This will go well. I think you might have got away with it until the last part of point 5.

I conclude from this deranged rant that you are likely an aggressive and dangerous driver with an inflated sense of their own abilities.

Many people may be interested to know that the pre-learner course in the ACT now advises that on multi-lane roads where it is not a requirement to keep in the left lane, one should drive in the lane with least hazards, which is often the right lane.

So, you start by insulting the place you now live and then criticising the inhabitants?

That is like walking into a bar, punching the bar tender in the nose and then expecting him to give you a drink.

Oh, if you bothered to look in the transport section of RA, you will see this has been done to death.

Search noob!

Man, the standard of trolling in this place is really slipping.

I agree with most points but I also think that you wishing the morons would drive into a tree to be a fairly disgusting statement, for a multitude of reasons.

KB1971 said :

Oh, if you bothered to look in the transport section of RA, you will see this has been done to death.

I have a novel idea. How about you learn how to search?

Being in the unenviable position of having to use the Internet, I like many of you can read. Having read extensively around the nation I can safely say that Canberrans are the worst searchers in the country.

1. Keep LEFT unless voting Liberal…

I have to completely agree with the first point. I constantly see people sitting in the right lane, under the speed limit, not turning right any time soon as they have passed several right turns, and people having to go around these idiots in the left lane. Completely inconsiderate.

The other one that annoys me is people who get up to the speed limit by basically releasing the brake and idling up to it. Use the damn accelerator pedal. Nobody is asking you to redline it in every gear, but FFS, try to get up to speed at a reasonable pace. These retards are the reason you spend half your time doing 50 in 80 zones every morning.

I’d wager that quite a decent percentage of accidents are the result of frustration with Canberras inconsiderate drivers.

OUT OF MY WAY I’M A MOTORIST!

This post is worthy of winning the Mully cup! Why the need to prove that you are the moron of the year? Its not perfect, but some of us love the place where we live and work.

Holden Caulfield said :

This will go well. I think you might have got away with it until the last part of point 5.

Yeah, I hate people who use “your” when they should use “you’re”.

Fortunately, I’m an excellent driver so I just skimmed over the rest. Did I miss anything?

No mention about paying attention and staying off the goddamn phone? Driving a truck you can look down and see the blue facebook bar on the on the screen of the phone on the (usually female) laps.

Anywho, point 4 makes no sense. I don’t think swerving in or out of lanes has much to do with how “fashionable” you think your car is.

And pay your rego and get off my roads you lycra fags…wait…what…oh, wrong thread. As you were.

Obviously a bit of anger here, but that doesn’t make the points any less valid.

So much ignorance and anger in this article. And so much poor English!

I notice the author doesn’t suggest that all the bad drivers learn to not tailgate, and mentions people tailgating the bad drivers in the right lane. So, I take it that when all of Canberra troops off and learns how to drive, tailgating won’t be one of the behaviours being unlearned?

It’s also amusing, but also depressing, to see once again indicating being touted as How To Be A Good Driver. It’s part of the whole, being aware of the world around you, communicating your plans with other drivers, but sometimes I suspect that a lot of our drivers think it’s some kind of be-all and end-all.

I notice that people who habitually tailgate also indicate a lot. Watch them, you’ll see it too.

I like many of you

FioBla said :

I like many of you

I’m sorry, but I cannot return the same sentiments.

I, unlike many of you, don’t go around expressing my feelings so liberally on the internet.

>If you have to turn right keep left until the last moment, you idiot

In fact, don’t even turn right. Make 3 left turns, you dumbass.

FioBla said :

KB1971 said :

Oh, if you bothered to look in the transport section of RA, you will see this has been done to death.

I have a novel idea. How about you learn how to search?

Being in the unenviable position of having to use the Internet, I like many of you can read. Having read extensively around the nation I can safely say that Canberrans are the worst searchers in the country.

1. Keep LEFT unless voting Liberal…

Why do I need to search? I know where the threads are……….

“Unenviable position of having to use the internet”, what does that mean?

Actually after having the misfortune of having to drive around Sydney last week I would have said that they are the worst drivers – not giving way, braking without warning for no readily apparent reason, speeding up to fill a space when someone is indicating to merge, tailgating…….but to each their own – however your points would have been better made without the ranting and abuse – just saying – you start being rude and aggressive you are only going to get people’s backs up and any valid points you make get lost.

ahh, ignorance. It’s a god send.

How about the OP learns what the road rules are before he decides to tell others how to behave, And yes, I agree with Caf about him probably being aggressive

Australia Road Rule 130 – Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road

(1)
This rule applies to a driver driving on a multi-lane road if:

(a) the speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is driving is over 80 kilometres per hour; or

(b) a keep left unless overtaking sign applies to the length of road where the driver is driving

http://www.ntc.gov.au/filemedia/Reports/ARRFeb12.pdf

Grimm said :

I’d wager that quite a decent percentage of accidents are the result of frustration with Canberras inconsiderate drivers.

If you get so frustrated that you’re in danger of causing an accident, you should be riding the bus to anger management sessions.

“Being in the unenviable position of having to live in Canberra…”
Nobody has to live in Canberra as far as I’m aware. You have a choice. Choose not to live in Canberra if it is making you so unhappy. Get a new job, sell your house, get a divorce, whatever it takes.

FioBla said :

>If you have to turn right keep left until the last moment, you idiot

In fact, don’t even turn right. Make 3 left turns, you dumbass.

There was a great Mythbusters episodes on avoiding right turns and they managed to prove that it saved fuel. If you’re driving a delivery van, that is.

I really don’t get why people get so worked up about staying in the right lane on your average city road. I don’t have a problem with overtaking on the left on, let’s say Belconnen Way or similar. If you want to do highway driving, go to the highway is my advice. On city roads is it is much better to avoid lane hopping as it tends to slow everyone down.

I regularly get into the right lane way too early because I have NFI when my turn is coming up when I’ve ventured into the deep dark South for example. If all Canberra drivers would be courteous enough to back off immediately when a car is indicating to get into their lane, I wouldn’t even need to do that.

Frustrated and angry drivers are way more of a problem than slow ones, I dare say. I don’t trust slow drivers either. Or the ones that step on the brake every few seconds for no good reason. But I just back right off and overtake when safe, on the left or the right, I don’t care. If you tailgate a driver like that, you are the biggest idiot of them all. And if you tailgate me, I will slow down. Because I’d rather be going slow than fast when you smash into the back of me.

Good one Voytek. You’ve just outed yourself as a typical impatient “I need to get there fast and you retards who are content to drive a bit slower than I demand shouldn’t be on the roads in the first place” type.

You also shot yourself in the foot in the last paragraph which has basically destroyed all your previous ranting: ” It is not your right to drive – it is a privilege. You do not own the roads – they are for everyone and next time”… next time you’re out there driving defensively perhaps a little under the speed limit and just enjoying life, you have a perfect right to do so.

Moron.

Watson said :

FioBla said :

>If you have to turn right keep left until the last moment, you idiot

In fact, don’t even turn right. Make 3 left turns, you dumbass.

There was a great Mythbusters episodes on avoiding right turns and they managed to prove that it saved fuel. If you’re driving a delivery van, that is.

Yeah, but we drive on the other side of the road…

In fact, don’t even turn. Just go straight, like God intended.

That would solve points 1–4 straight (see?) away.

kylastra said :

ahh, ignorance. It’s a god send.

Indeed it is. Apparently you were ignorant of the part where he stated “To those of you who start furiously googling for the ‘official’ rules on this and proving you totally miss the point”.

No matter what the road rules say, sitting in the right hand lane, doing less than the speed limit is exceedingly inconsiderate. So, yeah, try not being a dick just because it’s legal to do so.

I think someone needs a hug…

Grimm said :

No matter what the road rules say, sitting in the right hand lane, doing less than the speed limit is exceedingly inconsiderate. So, yeah, try not being a dick just because it’s legal to do so.

But being a dick is in the eye of the holder.

Or something like that.

3 things:

1: So, yeah, try not being a dick just because it’s legal to do so.
,does this not apply to the initial “article”;

2: voytek3 has clearly never lived or driven in Adelaide……like driving in downtown Baghdad with less gunfire; and

3: This is clearly a run at this month’s Mully.

Jim Jones said :

OUT OF MY WAY I’M A MOTORIST!

Yaaah! Grrrrr! Make way for the GOOD DRIVER! Threaten threaten.