Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

You can override an Auto gearbox, to use the gears to slow down... well, at least mine can...

Drivers here are just not used to what happens when the road gets wet, I think a lot of it is down to inexperience of the change in road conditions, rather than anything else, although of course there are "some" idiots.

Originally Posted by Wol

>> Re: Bit of rain and idiot driver numbers increase..<<

Disagree - they are there all the time, just waiting for a spot of rain to demonstrate their inability to control a ton of metal <g>.

I find them quite useful: I can tell it's raining outside within ten minutes because the police and ambulance sirens start up. No need to get up from the chair and look out of the window.

Originally Posted by Wol

>> Re: Bit of rain and idiot driver numbers increase..<<

Disagree - they are there all the time, just waiting for a spot of rain to demonstrate their inability to control a ton of metal <g>.

I find them quite useful: I can tell it's raining outside within ten minutes because the police and ambulance sirens start up. No need to get up from the chair and look out of the window.

Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK

I think Australians are taught that aquaplaning a car is the automotive analogy of the 'free lunch' because during the period that they are floating on water their fuel consumption is negligible. Therefore, the rain allows Australian car drivers to become "greener", if only for those 4 seconds before they impact, from behind, the people waiting at the traffic lights (and that's the 10% who didn't jump the lights in the first place).

Genius...

Originally Posted by Wol

It's even more environmentally helpful than that: the guy "in front" picks up free energy when he's projected across the lights. Getting close to perpetual motion, No?

Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK

Yep, and all for the cost of a neck-brace.....Small price really....

Originally Posted by TMRE

Dry conditions = 1 ft behind the car in front of you as slipstreaming saves you petrol

Wet conditions = 6in behind the car in front of you to save petrol and keep your car dry

Speed up towards amber lights in the wet and then beep at the idiot in front who stupidly slowed down in preparing to stop

Add in poor street lighting and road markings makes for a fun time driving.

Originally Posted by The_Wookie

It happens everytime there's a bit of rain here in Perth.

We're driving back from a restaurant last night and all the dickheads are out doing wheelspins in the wet etc. I saw at least 6 on a 10 minute drive doing burnouts, with some moron losing it completely while coming out of a sideroad and spinning the wheels. His back end went and he done a full circle, thankfully the oncoming traffic wasn't going too fast and they managed to slow down in time.

I'm really growing to enjoy my time here in Perth, but I still find the driving and mentality of drivers absolutely shocking.

(please note that's not to say people don't drive bad in the UK, but it's just so much more prevalent here).

Originally Posted by fish.01

wow...6 in a 10 minute drive....I've seen it twice in decades where I live in Brisbane....do you live in an outer suburb of Perth or is Perth full of bogans

Originally Posted by fish.01

wow...6 in a 10 minute drive....I've seen it twice in decades where I live in Brisbane....do you live in an outer suburb of Perth or is Perth full of bogans