i dont know if any one else has noticed that most ford, holden and 4wd drivers have become the worst drivers on the highway. I mean they sit up your arse when your doing 110 and flash the lights and if you overtake them it like you have just called their mothers a hungarian pig dog and they have to over take you right back. this just be me noticing this on the f3 but if im not robinson crusoe on this one give me a hollar back😠
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I've done heaps of driving up and down the east coast and the drivers on the F3 are the worst I've come across.
Are you sure your speedo is reading right, and you're not actually doing 90 when your speedo reads 110.
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no its pretty close from memory it actually reads slower than what your going but its only 5km
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Well if ya going at (or just above) the spped limit it's pretty hard to justify anyone getting shitty at ya.
The 4WD thing is scarry cause generally the brakes on those big things are shit compared to passenger car brakes.
Keep a cool head!
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shoot out their tyres!
...uh I didn't say that.
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."
What gives someone the right to get aggro at someone else just because that person is going slower than the speed limit? Friggin' impatient morons, I reckon. F*** 'em. If you or your car is not safe going at a faster speed, then do what you can. These di**heads need to learn some tolerance. Just 'cause they've got some fancy new car, and can do ridiculous illegal speeds, doesn't mean that we all HAVE to drive at or above the speed limit. After all, speed limits are just legal guides: you should never drive faster than you're capable of doing safely.
However, if you are going slower, I think it is important to be polite and pull over to let the faster people pass when you have the opportunity. That's what I do with my bus.
Chill out everyone.:thumb
Speed limits are funny things
The number on the sign is the maximum allowable but for some reason most people think it is the required speed.
In an 80 zone you should drive 80 which is bullshit you can drive 60 if its not endangering anyone, 40 might be a bit dodgy.
If they drive up your bum just slow down even more, that really pisses them off and when they finally get past give them a friendly wave.
just remember you can now be charged for driving too slow as well. but i agree if someone is up my arse its more fun to slow down and piss them off and then when they pass give them the one finger salute:P:P
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Don't they hate it when a VW passes them even if they were going slower that the speed limit they straight a way speed up pass you them slow down again. It mst have something to do with they ego's.
If you can't laugh at yourself you can't laugh at anyone else! Because life is to short not to LAUGH
The only time that I get pissed off is if someone is sitting in the right lane and drives really slow for no reason .... That is more dangerous than driving too fast because people have to do rapid lane changes to get out of their way ..... If people had some more consideration and kept left unless overtaking than the world would be a happier place ..... and for the record I drive a holden during the day (work car)
ok i generalized a bit not all drivers if these cars are bad just the ones i see on the road and our work cars are holdens as well. so im sorry if i grouped any one from here in this catagory
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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I've had the same thing with 4WD's....it is scary especially on a windy road and they're dying to pass you :jesus
Dr L the 70 Type 3 is OK..he can hold his own on the road...but Bel the '58 36hp Type 1......they hate her....
Very scary sometimes entering a freeway as well, with some of the aggressive drivers .... and I'm not an extra slow driver by any means 😠
If someone is pissing me off when I'm in the Type 3 I have been know to slow my pace down, especially if I see I'm going to have to stop at the next set of lights anyway.......I make sure the pesky car is positioned next to me at the line.....and I beat them off at the lights!!!! :thumb
Nothing like see all the cars sitting back behind you sometimes....then I slow my pace again to look after Dr L ....and we both gloat to ourselves
I don't do this often...don't want to hurt the Dr ....and better fuel economy ....and don't want Mr Plod after me
jenz58 wrote:I've had the same thing with 4WD's....it is scary especially on a windy road and they're dying to pass you :jesus
Dr L the 70 Type 3 is OK..he can hold his own on the road...but Bel the '58 36hp Type 1......they hate her....
Very scary sometimes entering a freeway as well, with some of the aggressive drivers .... and I'm not an extra slow driver by any means 😠
If someone is pissing me off when I'm in the Type 3 I have been know to slow my pace down, especially if I see I'm going to have to stop at the next set of lights anyway.......I make sure the pesky car is positioned next to me at the line.....and I beat them off at the lights!!!! :thumb
Nothing like see all the cars sitting back behind you sometimes....then I slow my pace again to look after Dr L ....and we both gloat to ourselves
I don't do this often...don't want to hurt the Dr ....and better fuel economy ....and don't want Mr Plod after me
I was behind you at a set of lights in Geelong on the cruise on Sunday and BOY did Dr L move off the line quickly !!!!
I totally agree Kombidog a little bit of consideration goes a long way but not a lot of people seem to have much of it these days ....... as long as I'm alright jack seems to be the way to go !
Those who do stick to the left often don't let people in and out of the freeway.
AMEN to that Kombidog 😉
I hope I never get stuck behind Kurt on a single laned road. :cussing
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definately kombidog i agree, but i think that i opened a can of worms with this one, im sorry i just needed a rant
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lol mscabrio...
I think that was at a stage where the group was getting well ahead of us due to all those out of sinc traffic lights through Geelong...and there were lots of locals tootling around and splitting up the group....:cussing
All those wannabee Vee Dubbers joining the line up 😀
Geelong's a hard town to get through as a group....been there twice before cruising, and it always happens🙁
it great how they underestimate old cars by thinking its just a beetle, my old one was like that id just plant it and it would break traction and the jump off the line🙂
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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kombidog I know what you're saying....
It is very frustrating if (now in the Type 3) you get three lanes with cars doing the same speed and below the freeway speed limit....no one seems game enough to be the one who overtakes and moves in front of another ....These people often frustrate the aggressive driver and them they start takihng risks and cutting other people off trying to get around:jesus
On Melbourne's city end entrance to the Eastern Freeway you havbe 3 lanes...(now in the 36hp Type1).....You have yourself in the slow left lane...but almost immediately to you right there are two lanes of very fast aggressive drivers coming on from Punt Road...Arghhh!!!! Well after nearly shitting myself a couple of time here, I choose to enter from Punt Road ...Not my fav choice cos don't like being in Punt Road and it's usually less direct from where I'm coming from
This is what really pisses me off:
When you're driving up the east coast on a single-lane bit of road, and you're stuck behind someone doing 10K less than the limit, then when they get to a two-lane overtaking section they speed up to 10K over the limit and you can't quite get past them, then as soon as it's single lane they slow right down again and you're still stuck behind them! They do this over and over at every overtaking section!
:cussing
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
I never noticed the overtaking lane speed ups. I make an effort to let people past on the overtaking lanes.
I noticed that the overtaking lanes are quite often on the uphill sections, which is great, 'cause that's where the old bus can't (physically CAN'T) do the speed limit.
Yes, courtesy is required on the part of both the fast and the slower drivers. There are so many stressed out people out there. They need to ...
simmer down... (that's a ska classic, that is.)
Own a Rav 4, Excel and 71 beetle.
Attitudes to me when driving yary. When in the beetle everyone wants to go past me no matter how fast I am going. Same speed, but in a different car, no problems.
The only exception is other beetle drivers. They always wave to me when I am in the beetle.
barls wrote:i dont know if any one else has noticed that most ford, holden and 4wd drivers have become the worst drivers on the highway.
Maybe they are a Majority and Vw drivers are a minority so thats why everyone is shitting you.
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thats it! it so obvious why didnt i think of that
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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ok there is only one thing worse than the f3 its the f3 in holidays. yeah ive noticed that as i seem to get passed by everybody in the 90 zone around mount white
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Or the guys who cut it from a left road intersection and turn right at the next. Just wait will ya!
The worst on the highway is all those who think that merging means putting your blinker on and changing lanes even though there is 500 meters left to merge in. merging is merging not changing lanes.
But just as bad is anyone sitting in the right hand lane on the freeway doing 110 in the zone does not mean you should be there ,if anyone is sitting in the Right hand lane they should be overtaking. If I wish to do 120 in a 110 klm zone its not up to them to be in my way in the right hand lane. Move over so i can pass.
Mitchell
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Flying VW wrote:barls wrote:i dont know if any one else has noticed that most ford, holden and 4wd drivers have become the worst drivers on the highway.
Maybe they are a Majority and Vw drivers are a minority so thats why everyone is shitting you.
😉
Says he how own's what sort of rides (several) and nothing that may be classed as geriatric in the engine department:P
...Oh...and the Lane issue....I've had to go fast in the slow left hand lane to get past the slow drivers in the fast lanes ( talking about the Type 3 again here
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But I do get a thrill out of showing them up in their new...could go faster if they know how to drive....cars :thumb
I hate people who sit in the right lane at or below the speed limit. That really shits me. It seems to me to be mostly large station wagon (ie Pajeros,etc) owners, although no make is innocent when the revolution comes.
Australian freeway speeds are patheticly slow for modern cars. I don't mind driving at 100 km/h even if it's wet as long as the roads are relatively empty. Therefore, I have no objection to everyone doing the speed limit on freeways. The people doing 80 km/h need to stay in the left lane and we're all happy. The people doing less than 80 km/h need to go another way as they're a provable danger to themselves as well as other traffic.
Above 80 km/h you're allowed to overtake on any available lane. You have to keep out of the right lane unless overtaking, irregardless of signs. Above 80 km/h on multi-lane roads, you're allowed to pick *any* lane you like, except for the right one (except in times of congestion).
Below 80 km/h, you're only allowed to overtake in the right lane.
At all speeds, if someone is overtaking, you have to allow the other person to overtake. If this means slowing down, then that's what you have to do. It's five demerit points if they speed up.
People who tail gate or flash their lights can lose 5 demerit points.
See the VicRoads web site for part 11 of the road rules for all the gory details. All states have essentially the same road rules now (except Victoria, where you're allowed to U turn wherever you damn well please).
Andrew
I also figured out why people overtake old VW's. Old engines' exhaust gases literally stink, and the fumes are pretty objectionable.
Andrew
Andrew..... 🙁
Are you saying a lot of us around here stink???? :o :P
