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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
fasgnadh Wrote: How about tyargetting the biggest killers first. How about dealing with faulty owners of dangerous machinery that is involved in a disproportionate number of child fatalities... "I bought a 4WD for my families safety" - Pigs Arse I have the utmost respect for the 4WD I encountered on Saturday. I was following this sedan towing trailer, 80 on an interesting 100 road. Then some cyclists just before a crest curve. Doofus HAD to overtake, blind. Fortunately the oncoming 4WD (a 'real' one) gave everyone space by putting the left wheels onto the grass. A Smart in the hands of an idiot is more dangerous than a Landcruiser in the hands of a responsible driver fully aware of the limitations of their vehicle. -- aeek |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
dave Wrote: Or really good at attracting the really stupid. Sorry Tim.. couldnt resist Nah, it's not Tims fault. Neither is it Tims fault that this thread is being x-posted to aus.politics & aus.cars. Hence the low standard of intellectual rigor. -- cfsmtb |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"TimC" wrote in message
... On 2005-10-24, fasgnadh (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Brash wrote: Nineteen-month-old Andie Kearns remains on a respirator in a critical but stable condition in The Children's Hospital, Randwick, after she was accidentally run over by her father in the driveway of the family home on Saturday. Very sad. I hope the little tike gets well soon. But raging against a machine, be it a 4WD or a centrfire rifle, serves no purpose. The machines can't hear you, and aren't to blam anyway. A diahatsu charade has a rear blind spot of a few metres when a two year old is standing behind it. For a 4WD its over 15 metres. Anecdotal only, I know, but the people of aus.bicycle heard last week about my latest adventures. Of the last 4 vehicles I have come into contact with, 3 were 4WDs (the other was a stolen vehicle, where the drivers deliberately rammed me, and one of the 4WDs was being controlled by a road rager who fortunately chose to get out of his ego-cage in order to assault me). This says *something* about either 4WDs, or their drivers. I know a guy in a 120y wagon who deliberately rammed an Econovan because the guy threw an apple on his bonnet, that says *something* about all station wagons or their drivers. 'They are frequently nervous about their marriages and uncomfortable about parenthood. They often lack confidence in their driving skills. Above all, they are apt to be self-centred and self-absorbed, with little interest in their neighbours or communities.' They are frequently aggressive nutcases. I don't have kids, so got no problems with parenthood. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/...174396370.html http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulle...256E24001A1266 'Fred J Schaafsma, a top engineer for General Motors, says, "Sport-utility owners tend to be more like 'I wonder how people view me', and are more willing to trade off flexibility or functionality to get that."' http://afr.com/articles/2004/04/01/1080544625539.html "According to Bradsher, internal industry market research concluded that SUVs tend to be bought by people who are insecure, vain, self-centred and self-absorbed, who are frequently nervous about their marriages, and who lack confidence in their driving skills." Sports utility drivers are hoons. I.e, exactly the people you *don't* want driving 4WDs, think that they should be driving them. And it turns out it is no safer for them to drive 4WDs, than a normal car, and is is *hugely* unsafe for the rest of us, for them to be driving said. Yeah much safer they drive 300kw Falcodores. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
Kev wrote:
Of the last 4 vehicles I have come into contact with, 3 were 4WDs (the other was a stolen vehicle, where the drivers deliberately rammed me, and one of the 4WDs was being controlled by a road rager who fortunately chose to get out of his ego-cage in order to assault me). what is wrong with your riding skills that you keep coming into contact with cars? in thye 20 years of driving trucks past bicycles on both city streets and highways I have never hit one(although the dickhead who granbbed the back of one truck for a free tow up hill was almost flung into a light pole when I had to take evasive action to avoid a car that pulled out of a driveway in front of me) Yup, don't like the ones that grab hold of the back of the pickup for a free ride. Coming into work today there was one down with an ambo present, looked fairly fecked, however push bike still looked plausible. Even if you choose a motorbike, heard the risk factor of death is 20x. So, I'll keep my dirt bike for use on the farm. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
On 2005-10-24, Kev (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Of the last 4 vehicles I have come into contact with, 3 were 4WDs (the other was a stolen vehicle, where the drivers deliberately rammed me, and one of the 4WDs was being controlled by a road rager who fortunately chose to get out of his ego-cage in order to assault me). what is wrong with your riding skills that you keep coming into contact with cars? Reaction times greater than 200msec. Damn it, I'm only human. In the two road rage cases, it was me yelling out "hey!" to cars that tried to merge into the lane that I had already occupied. "hey!" of course being the most to-the-point thing that one can quickly say -- as far more effective than merely ringing my bell. The 4WDer obviously felt like his penis was threatened by this, so got out of his car and started pushing me around.... 50m from a booze bus with flashing lights. Idiot. The other was a bunch of teenagers in a stolen car taking it for a joy ride, so they got their thrills out of being dangerous fools on the road. Hope they've met a tree now. In one other case, a 4WDer was pulling out of a carpark, and was too busy concentrating on doing an illegal U-turn to bother looking in my direction. When she hit me, I managed to stay upright and avoided the tram tracks and traffic in the opposite direction, and nearly fell over when I came to clip out, and found I could barely move my leg. She said "oh sorry, I usually am a very good driver -- I look out for cyclists, but just forgot to look this time!". Oh well, at least it wasn't the SMIDSY -- "Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You" -- I have to admit I've never heard someone say "I didn't bother looking for you". And she even took me to the doctor then the police station. And the case 2 weeks ago was an idiot in a 4WD who didn't indicate, barely slowed down, or look when he pulled into a parking spot. I was possible not riding as defensively as I could (I should have taken the middle of the right hand lane in order not to allow vehicles to pass me when there wasn't enough room) -- although the traffic was travelling rather slow at the time, and I thought it was safe. He broke at least 2, possibly three laws (I'm talking to a lawyer tomorrow), and I broke 0 laws. Unfortunately, he has left me a 2 day visit to a hospital, $500 out of pocket, and with a much reduced capacity to eat for the past almost 2 weeks (lay ruin to my plan of doing the 210km around-the-bay, because I couldn't fuel myself). and I didn't even get a single scratch on his fricking precious Urban Asault Vehicle. There is no place for 4WDs in city roads. Every single one of mine was a clean, never used in the bush vehicle. 2 of them were sole occupant, and the other had two occupants. The one that got me last time had a taller bonnet than my handlebars, which means he sure as hell isn't going to see a lot of obstacles, and any human he does hit will be hit in the torso, and will not have a chance of going safely over the bonnet. Combine that with the fact that the vehicles are not constructed to the same safety standards as required by law of normal passenger vehicles, and that they are actively aggressive to non 4WD users, and you have a vehicle that is extremely harmful to society. But since it is so loved amongst Toorak style voters, of whom our Johnny Howard love, I doubt they will be taxed comparably to normal vehicles anytime soon. -- TimC All Tims are illusions, except for Lunch Tim, who is doubly so. --screwtape on RHOD |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
fasgnadh Wrote: A diahatsu charade has a rear blind spot of a few metres when a two year old is standing behind it. For a 4WD its over 15 metresAll vehicles have huge blindspots when the driver has its head up its arse -- Peka |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
On 2005-10-24, aeek (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: I have the utmost respect for the 4WD I encountered on Saturday. I was following this sedan towing trailer, 80 on an interesting 100 road. Then some cyclists just before a crest curve. Doofus HAD to overtake, blind. Fortunately the oncoming 4WD (a 'real' one) gave everyone space by putting the left wheels onto the grass. A Smart in the hands of an idiot is more dangerous than a Landcruiser in the hands of a responsible driver fully aware of the limitations of their vehicle. That is correct. And Tam is possibly still with us (or *is* she?), thanks to a 4WDer who slowed down and let her in when the bus did that enormously stupid manouvre. They do exist, but you do have to be more careful in a 4WD in the city, than other cars. And a good number of drivers of said really aren't any more skilled than their normal passenger vehicle driving cousins. -- TimC Bus error -- driver executed. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
Noddy wrote:
"fasgnadh" wrote A diahatsu charade has a rear blind spot of a few metres when a two year old is standing behind it. For a 4WD its over 15 metres. ****ing bull**** What "4wd" would that be you ractionary ****? http://www.nrma.com.au/pub/nrma/moto...rch/reversing- visibility/index.shtml "Contrary to popular belief, NRMA Insurance research reveals that 4WD vehicles are not the worst when it comes to reversing visibility. In fact, many perform better than popular sedans. ...no car type is inherently better" According to the test, the following (out of the cars tested) have "Minimum Distance to view test object (metres)" of 15m or mo Peugeot 407 (Sedan) - with OEM sensors Certain models of Holden Commodore Toyota Prado Land Rover Discovery Honda Odyssey (5 Door Wagon) Mercedes CLK500 (2 Door Convertible) Holden Monaro CV8 (Coupe) - with OEM sensors Holden Crewman (4 Door Ute) "fasgnadh" wrote 4WDs are responsible for 50% of driveway killings of toddlers, sedans, despite being much more common, only 20%. Easily fixed with a reversing camera. Unfortunately the fact that 4wds will hit ordinary cars at head height for the occupants is not so easily fixed. In the Used Car Safety Ratings at http://www.mynrma.com.au/used_safety_ratings_4wd.asp all the large 4WDs scored "Significantly more harm than average" in the "How seriously is your vehicle likely to harm another road user?" rating (which is vastly worse than any other vehicle category). There are only 2 passive safety ways to avoid this problem of being hit by a large 4wd. 1. Buy a large 4wd yourself (the nuclear arms race solution). 2. Get a car with side, curtain and front airbags. I think the 5% duty on 4wds should be increased to 10% like other cars and that 5% duty should apply to cars with 5 star ANCAP or EuroNCAP crash rating that also have side, curtain and front airbags, plus maybe some criteria based on pedestrian crash friendliness. In terms of crash protection for 4wd occupants, the safety ratings show they are no better nor worse than other similarly sized cars. http://www.mynrma.com.au/ancap_1.asp |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"Noddy" wrote in message ... "fasgnadh" wrote in message ... For a 4WD its over 15 metres. ****ing bull**** What "4wd" would that be you ractionary ****? -- Regards, Noddy. Oh look, we've roused them We're talking about toddler height objects. Try driving away from a white post in your lard arse Landcruiser until you can see the whole reflector at the top. Then stop and see how far from it you are.Everything between it and the back of your vehicle is where you can't see a child. And I think the word you're desperately groping for is "reactionary". Why yes, I actually DO react to things. You know...by thinking about them for example. Who wants to take bets on an incoherent response or none at all? |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
TimC Wrote: On 2005-10-24, aeek (aka Bruce) I have the utmost respect for the 4WD I encountered on Saturday. I was following this sedan towing trailer, 80 on an interesting 100 road. Then some cyclists just before a crest curve. Doofus HAD to overtake, blind. Fortunately the oncoming 4WD (a 'real' one) gave everyone space by putting the left wheels onto the grass. A Smart in the hands of an idiot is more dangerous than a Landcruiser in the hands of a responsible driver fully aware of the limitations of their vehicle. That is correct. And Tam is possibly still with us (or *is* she?), thanks to a 4WDer who slowed down and let her in when the bus did that enormously stupid manouvre. They do exist, but you do have to be more careful in a 4WD in the city, than other cars. And a good number of drivers of said really aren't any more skilled than their normal passenger vehicle driving cousins. [/color] On the way to *cough* work, I had a bus driver wave me around him on the outside today! What a nice bloke! Then we both hit the same red light. Doh! I shook my head and we shared a smile. This is London though so bikes move faster than most other traffic in town. On the way back (all kitted out with new bike courier goodies!) I nearly took down a ped at 30kph. I'd just moved from the right lane to the center lane, in behind a bus, when she stepped in front of me 'just' as the bus passed her. It wasn't a ped crossing, the silly bitch just assumed there was nothing behind the bus. I just missed her. If I hit her she could've been killed. If I swerved into something I could've been killed. I fscking hate pedestrians over here. They are more of a danger than the cars! hippy dreading 9am-6pm tomorrow -- hippy |
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