oh yeah, it's a monday all right

[tielan]

Sel's Three Observations of Sydney Morning Traffic

P-platers are either nervous, slow drivers, or speed demons who zip in and out of traffic. The type of driver they are is dependant on whether you want to get somewhere (slow driver in front of you) or not (speedy gonzales behind you).

The ability of a driver in close traffic is inversely proportional to the size of their vehicle multipled by the light reflectivity of their car. Shiny 4WDrivers cannot drive for shit. See also: 4WD addendum.

There may be a Toyota Kluger V6 driver who can actually drive competently, but I haven't met them yet.

4WD addendum: The driving capability of a 4WDriver is proportional to the number of times their vehicle has gone off-road. (Where lawns, nature strips and accidentally driving up the kerb don't count.)

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Monday Morning Madness

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Comments

[timespirt]

Hey,

I'm a 4WD driver (Chevy Blazer) and I have no problem driving my truck with competence. And that is because I have been driving it for 14 years! Now many other people on the road I don't feel the same way about and I've seen it all.

[tielan]

There are plenty of people on the road who don't know how to drive they car they have, just as there are people who have 4WDs who know how to drive them.

Thing is, the vast majority of 4WDrivers in my area of Sydney (suburban, upper-class, wealthy) are the suburban parental types, who have a shiny 4WD so they can pack the kids and all the sports gear and don't have to worry about having an accident because the other vehicle will always come out worse - unless they happen to tango with a Mack truck (articulated lorry, whatever). They're not good drivers because they bought the 4WD so they don't have to be good drivers.

[timespirt]

I know most people buy them for the fact that they are big and in an accident they believe they will not be hurt too much because the truck is big. I see the jerks driving them in the winter doing 50 or better in snow while driving thinking 4WD, no problem. I'm the one usually doing 20-25 because I'm fond of my truck, don't want to have any dents and most of all be the cause of hurting anyone else on the road. 4WD does not keep you from sliding on ice patches no matter what people might think and the size doesn't keep you from getting hurt or dying in a crash.

I see people day in and day out weaving through traffic and driving like 80 or better because they have no fear of crashing, so I understand your point of view. I live on an Island and we are famous for having the highway they call one of the countries biggest parking lots.

I have the smallest of Chevy's line in SUV's and the guy's at the dealer rave about the body on the truck which is immaculate on a 15 year old vehicle.

[tielan]

My first car was a 1989 Suzuki Swift. 3-cylinder, 1L engine.

You really learn how to drive when you're in a car that small.

[timespirt]

With the way people drive these days and the large cars and trucks they drive, just fear for your life makes you learn to drive just to avoid the way they drive. LOL

You drove a very tiny car.

[tielan]

But it drove like a trooper!

[timespirt]

My truck is a 6 cylinder and sometimes it has trouble being as peppy as the newer trucks, it's old after all, but I still love it anyway