Wtf!!! I Hate Crossing Guards!

I could quite possibly drive past this school 3 or 4 times a day. :thumbsup:

 

Ahh not if your in Margaret River.

 

I dont believe it!


are you honestly saying you would do 100km/h when you cant see more than 20m in front of the car.........and then do you honestly believe(yes you too Airstrike) that the car doing a speed (where they can stop in the distance of their forward vision) that you plough into would be at fault rather than yourself, and that you would not be charged with dangerous driving?.

It doesnt take any special skill to be able to drive a car at excessive speed in fog and follow the dottedl line in the middle of the road(just as it doesnt take any skill to do 40km/h passing through a narrow gap between parked cars outside a school).........however, it obviously requires more common sense than some have to realise that it is stupidity in the extreme.


Please read what you have written again and confirm that it was a mistake.......

 

You ass end another car/bike,you are not paying attention.
And yes,you would be at fault no matter what excuse you would like to dream up.
Judging by that comment,your the brother that can't/would'nt cop it on the chin.

 

100%, i dont see why there is such a big deal about it..... i always drive the speed limit no matter what... i MAY go 5-10km MAX under in a 100 zone because i feel like relaxing a little.... the more you slow down, the more of a hazard you are.. if you cant drive get off the road

only time ive seen the speed limit as a problem is when the rain was to quick for my wipers so i pulled over completely... you have less chance of getting hit in the ass if you on the side of the road and if you do then its not your fault (because you cant drive in the conditions) rather then slowing down to 40km on a 100 zone and getting cleaned up...

like its been said, if you cant handle the conditions at the recommended speed(or something reasonable), get off the road until you can

by the way, 40 through school zones for me, pay attention and you will be fine..
i knew never to cross the road without holding a adults/older siblings hand before i went to kindergarten, so if the kid doesn't know this then the parents should get off there ass and do there job, not our fault if they cant teach there kids the basics

 

I still dont believe Im reading any of this, we arent talking about formula one racing, where when it rains they cant see more than a few metres but still manage to do 300km/h+, that's racing......I believe this issue is for public roads.

Im unaware that the excuse "the car in front of me wasnt going fast enough", ever makes it through our court system in getting the instigator of the Liberace shuffle off the charge of dangerous/careless/negligent driving..........yes thats what happens if any collision where you rear end someone comes to police attention. Perhaps there have been some where someone recklessly jumps on the brakes in front of a road train to stupidly prove a point they were following too close......yet I have never heard of one.

Obviously if you plough into another car, you are not paying attention, following too close or driving at a speed where your stopping distance is beyond your range of vision......all driving basics 101. It may be ok in an aeroplane to be "flying blind", but this doesnt apply for land travel on public roads(I dont believe Im having to tell anyone this).
Its just as ridiculous to put a blindfold on and drive......why not blank out the windscreen and just keep an eye on the yellow/white line out the side and hope that there are no idiots out there that drop below the posted speed limit!

 

Minux the Energizer Bunny..... Do you EVER give up?


:rofl:

 

This isnt Ripleys Believe It Or Not.

Im saying that i would, if i felt comfortable with it, do the posted speed limit. If i didnt, i would move aside at the first possible instance so as to cause the least nuisance and danger to anybody else on the road. Im not a selfish road user (like you possibly?) (hey, we can all imply insults in brackets, this is fun) who see's it as my god given right to own the piece of road that im currently driving on and feel that any speed i choose is good enough for everybody else.

The speed limit isnt excessive speed, once again, you think its excessive for the conditions PULL OVER.

Its not stupid to drive at the posted speed limit. It only becomes dangerous if, on a 100km/h road a car is doing 60 because, as above, they still feel they have the right to use that road. Just the same as in a school zone. It isnt dangerous until a parent doesnt take proper responsibility for their childs own safety and wellbeing.

 

Its not me that has a problem or is causing a problem, its your comments that fill me with fear.
Yourself and Minux are of the opinion that driving at the posted limited is okay even if your vision doesnt extend beyond the stopping distance of your vehicle. Driving at the posted limit is lunacy if the conditions dont allow for basic requirements as being able to see where you are going. I dont know where you get this "anyone who cant keep within 30% of the posted limit is incompetent from"?. What special skills do you possess that allow you to drive a car in fog where visibiliity may be reduced to 20m at 100km/h. if you have radar, let us all know......otherwise what are you on about?!

I dont know where you do you driving, but all the alpine roads in vic have 100km/h limits. I drive ~ 1000km per year on these roads, and yes in good conditions its possible to do 100km/hr. During the winter months it may be possible to average 100kmh in a rally car with snow tyres when visibility is good. In poor visibility, high winds, icy roads.....20-30km/h is about the speed at which it is sensible to travel when visibility is only 20m or so and there is an unprotected 300m drop to one side of the road.

But according to you "Everybody should pull over to the side of the road if they arent going 100km/h and wait until spring until the conditions improve because there may be some moron who is going to try and drive up the mountain doing 100km/h..........?"
Ill leave it there, you guys couldnt be that stupid and must be winding me up.:thumbsup:

 

I think your winding yourself up.

Minux was talking about a straight highway where you still have decent visibility, and he's talking about the hesitant people who would usually be doing 80 on said road already, and rain/abit of fog makes them do half that.

 

Which of Dazza's words have I twisted?, and basically I was addressing Dazza: perhaps I got what you said confused with airstrike.

Someone crawling to 20km/h while visibility is still within the 200m range isnt what we are talking aoubut here is it. But you have touched on the problem of what some people can and can't see in mild fog. You are aware that not all people have the supreme skills of yourself and unfortuntately the answer is not for all people to leave the road for your sole individual use, but for you to allow for these differences that we see in all walks of life. Do you get all aggressive about your rights when a truck slows down to take a corner at 70km/h in the wet that your commodore can easily go through at 100km/h and insist the truck is banished from the roads......I wouldnt think so.

 

stick it in neutral and give it a rev....

 

Tried that, still doesn't work.


Back on the original topic, its quite obviously the parents.
The other day driving through a carpark, stopped at a crossing to let a guy(Walking) and his kid(on a bike) cross, turned into the carpark, then the kid rides out in front of me. This kid would've been about 10, so he should've known better (i know i did by then)