wouldn't get into a car with them driving.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 22:27
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| Yian wrote on Mon, 14 March 2005 08:00 |
I can vouch for the fact that asian women are horrendous drivers. Well, cept for my missus, she's a freak of nature. But my mum, aunties, sister, cousins etc should not be allowed on the road. They scare me.. and I wouldn't get into a car with them driving.
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Yeah but you scare me aswell jkn 
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 22:37
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Bah 
I'm not that bad am I?? That dirt road was your idea remember?
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
May 2002
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Registered:
June 2003
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Sun, 13 March 2005 22:38
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I went to a high school that was about 90% asian, and we used to have great fun every afternoon watching the school carpark. 40-50 asian parents, all entering and leaving the one tiny school carpark, all inside 15 minutes.
I swear, it was better than watching the V8 supercars after it rains.
Bumps and nudges were a daily affair, occasionally a more noticeable crunch, and perhaps once a week or so a propper smash.
And the crazy thing is, they'd all just smile and wave to eachother out the window, and then keep on going! They'd never even stop! Made fantastic afternoon entertainment.
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Mon, 14 March 2005 13:01
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I've driven for a month in the past 2 years so when (if ) I get back to it I should be in for some shockers that are owed to me. Mind you i get into a car with just about anyone these days and it scares me more than when I was driving often.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Tue, 15 March 2005 00:28
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All the asian drivers in Australia are fairly sedate compared to how they drive in their own countries.
You should see the driving styles and resultant traffic & accidents in Shenzhen China.
Crossing the road over there even at traffic lights and zebra crossings can be a major health hazard.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Tue, 15 March 2005 01:03
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What zebra crossing? While I was there with my missus at the end of last year, I don't beleive people there knew what a zebra crossing was.. We almost got killed about 7 times trying to cross the roads. Oh.. and 1 way roads. There is no such thing. Even on 1 way roads, there are cars going in 3 different directions.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Tue, 15 March 2005 01:58
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I have footage of traffic from the philippines ITS CRAZY, there's no such thing as a oneway street, just fit as many cars either way as you can.
But the whole time I was there I didn't see one car with signs of an accident.
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Tue, 15 March 2005 06:51
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has anyone tried driving down Rowe Street in Eastwoo without having an accident? 
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: Weird Crazyness
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Tue, 15 March 2005 08:01
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| Yian wrote on Tue, 15 March 2005 12:03 |
What zebra crossing? While I was there with my missus at the end of last year, I don't beleive people there knew what a zebra crossing was.. We almost got killed about 7 times trying to cross the roads. Oh.. and 1 way roads. There is no such thing. Even on 1 way roads, there are cars going in 3 different directions.
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I love the frequency they cut each other off over there... every time the steering wheel is moved greater than 5 degrees it involves cutting someone else off.
I reckon they should send people from Australia who have bad road rage to China... they would either relax a bit on the roads or reduce the population of China significantly.
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