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ebxr8240 · 10-05-2004, 00:51

"THEY SAY" Though that young guys get too confident and try these opposite lock slides etc in normal driving...
What is needed is to get them in demolition cars where they also know how much it hurts....But then workcover etc comes into it...

madwob · 10-05-2004, 01:04

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Originally Posted by Klawsterfobik

So is it a case of crashes involving P platers are more advertised or do they actually occur more often?

i do think that is the main problem

as xacoupe said, the other 30,000 P platers didnt get a mention for not dying.

its a joke. when someone ( a non p plater dies ) all that gets mentioned is the f*cking road toll!

they are just a number, where as we as p platers get chalked up (excuse me for sounding insensitive) as another number on the road toll, and 1 more point towards a p plate curfew.

have they thought about the mature aged p platers in their f*cked up BS curfew system?

kingy · 10-05-2004, 01:49

Didn't catch the news, but they were in a skyline weren't they? A lot of the problem is due to the fact that many p plate drivers are driving unroadworthy cars (by power to weight ratio - this does also include all you turbo/supercharged fords over 125kw/t, not just a dig at jap imports). I'm all for some spirited driving - but save it for the track!! Unfortunatly some people don't do that and instead spend their time driving like Schumacher up Dandenong Road.

Im sure that we as a majority drive the limit (and no more

), but buying your son/daughter a twin turbo supra for their 18th birthday is an accident waiting to happen. If the police tighten up on the power to weight ratio law (and really enforce it), hopefully some people will need to find alternative modes of transport, and not hit me while i'm leisurly driving home

madwob · 10-05-2004, 01:56

unfortunately, we as p platers are all going to suffer, and i wont be able to drive my piss weak gutless automatic 2.2L 4 cylinder TX5.

what a joke

psycho chicken · 10-05-2004, 01:57

How about we keep a few stacked cars at every Vicroads/RTA/whatever office (of course far away from the place they got smashed up in), leave the blood stains on the inside and show them some photos from the morgue.

oneredED · 10-05-2004, 02:41

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Originally Posted by psycho chicken

How about we keep a few stacked cars at every Vicroads/RTA/whatever office (of course far away from the place they got smashed up in), leave the blood stains on the inside and show them some photos from the morgue.

This is a good idea! (whilst i don't think it'll happen). I myself have a smallish collection of smashed up cars pics on my computer (i don't handle blood easy, so no bodies or anything) which i take a browse through every now and again, and i find this deters me significantly from driving outside of my limits.

Jared

madwob · 10-05-2004, 02:51

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Originally Posted by psycho chicken

How about we keep a few stacked cars at every Vicroads/RTA/whatever office (of course far away from the place they got smashed up in), leave the blood stains on the inside and show them some photos from the morgue.

interesting concept....i think it could be achieved with some video footage rather than blood filled cars and pictures of dead bodies.

a lot more likely to be put in place i think

psycho chicken · 10-05-2004, 03:08

Nope, gotta be cars, it seems more real when your staring at a twisted heap of metal with red patches all over the dash, seats, window, etc, etc.

madwob · 10-05-2004, 03:19

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Originally Posted by psycho chicken

Nope, gotta be cars, it seems more real when your staring at a twisted heap of metal with red patches all over the dash, seats, window, etc, etc.

i wasn't questioning yours being more effective, just that what i said was more realistic and could actually be done

psycho chicken · 10-05-2004, 03:21

Ah it'll never be done, the people in charge don't have the balls.