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-   -   Tailgating!!! What is the point? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/barbie-92/tailgating-what-point-586639/)

Burbage Jan 26th 2009 1:43 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Molko1974 (Post 7215991)
I know. It's terrible in Sydney and so dangerous. I just don't get it. Especially as we have a baby.
What also annoys me is when someone wants to get into your lane and instead of getting in your lane behind you where there is plenty of space and no other cars they want to squeeze infront of you between you and another car! I get so annoyed with it and haven't got used to it.
I've mounted twin 50mm cannon on my bonnet. Nobody pushes in in front of me anymore.

Wol Jan 26th 2009 2:09 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Dairymilk04 (Post 7215878)
I'm not sure what the rules are here for learners drivers, but i am wondering if one of the reasons for all this bad driving is the lack of "proper" driving school/instructors? :unsure:
I have been in Cairns for 10 months and in that time have only seen 2 "driving school" cars.
If the majority of learner drivers are being taught off parents, friends etc, then this would surely mean bad driving habits are passed down from one generation to the next and will continue doing so.
This is certainly part of it. Road positioning seems non-existent - someone turning right rarely positions their car so that others can pass to their left. And reading the road ahead also appears non-existent: we have to turn right into our road off the main Bowral/Moss Vale road (two lanes each way) and I can almost guarantee that, despite indicating and getting well over to the right 100m before the turn, the following car / ute will only realise they are about to rear-end me when they have only a second to spare - then they swerve across into the inside lane (indicating as they do: everyone indicates religiously as if that absolves them of all responsibility!)

Wol Jan 26th 2009 2:11 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Dairymilk04 (Post 7215965)
Exactly, examples like this seem to be pretty common here. :eek: But i guess with car insurance being so cheap (compared to the UK at least) this encourages young kids with little experience to get behind the wheel of a huge engined car.
But i agree with you and think bad driving is very deeply rooted here.
I don't get this: my insurance - including CTP - is a little more than it was in the UK.

Notts_bloke Jan 26th 2009 2:12 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 7216055)
I don't get this: my insurance - including CTP - is a little more than it was in the UK.
Mine is way cheaper. I don't own a car in Australia.

Grayling Jan 26th 2009 2:20 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 7216055)
I don't get this: my insurance - including CTP - is a little more than it was in the UK.
My experience as well.

G

Wol Jan 26th 2009 2:22 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Notts_bloke (Post 7216058)
Mine is way cheaper. I don't own a car in Australia.
:confused: :rofl: :mad:

Wol Jan 26th 2009 2:23 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Grayling (Post 7216074)
My experience as well.

G
Like your new avatar - did the operation cost much?

Grayling Jan 26th 2009 2:24 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 7216081)
Like your new avatar - did the operation cost much?
Nah....everyone knows that Thatcher is a bloke really.:ohmy:

G

Wol Jan 26th 2009 2:26 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Grayling (Post 7216086)
Nah....everyone knows that Thatcher is a bloke really.:ohmy:

G
Touche´

suzyt Jan 26th 2009 2:30 pm
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God isnt weird, my oh and i were having the same chat last night as we had to real boy racers behind us, and at the traffic lights they were really trying to egg my husband on to race with them, the thing is they could see that we had our two kids in the car. PRATS AND DOUBLE PRATS

Molko1974 Jan 26th 2009 2:41 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 7216049)
This is certainly part of it. Road positioning seems non-existent - someone turning right rarely positions their car so that others can pass to their left. And reading the road ahead also appears non-existent: we have to turn right into our road off the main Bowral/Moss Vale road (two lanes each way) and I can almost guarantee that, despite indicating and getting well over to the right 100m before the turn, the following car / ute will only realise they are about to rear-end me when they have only a second to spare - then they swerve across into the inside lane (indicating as they do: everyone indicates religiously as if that absolves them of all responsibility!)
I know! Why don't they move over or pull forward more. And agree, they don't tend to look ahead. So many times I have sat at the lights to turn right indicating and the cars behind will want to turn left (there are 3 lanes at the lights) and get annoyed that they can't because I am turning right and they didn't look.

Dairymilk04 Jan 26th 2009 2:46 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 7216055)
I don't get this: my insurance - including CTP - is a little more than it was in the UK.
I agree with you, my insurance is on a par with what i was paying in the UK, i should have explained myself more clearly.
I meant that insurance for young kids seems to be heaps cheaper here than insurance for say a 17 year old in the UK. When i was 17/18 car insurance on large engined/4x4's/sporty cars was extremely expensive and out of most people of that age groups reach.
Sorry a bit off topic i know but i just wanted to clarify what i meant.

tictac Jan 26th 2009 2:53 pm
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A friend of a friend bought his P-plater son a brand new Prado through his company's novated lease scheme.

He's decided to opt for CTP insurance only as he figures that if his son doesn't have a crash for 3 years then he'll have saved $xk :ohmy:

mil Jan 26th 2009 3:08 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Burbage (Post 7215980)
SEriously though, the left lane is the safest if you value your life in Australian driving conditions. It, at least, has the bail-out of the hard shoulder, so you have an escape route when the inevitable pile-up occurs.
My thoughts exactly. When the traffic grinds to a halt ahead, and there is a muppet who is 2 inches from your back bumper and only has forward vision as far as the end of his bonnet, it is always good to have somewhere else to go like the hard shoulder. Problem is, if he/she is thick enough to tailgate, they may end up following me onto the hard shoulder.:eek:

ABCDiamond Jan 26th 2009 3:23 pm
Re: Tailgating!!! What is the point?
 
Originally Posted by Burbage (Post 7215903)
I've found that the left lane usually moves faster since everyone seems to be in the middle lane.
I always thought that, and wondered why it was empty, till I found out what a transit lane was .... :rofl:


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