View Poll Results: Do you think Australia is a nanny state?
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Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
Mar 29th 2010, 11:34 am
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
I think the syllabus should include the following before 'high speed driving in the wet(!) and skid pans':
1) Keep a decent f---ing distance behind the car in front
2) Learn to merge
3) Indicate before changing lanes
This will obviously reside in the 'Advanced Driving' section ...
1) Keep a decent f---ing distance behind the car in front
2) Learn to merge
3) Indicate before changing lanes
This will obviously reside in the 'Advanced Driving' section ...
Spot on...
I would add slowing down in the wet...
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Mar 29th 2010, 11:46 am
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
Sat navs should be more accurate as it calculates speed over distance and time. Did the copper show you the actual reading because he should have? Something seems definitely wrong there because the sat nav and speedo readings are quite close. Either way you were over the limit!
Mar 29th 2010, 11:49 am
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
Theoretically, yes and they are never going to be as responsive as an actual speedo.
Mar 29th 2010, 11:50 am
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Mar 29th 2010, 11:51 am
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
Mar 29th 2010, 11:55 am
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
I think the syllabus should include the following before 'high speed driving in the wet(!) and skid pans':
1) Keep a decent f---ing distance behind the car in front
2) Learn to merge
3) Indicate before changing lanes
This will obviously reside in the 'Advanced Driving' section ...
1) Keep a decent f---ing distance behind the car in front
2) Learn to merge
3) Indicate before changing lanes
This will obviously reside in the 'Advanced Driving' section ...
The amount of times I have seen cars being forced to unnecessarily weave in and out of cars on the freeway because there is someone sitting in the OVERTAKING lane (not FAST lane!) doing 20km/h under the speed limit is ridiculous and I believe that is a major factor for accidents on freeways here
Mar 29th 2010, 11:58 am
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
fair enough, but I think anecdotal (blatant bollocks) facts are dangerous in these types of arguments. I think there is a really valid debate to be had on this subject and when people who support the unlawful view (in this case you and I are both supporting the same side) use these types of arguments they and their valid points will be automatically dismissed by the law makers because they are using made up facts.
Mar 29th 2010, 12:03 pm
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
4/ Keep left unless overtaking
The amount of times I have seen cars being forced to unnecessarily weave in and out of cars on the freeway because there is someone sitting in the OVERTAKING lane (not FAST lane!) doing 20km/h under the speed limit is ridiculous and I believe that is a major factor for accidents on freeways here
The amount of times I have seen cars being forced to unnecessarily weave in and out of cars on the freeway because there is someone sitting in the OVERTAKING lane (not FAST lane!) doing 20km/h under the speed limit is ridiculous and I believe that is a major factor for accidents on freeways here
Mar 29th 2010, 12:09 pm
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Mar 29th 2010, 12:16 pm
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
fair enough, but I think anecdotal (blatant bollocks) facts are dangerous in these types of arguments. I think there is a really valid debate to be had on this subject and when people who support the unlawful view (in this case you and I are both supporting the same side) use these types of arguments they and their valid points will be automatically dismissed by the law makers (and other readers) because they are using made up facts.
Mar 29th 2010, 12:22 pm
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
I am actually a believer that excessive speed is a killer. What I have a problem with is the blatant revenue raising exercise that all of the state police services adopt.
I have a work colleague, who is an absolute moron and irresponsible driver. On Friday night he was stopped by police because his car full of idiot mates brought the attention of the police on them by honking the horn. They didn't see the cop car parked on the other side of the road. They pulled him over and called another unit in to breathalise him which took 20 mins form the moment he was pulled over. He blew 0.065 and they let him off without even a caution. He is now walking around the office as smug as anything and proud that he managed to sweet talk the copper into letting him off.
Zero tollerance, my arse!
Would they have let him off if he'd been doing the same percentage over the speed limit? The cynical side of me says probably not!
I have a work colleague, who is an absolute moron and irresponsible driver. On Friday night he was stopped by police because his car full of idiot mates brought the attention of the police on them by honking the horn. They didn't see the cop car parked on the other side of the road. They pulled him over and called another unit in to breathalise him which took 20 mins form the moment he was pulled over. He blew 0.065 and they let him off without even a caution. He is now walking around the office as smug as anything and proud that he managed to sweet talk the copper into letting him off.
Zero tollerance, my arse!
Would they have let him off if he'd been doing the same percentage over the speed limit? The cynical side of me says probably not!
Mar 29th 2010, 12:23 pm
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
F1 driver Mark Webber said after his return from Europe he had been ''dodging the ridiculous speeding and parking [rules] and all the nanny-state country that we have down here in Australia''.
He also said "It's a great country, but we've got to be responsible for our actions and it's certainly a bloody nanny state when it comes to what we can do'' and "ridiculous road rules were creating a nanny state and driving in Australia pisses me off".
I reckon he's dead right. People go on about how much of a nanny state the UK is but it's nothing compared to Australia.
Webber's certainly put Brumby's and Ken Lay's (Head Traffic Cop Vic) nose out of joint...
He also said "It's a great country, but we've got to be responsible for our actions and it's certainly a bloody nanny state when it comes to what we can do'' and "ridiculous road rules were creating a nanny state and driving in Australia pisses me off".
I reckon he's dead right. People go on about how much of a nanny state the UK is but it's nothing compared to Australia.
Webber's certainly put Brumby's and Ken Lay's (Head Traffic Cop Vic) nose out of joint...
Mark Webber, was speaking after F1 ace Lewis Hamilton had his car impounded after he was caught doing burnouts in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda on Friday night.
''It's a great country, but we've got to be responsible for our actions and it's certainly a bloody nanny state when it comes to what we can do. Lewis Hamilton has found out very quickly," Webber said.
''It's a great country, but we've got to be responsible for our actions and it's certainly a bloody nanny state when it comes to what we can do. Lewis Hamilton has found out very quickly," Webber said.
Should hooning and burnouts be made legal now ? It seems that this is his opinion.
Mar 29th 2010, 12:30 pm
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Re: Aussie F1 Driver Mark Webber Calls Australia a Nanny State
Sorry to sound like MartinLuther but where does Mark Webber say he thinks hooning and burnouts should be made legal?
