27 November 2006

Accident on Wakefield Ave

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This morning a car ran into a lightpost just near the ABC building on Wakefield Avenue. The lightpole was rather bent and in a display of speedy work, it had been removed and a new one waiting to go in within an hour of this photo being taken.

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“D” for “Doof-doof speakers installed”

I’m with you, guru. Fatheads in hot cars who think they’re good drivers but haven’t yet found their indicators, geriatrics who come to a stop at roundabouts because they can’t see around the corner properly, should all be compulsorily put on bikes to see what the results of their actions are.

VB’s plans for specific plates makes a lot of sense – “B” for bikers would be useful, as hopefully we can trust most of them to understand the road rules a bit better (except when indicators don’t self-cancel.

as a motorcyclist i have observed that all car drivers are idiots. i propose the all prospective cage drivers do a year on a motorcycle, with no capacity limit. by the end of said year, most of the idiots will have been culled through natural selection.

Vic Bitterman6:19 pm 28 Nov 06

Aw c’mon B_K. It’s a slow news day, of course I’m rolling out all the stereotypes that I can find 🙂

My vote goes to whatever party announces a ‘W’ plate, for Women car drivers.

So the rest of us can watch out for Learners with their ‘L’ plates, Probationary drivers with their ‘P’ plates, and soon ‘W’ plates for Women drivers.

Think of all the accidents it will prevent! We will see the ‘W’ plate, and watch out for wacky lane changing without indicating, last minute dives onto the brakes cos they didn’t see the red light, and slow acceleration from intersections, the drifting between lanes cos they are applying lipstick and blush whilst driving….!

Not to mention avoiding parking next to a ‘W’ plater, cos the odds are they will clip your car when they reverse from their car park. The same car park they did 16 attempts to drive forwards into.

Think of what this can be extended to….

‘E’ plates, for Elderly drivers.

‘L’ plates, for Lesbians. (Apparently VYBerlinaV8 is already harassing our politicians for this one).

‘G’ plates for the gays.

And so on 🙂

Absent Diane4:31 pm 28 Nov 06

a male phallus that should have read.

Absent Diane4:30 pm 28 Nov 06

I would say hetrosexual female… given that she drove into a phallus

Er…do we know the sex of this particular driver?

Maybe you’re just in the habit of hanging out with stupid people? – BattleKath

That’s going in the quotefile…

yes Mael you’re right, there are women who are very bad drivers but not ALL women are bad drivers as Vic claims, and also i’m sure there are lots of bad male drivers over 25 as well.

ditto AD, bad drivers all over the place, nothing to do with M/F.

Absent Diane2:41 pm 28 Nov 06

I personally think it is the same… I know dickhead males who speed… but I also dickhead females that sms the whole time they are driving.. the basic rule to go by is that everyone is a terrible driver.. until proven otherwise.

Actually B_K, I’m on vic’s side on this one.

That’s not to say either that males aren’t dickheads from the ages of 16-25, but significant personal experience has shown that I shouldn’t drive anywhere near a hyundai with pink seat covers on the road at risk of imminent death.

Absent Diane2:00 pm 28 Nov 06

well I have heard of the technique of you are heading towards an obsticle actually looking at where you would rather be… apparently you will naturally adjust.

In a moment of panic it is human nature to fix on an object and head for it. This is why so many people hit the only tree in sight. Science has proved this. Unfortunatley they haven’t found a technique to avoid it.

ahhh vic… you and your small mind, believing nasty stereotypes like that… don’t worry, you’ll catch up with the rest of us soon enough.

i happen to know a lot of very good women drivers. maybe you’re just in the habit of hanging out with stupid people?

i bet a mobile phone was involved.

Vic Bitterman12:42 pm 28 Nov 06

Not confused at all B_K.

All women are bad drivers. It’s an interesting demographic.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery JB. Nev would have looked good as a SAAB i reckon.

Lamposts have a natural attraction for cars: just another of life’s enduring relationship mysteries.
-Truth is, though, some ABC employees will do anything to skive off work…

you seem to have confused bad drivers with all women… just like an idiot would… how weird?

Vic Bitterman10:05 am 28 Nov 06

Eat me, B_K.

Was it you?

f*ck off vic.

I really wonder how it’s possible to do this without a keg of beer and a rugby international.

Vic Bitterman10:00 pm 27 Nov 06

Bloody women drivers and their Saabs…..

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