What's with all the accidents lately?

[JBDrifter]

Is it just me or has everyone else been noticing a **** load of car accidents around the place lately as well?

Last week on my way to trade school I saw a P-plater chick run up the ass of a (I think) VZ Commodore just before the Calder-Tulla merge heading inbound.
Later that day on my way back home, after getting onto the Ring road and getting up to speed, I noticed that the car in front of me was suddenly stopping, no brake lights! I had to slam on the brakes to avoid running up his ass and decided I didn't want to drive behind him, so I pulled into the left lane, let one car jump ahead then moved back into the right lane. So there was one car in between me and the guy with no brake lights. Anyway not even 2 minutes down the road, as we were going through the little tunnel I hear a screech and crash, and see an Express van a few cars down jolt a bit. I immediately got into the left lane to avoid the hold up, and passing the accident I see that it was the guy without brake lights that had run up the ass of the van.
Turns out the traffic was banked up in the first place because of an accident a couple hundred metres down the road (just before the Pasco Vale Rd on ramp) that had blocked a lane.

The following day my sister-in-law wrote off her mum's Mazda 626. As she was going to change lanes she did her head check, looked back and traffic was stopped, she had no time to stop. Ran up the ass of a black Monaro.

Then tonight on my way to the gym I drove past an accident on the Western Hwy, heading towards Sunshine. Someone had hit a timber light pole in what looked like a green VN. It was dark and the car was VERY f***ed up! Anyway he must have hit it with some speed because he actually snapped the light pole at it's base, literally knocked it down. Would not be surprised if the driver died.
Then on my way home from the gym, approaching a round-a-bout in Cairnlea, this idiot coming through the round-a-bout in the opposite direction must have gone through it too quickly or something and lost control, sending his car over the centre road island and onto the wrong side of the road (the side I was on), taking out one of those small "Keep Left" signs on the way. If I had been a couple hundreds metres up the road at the time there is every chance we could have had a head-on crash.

Those have been the most significant one's lately, and all in the last week! But in addition to those are the little one's you see on the side of Freeway's and everything.

So what has happened lately? Has everyone become retarded behind the wheel or have I just simply been in the right place at the right time to see these accident happen?

[JD]

i have noticed several JC members have been crashing lately.

As long as my corolla stays on the blacktop and my commodore's out of rego so that aint going anywhere im happy!

[fabz]

Originally Posted by JD

i have noticed several JC members have been crashing lately.

As long as my corolla stays on the blacktop and my commodore's out of rego so that aint going anywhere im happy!

We all jinxed no

[JD]

i reckon we are, maybe theres a curse going round?

[minux]

Of course there are more and more accidents, as the general population gradually gets dumber accidents and the like will increase.

[vy_storm]

And our insurance premiums keep on going up........

[shaggerz]

And all P platers will be blamed

"I saw a P plater travelling in the opposite direction and they caused me to run up the ass of that truck!"

[AttaBoy]

Some people just don't think when it comes to driving. They don't even realize that they driving a weapon weighing almost 2 tons of steel that can kill/ have fatal consequences. Like I said earlier people just don't think!

[adam69]

I got rear ended on monday just because some moron was in a hurry and took a stupid risk.This resulted in a young lady going into the back of my ute and writing off both of our cars and the prick just kept on driving knowing full well what he had done.We were unable to get a rego but Sunbury is a small place and i will find him.I was so happy to see an EMPTY baby seat in the back of her car.She had just finished work and was going to pick her kids up.Very lucky.

[Mr_Slim]

a lot of accidents in sydney this week as well.

on monday (my birthday of all days) it took me 3hrs to get to work, instead of the normal 1hr10mins. today the main road leading to the airport (i work near the airport) was shut down due to fatal accident, yesterday victoria road (one of the busiest in sydney) was shut down due to a fatal bus accident. its all happening, as Bill would say.

And yeah it comes down to people not thinking. Driving isn't that hard, but you just have to be paying attention the whole time, and not do anything stupid.

Speaking of stupid, can i put out a public announcment to everyone to put on their headlights when it is raining? Seriously, when rain is on your windows and mirrors its bloody hard to see as it is, but when a car comes up behind you and you genuinely can't see at all, it makes driving incredibly hard. it doesn't have to be after 7pm to use them. Use common sense people, turn on your lights!

[calais_cruzin]

I agree with the lights issue, i leave my lights on all the time.

Sumtimes it is very hard to see cars when it ****in down, especially dark cars, if they turned their lights on u can see em a mile away, instead of 30meters

[Troy711]

Originally Posted by vy_storm

And our insurance premiums keep on going up........

mine insurance went up 100 bucks this year and in the last 12 months i havent made a claim and the value of my car has dropped 4K

[MIZVT]

Originally Posted by JD

i have noticed several JC members have been crashing lately.

As long as my corolla stays on the blacktop and my commodore's out of rego so that aint going anywhere im happy!

i was one of them

Originally Posted by fabz

We all jinxed no

and i blame stocky he knows why