rsgerry

1. ascertain where the noise is coming from.

2. ascertain why the horn is being blasted.

3. take appropriate evasive action.

DO NOT...

1. ignore.

2. continue to punt your oversize (big car, little dick) piece of s#*t across a busy road.

this happened to me today. driving along, right lane, approx 60kmh, and there, attempting to cross a busy intersection (walter road at the galleria) without looking to his right, was some bloke so old i think he may have been dead. well, instead of looking and then giving way to oncoming traffic, mr. shotforbrains just doddles his POS in front of me. i hit the brakes hard, the ABS gets a fine workout, one hand on the horn, and what does he do???? he keeps coming.

i have to say this, if it wasnt for the ABS, i would have hit him. the brakes on the XR6 are excellent. if i had been driving my fiesta, i would have slammed into the side of him.

i would suggest that in future, he takes the slightly longer route (100m more) out of the shopping centre and uses the traffic lights. or, alternatively, he could employ a more conventional method and look where he is going. not just straight ahead, but sometimes side to side.

my hatred of four wheel drives is well known, so i will leave that topic right there.

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You wash your car like it was your firstborn child, you tend to its needs like it was your own body, you protect it like it's your family, then you drive it like you stole it.

Weapons of rice destruction

2002 Ford Falcon AU3 XR6
1985 Ford Sierra XR4i
1980 Ford Escort RS2000

Chad_XF

That is why I think older people should lose there licence or be retested!
Good thing its all ok but!

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EL2 XR8

Pity WA has 1 in 2 cars on the raod which seem to be 4WD's.
Apart from that the State is great!!!!

BA GT-HO

I was driving my MKI Capri and the same thing happened. Old lady pulled out directly in front of me from a side road with out checking for cars. Locked up the brakes and somehow went behind her! Gave her the one fingered salute and she didnt even see it - probably never saw me lock up and avoid her either....

Licences should be burnt at 70

shaft

Same thing happend to me, stupid old bat pulls out directly in my path, sh wasnt even looking, i was watching her the whole time... I managed to flick the bike over and duck across her nose. Bloody lucky i didnt hit her..

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falconS

dont forget, u guys will be old and senile one day!

dragonV8

I have found "P" platers to be a problem also, so do we stop them from driving too???



Before long that way there will be no-one with a license to drive.
Brilliant stuff. No more traffic accidents, cleaner air to breathe, no need for speed camara's.

Just think, we might be onto something here.

Jon (only 14 years till i'm 70)

VanGelder

In Holland you need to do your license all over again when you reach the age of 70, I don't know about the other European countries but I reckon it's an EU law.

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