Showing posts with label driver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label driver. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Idiot Driver Gave Me A Bump Today
I hate people that don't stop at stop signs. How hard is it? Do they not understand English or can they not read or is that they just don't have the right driving skills?
I went to visit a sick friend today. Had a good chat, did a bit of shopping for him and ran an errand as well. Haven't seen him for ages and it was good to catch up. I was in a bit of a hurry to leave afterwards as The Boy and I were heading to taekwondo training but I obviously wasn't in the same hurry that the idiot behind me apparently was.
Outside of my friend's apartment block his street joins an arterial road which is controlled by a stop sign. That didn't bother the three cars in front of me who all turned left without stopping. I was slightly concerned that the guy behind me might think that I would do the same thing. Well, I didn't. I stopped. That's what you are supposed to do at a stop sign. The road is busy, the corner is slightly blind, so there's good reason for having a stop sign in existence. The guy behind me did stop but only after he had rammed me up the arse.
I got out of my car and yelled at him that there was a "f*%$ing stop sign" there whilst pointing at it. No word from the idiot driver. His girlfriend just yelled out to ask if there was any damage. Yes, some paint from my bumper and a bit of paint on my exhaust pipe. He had a reasonable dent in his front bumper. It would be a little nasty of me to publish his seven character alphanumeric plate so I'll just say that it started with "1BMH" and ended with "954". I hope like hell that there is no damage to the exhaust that will rear its ugly head in time to come and isn't apparent now.
Man, did I want to punch this guy. No remorse at all. What's wrong with saying sorry? I've got a good mind to call the police and dob him in for failure to stop for which I understand the penalty is three (3) demerit points and three (3) penalty units for a fine. Gee I was wild but quickly realised that the accident wasn't serious and there was no point in getting into a fight. No-one was injured and the apparent damage was less than $1,000. I even had enough sense to see that it was pointless to kick his car in anger as that would just give him good reason to ram my car again or something.
Need I reiterate - I hate idiot drivers.
I went to visit a sick friend today. Had a good chat, did a bit of shopping for him and ran an errand as well. Haven't seen him for ages and it was good to catch up. I was in a bit of a hurry to leave afterwards as The Boy and I were heading to taekwondo training but I obviously wasn't in the same hurry that the idiot behind me apparently was.
Outside of my friend's apartment block his street joins an arterial road which is controlled by a stop sign. That didn't bother the three cars in front of me who all turned left without stopping. I was slightly concerned that the guy behind me might think that I would do the same thing. Well, I didn't. I stopped. That's what you are supposed to do at a stop sign. The road is busy, the corner is slightly blind, so there's good reason for having a stop sign in existence. The guy behind me did stop but only after he had rammed me up the arse.
I got out of my car and yelled at him that there was a "f*%$ing stop sign" there whilst pointing at it. No word from the idiot driver. His girlfriend just yelled out to ask if there was any damage. Yes, some paint from my bumper and a bit of paint on my exhaust pipe. He had a reasonable dent in his front bumper. It would be a little nasty of me to publish his seven character alphanumeric plate so I'll just say that it started with "1BMH" and ended with "954". I hope like hell that there is no damage to the exhaust that will rear its ugly head in time to come and isn't apparent now.
Man, did I want to punch this guy. No remorse at all. What's wrong with saying sorry? I've got a good mind to call the police and dob him in for failure to stop for which I understand the penalty is three (3) demerit points and three (3) penalty units for a fine. Gee I was wild but quickly realised that the accident wasn't serious and there was no point in getting into a fight. No-one was injured and the apparent damage was less than $1,000. I even had enough sense to see that it was pointless to kick his car in anger as that would just give him good reason to ram my car again or something.
Need I reiterate - I hate idiot drivers.
Friday, October 15, 2010
I've Seen Drivers Do Some Dumb Things In My Time
I've seen drivers do some dumb things in my time.
For instance:
- When I was a learner driver I was on the highway where the speed limit was 110km/h but I was only permitted to do 80km/h. A truck was approaching from the opposite direction in the other lane and about four cars overtook me. A fifth car pulled out to overtake but only drew level. I had to pull as far to the left of the roadway as I could without hitting the gravel and the truck had to do the same. The lady who had been overtaking me just sat next to me until the truck passed by. I tell you, time slowed down. I looked at the woman and she was just staring into the distance. As soon as the truck was gone she proceeded to complete her overtaking manoeuvre. There we were, three vehicles taking up two lanes at high speed. That's probably the most stupid bit of driving that I've experienced. I didn't even think to get her number plate.
- An idiot driving the wrong way down a one way street at speed and almost causing an accident which I wrote about recently.
- I see plenty of people with earphones in and they obviously don't have the same understanding of what is going on around them. The awareness can't be there.
- People driving without footwear. I consider this to be crazy.
- One morning whilst on the bus we passed a vehicle in which the driver had a laptop on the passenger seat with a porn movie playing.
- Drivers on their mobile phones, without a hands-free kit, whilst driving are certainly not as attentive as they should be. Even the use of a hands-free kit should be banned in my opinion as drivers are still distracted too much.
Something I saw this afternoon made me shudder. I saw a vehicle, a ute, displaying a prominent L-plate which caught my attention. The driver had a mobile phone to his ear. But, he wasn't holding it. The passenger was holding it. So, you may argue that the phone was being used in a hands-free manner. Not so. The passenger is legally the driver of the vehicle as they are responsible for the actions of the person, a learner driver, behind the wheel. What the hell was the woman thinking? What does she think she is teaching the young driver? No wonder there are so many people at risk on the roads with teachers such as her. Where has common sense gone?
I'm appalled by her lack of judgement and skill at teaching someone else to drive. What a terrible habit to introduce to a learner driver.
For instance:
- When I was a learner driver I was on the highway where the speed limit was 110km/h but I was only permitted to do 80km/h. A truck was approaching from the opposite direction in the other lane and about four cars overtook me. A fifth car pulled out to overtake but only drew level. I had to pull as far to the left of the roadway as I could without hitting the gravel and the truck had to do the same. The lady who had been overtaking me just sat next to me until the truck passed by. I tell you, time slowed down. I looked at the woman and she was just staring into the distance. As soon as the truck was gone she proceeded to complete her overtaking manoeuvre. There we were, three vehicles taking up two lanes at high speed. That's probably the most stupid bit of driving that I've experienced. I didn't even think to get her number plate.
- An idiot driving the wrong way down a one way street at speed and almost causing an accident which I wrote about recently.
- I see plenty of people with earphones in and they obviously don't have the same understanding of what is going on around them. The awareness can't be there.
- People driving without footwear. I consider this to be crazy.
- One morning whilst on the bus we passed a vehicle in which the driver had a laptop on the passenger seat with a porn movie playing.
- Drivers on their mobile phones, without a hands-free kit, whilst driving are certainly not as attentive as they should be. Even the use of a hands-free kit should be banned in my opinion as drivers are still distracted too much.
Something I saw this afternoon made me shudder. I saw a vehicle, a ute, displaying a prominent L-plate which caught my attention. The driver had a mobile phone to his ear. But, he wasn't holding it. The passenger was holding it. So, you may argue that the phone was being used in a hands-free manner. Not so. The passenger is legally the driver of the vehicle as they are responsible for the actions of the person, a learner driver, behind the wheel. What the hell was the woman thinking? What does she think she is teaching the young driver? No wonder there are so many people at risk on the roads with teachers such as her. Where has common sense gone?
I'm appalled by her lack of judgement and skill at teaching someone else to drive. What a terrible habit to introduce to a learner driver.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
I Hate Idiot Drivers
Couple of weeks back I was very close to being confronted by an idiot driver. He was driving, quite quickly, the wrong way down a one-way section of street and would have been very close to hitting me if he had continued. The reason he didn't continue was to turn into somebody's driveway to avoid being hit by a vehicle heading towards him (in the correct direction I might add).
I took note of his number plate, the time and the location and got The Boy to write it down. We were heading to taekwondo training and I wanted to ring the police afterwards. I even slowed down so that he could catch up to me and I'd be able to describe the driver and his vehicle better. His driving was reckless in the manner of his speed and the road is quite clearly marked with a NO ENTRY sign. The Boy wants me to be a cop as I see all sorts of indiscretions on the road. Unfortunately they don't allow police to shoot roadusers who deserve to be and the pay isn't good enough. I'd spend all of my time filling in paperwork. What do they say? So many idiots, so few bullets.
Later that evening I rang the police to report an idiot driver and told them so. Gave the lady on the other end of the phone the registration details, car colour and model and a description of the driver. She said it was very helpful to be able to describe the driver as the number plate doesn't give them enough proof to charge the registered owner in itself. I asked what would happen, but her response was that she worked in a call centre and that sort of information didn't flow back to them, and I guessed that I'd already made my statement. I suppose if it went to court there would be no need for me to attend. Anyway, the lady looked up the registered owner's details and said that my description was very good. I asked, "Does it say that he's an idiot there?" We both had a good laugh about it and I gather from her response that the driver has quite some record of idiotic driving.
Need to get these sorts of people off the road. I hate idiot drivers.
I took note of his number plate, the time and the location and got The Boy to write it down. We were heading to taekwondo training and I wanted to ring the police afterwards. I even slowed down so that he could catch up to me and I'd be able to describe the driver and his vehicle better. His driving was reckless in the manner of his speed and the road is quite clearly marked with a NO ENTRY sign. The Boy wants me to be a cop as I see all sorts of indiscretions on the road. Unfortunately they don't allow police to shoot roadusers who deserve to be and the pay isn't good enough. I'd spend all of my time filling in paperwork. What do they say? So many idiots, so few bullets.
Later that evening I rang the police to report an idiot driver and told them so. Gave the lady on the other end of the phone the registration details, car colour and model and a description of the driver. She said it was very helpful to be able to describe the driver as the number plate doesn't give them enough proof to charge the registered owner in itself. I asked what would happen, but her response was that she worked in a call centre and that sort of information didn't flow back to them, and I guessed that I'd already made my statement. I suppose if it went to court there would be no need for me to attend. Anyway, the lady looked up the registered owner's details and said that my description was very good. I asked, "Does it say that he's an idiot there?" We both had a good laugh about it and I gather from her response that the driver has quite some record of idiotic driving.
Need to get these sorts of people off the road. I hate idiot drivers.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Speeding P-Plater
One would consider a probationary driver exceeding the speed limit by 60 km/h to be rather foolish and unworthy of being entrusted with driving on the road for the safety of other road users with immediate effect. There was a report in the local rag back home recently of an 18 year old p-plater from Adelaide, some 270 km away, who was caught driving her father's BMW at 140 km/h in an 80 zone. Consequences of her actions were a $692 fine and disqualification from driving for six months. The police allowed her 24 hours to drive home before the driving ban came into effect though.
What were they thinking? At the rates of knots this young woman travelled at she only needed two hours before the car could be parked in the garage at home. Get her off the road. I dare say that daddy wouldn't have been too impressed either. But he's lucky that it was in South Australia and not Western Australia where we have hoon laws. That car would have been impounded by the police had the offence taken place over here.
I was relating the story to a colleague and he informed me that his daughter had been caught exceeding the speed limit by 25 km/h on Saturday and her car was impounded. He didn't think that speed was such a bad thing if the driver could handle the car at such speeds. To consider this thought think about a young man that he knows who has a CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) licence which allows him to be a race driver. The guy is only 16 and has a learners licence and so isn't allowed to drive on public roads by himself but can run around a race track at over 150 km/h. Maybe there are some drivers who would be much less of a danger to others on the road as they have been taught to drive instead of taught to pass a driving test but I can't condone excessive speed when the roads are full of idiots who don't know how to handle vehicles properly.
Love the fact that the local paper brings to life the misdemeanours of ordinary people. It's not something you read about in the big smoke and it does make you think that perhaps the system is working. The consequences of criminal behaviour is punishment. I'd like to see this in the large daily newspaper here too.
Crime Report from Border Chronicle
What were they thinking? At the rates of knots this young woman travelled at she only needed two hours before the car could be parked in the garage at home. Get her off the road. I dare say that daddy wouldn't have been too impressed either. But he's lucky that it was in South Australia and not Western Australia where we have hoon laws. That car would have been impounded by the police had the offence taken place over here.
I was relating the story to a colleague and he informed me that his daughter had been caught exceeding the speed limit by 25 km/h on Saturday and her car was impounded. He didn't think that speed was such a bad thing if the driver could handle the car at such speeds. To consider this thought think about a young man that he knows who has a CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) licence which allows him to be a race driver. The guy is only 16 and has a learners licence and so isn't allowed to drive on public roads by himself but can run around a race track at over 150 km/h. Maybe there are some drivers who would be much less of a danger to others on the road as they have been taught to drive instead of taught to pass a driving test but I can't condone excessive speed when the roads are full of idiots who don't know how to handle vehicles properly.
Love the fact that the local paper brings to life the misdemeanours of ordinary people. It's not something you read about in the big smoke and it does make you think that perhaps the system is working. The consequences of criminal behaviour is punishment. I'd like to see this in the large daily newspaper here too.
Crime Report from Border Chronicle
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Frugal Bastard Presents - Slow Down or Stop
I like a good joke. I like a good Lego man movie. So I thought that I'd combine the too. You be the judge of how successful I've been. If you like the movie email the link to your friends. Tell the world. It's all about viral marketing people. C'mon, my son's Lego man movies have had more hits than mine.
Frugal Bastard Presents - Slow Down or Stop?
Frugal Bastard Presents - Slow Down or Stop?
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