Post by NoddyPost by Trevor WilsonPost by NoddyPost by Trevor WilsonOnly just yesterday, I was faced with the choice of being hit by a
moron in a Ranger, who was unable to correctly judge the
dimensions of his car and so drove 500mm over the centre line of
the road, thus forcing me to take evasive action.
Oddly enough I've been confronted with the same situation, and by
people in things like Toyota Corollas.
**That's one of the nice things about driving a 24 year old, 1,600kg
Nissan, that, at best, is worth 5 Grand. People in Corollas do not
play chicken with me. In fact, the last dickhead who wanted to play
chicken was driving a new, E400 Benz. It was one of those 'zipper'
lane changes. I drive it a few times a week and the vast majority of
people are comfortable to obey NSW road rules and join one for one.
Anyway, I let the guy on my left into the lane and about 2 Metres
behind him was this fuckwit in his Benz, demanding to be let in. I
judged that his car was worth 20 ~ 25 times the value of my car and
held my nerve. He backed off then leaned on his horn for the next
couple of kms. Fucking idiot. I love driving an old shitheap. Great
for parking in the local Westfield too.
Yeah, okay. Not sure what this had to do with anything being
discussed here, but anyway.
I see people on the wrong side of the road all the time, and that's
due largely to where I live. I live just outside of Bacchus Marsh,
and go into town every day for my morning coffee and paper. The road
leading into Bacchus Marsh is the Avenue of Honour, which is a well
known stretch of a few km's, and it's a 60km/h single lane each way
with double lines for most of it's length. It's a popular tourist
spot thanks to the strawberry farm and fruit orchids.
It's *also* a popular road for cyclists, and because it has no bike
lane and a dirt shoulder, the cyclists naturally tend to ride to the
right of the lane edge. This causes a *lot* of car driving retards to
give them a wide berth when going around them, with some going
completely over the double lines in doing so. Such people seem to be
of the opinion that in doing so they have right of way over the
traffic coming their way on the other side of the road, and while
Commodore drivers are far and away the biggest retard demographic on
our roads this kind of behaviour attracts all kinds from the smallest
cars to the largest trucks.
Suffice to say, stupid behaviour isn't confined to people who drive utes.
the road.