Melbourne Drivers are shocking!

[sooty]

I'm absolutely sick of the P platers here in Melb. with their crap box old V8 Commodores or old turbo Skylines (which they're not even allowed to drive)

Not being pedantic, just clarifying, if they got their P's before July last year, they're on the old rules which means a car only can't be driven by a p-plater if it has more than 125kw/tonne AND 3.5L capacity/tonne So unless it's an LS2 or 3 which obviously the old crap boxes aren't, then they fall under the 3.5L/tonne, and thus can have as much power as they want.

Oh yeah, and SA drivers are the worst by far...they're NUTS...
Won the title of worst driving state for the 7th year in a row this year too
Interesting article on it here

[imay]

Melbourne Drivers are shocking!

Yeah? Come to Adelaide for a real life-changing driving experience. Just don't:
Try merging into another lane - Get in behind me buddy!
Sticking to the speed limit - ANYWHERE!
Try reverse parking on a reasonably busy thoroughfare - No one will stop and let you reverse into the spot you took ages to find
Try driving around slowly looking for a particular address or show any signs of not really knowing where you should be going
Try pulling up at an intersection on an amber light with traffic behind you . . .
etc., etc., etc.

I haven't had a LOT of experience interstate (i.e. Sydney, Melbourne - trying Brisbane traffic soon) but SA drivers have a reputation of no patience, no kindness towards fellow motorists, and no tolerance.

[sooty]

Melbourne Drivers are shocking!

Yeah? Come to Adelaide for a real life-changing driving experience. Just don't:
Try merging into another lane - Get in behind me buddy!
Sticking to the speed limit - ANYWHERE!
Try reverse parking on a reasonably busy thoroughfare - No one will stop and let you reverse into the spot you took ages to find
Try driving around slowly looking for a particular address or show any signs of not really knowing where you should be going
Try pulling up at an intersection on an amber light with traffic behind you . . .
etc., etc., etc.

I haven't had a LOT of experience interstate (i.e. Sydney, Melbourne - trying Brisbane traffic soon) but SA drivers have a reputation of no patience, no kindness towards fellow motorists, and no tolerance.

it's even worse when you don't have SA plates on the car

[imay]

it's even worse when you don't have SA plates on the car

Yeah, sorry, left that one off the list.

Bloody Victorians clogging up our roads!

[USC]

I had a moron in his BMW 135i tailgate me today - I was so annoyed that I slowed right down to about 20km/h. He started shaking his head and decided to overtake. funnily, he was blocked by a hyundai excel!! hahaha and I decided to drive right next to the excel until the next intersection...not very nice but he deserved it!

[gmonkey]

willing to admit i did a bad driving thing today... kind of intentionally... i didnt allow a bus come out from the bus lane, purely cause it shits me off that they will come out on you when your next to them and then he blocked me from the turning lane so i cut him, got the horn and flash beams... i hate bus drivers why do they assume that cause they have a sign saying give way to me and i put my indicator on for one flash they can come out?? if i had that sign do i get that privledge to?

[Wraith]

Not being pedantic, just clarifying, if they got their P's before July last year, they're on the old rules which means a car only can't be driven by a p-plater if it has more than 125kw/tonne AND 3.5L capacity/tonne So unless it's an LS2 or 3 which obviously the old crap boxes aren't, then they fall under the 3.5L/tonne, and thus can have as much power as they want.

Oh yeah, and SA drivers are the worst by far...they're NUTS...
Won the title of worst driving state for the 7th year in a row this year too
Interesting article on it here

Thanks for the clarification Ain...

Venting my spleen sometimes gets the better of me

[lithium]

willing to admit i did a bad driving thing today... kind of intentionally... i didnt allow a bus come out from the bus lane, purely cause it shits me off that they will come out on you when your next to them and then he blocked me from the turning lane so i cut him, got the horn and flash beams... i hate bus drivers why do they assume that cause they have a sign saying give way to me and i put my indicator on for one flash they can come out?? if i had that sign do i get that privledge to?

actually its an interesting fact that when a bus is pulling out from a bus stop with the right indicator on, they have right of way and normal motorists must give way
it doesn't sound like its what this bus was trying to do though

[glider]

its actually law that you have to give way to them pretty sure...

[gmonkey]

well i guess if i indicate for long enough and pull across cause some stupid 4wd drive is sitting there and wont move and i hit him itd acctually be his/HER fault cause ive indicated for long enough that she should have moved her crap box out of the way.. god i hate 4wd drivers...