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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
In any case, you might think driving is a privilege to be conferred ona grateful subject, but I suspect that a majority of NZers consider it a right, and until you replace the voting system by some system with votes proportionate to the amount of lycra you own, it’ll stay that way.
YEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Matthew Poole,
And that was all the testing they were ever likely to go through in their whole lives.
Wrongo.
Age-related and medical certification AND driving tests have been around for quite a long time here in ANZ.Interesting. Moz now = Maz....
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Police. Do it. And complain to the boss.
Tautoko.
That is one angry-as-in-unthinking driver who needs to be taken off the road-
Just incidentally, I frequently travel between the West Coast & Canterbury/Otago sides of the island. There are mind-numbinglyBAD instances
of driving - most frequently by rental-car users (I wont say 'overseas' because I cant know that) almost every trip I make...doesnt matter if I go Haast or Arthur's, you get some idiot risking their (&your!) life- -
Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Matthew Poole,
And I also said that *my* family have employed trained driving instructors since the 1960s-
because we were well aware that some of the older generations werent all that flash when it came to driving.We also pay trained people to assess our driving when we get to 65, 70, 75, 80 ,85....
The person I employed picked up on the fact that I rely on my brakes overly (OK, fair enough, but my Mitsubishi Delica Spacegear is maintained beyond WoF requirements) and sudden brake-failure can occur. I heard him. I now drive with this in mind. As I drive with the knowledge that a cattle-beast can lurch out unexpectedly at night, or I can come round a tight bend on Mount Herc and find 5 cyclists riding abreast - 2 of them on the other side of the road. -
Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Maz,
Maybe one reason is that you don’t have to take driving lessons from a professional
But you’d be stupid not to – my driving instructor -waaay back in 1962 – was a retired traffic cop. This has been the pattern in my family, from my generation on-
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Stewart,
Sure, you feel strongly about this, but this little rant has debased all your previous posts on this thread for me
And for me.
I was a postie in CHCH & the West Coast for nearly 4 years.
Do I know about riding a bike in hazardous streets ?(try the Riccarton Road run!)
Your post was just -shit, really-I have been a licenced driver for over 50 years. Most drivers I know are careful, watchful, and road-knowledgable. Our vehicles are warranted, we pay our road user charges & our insurance fees, and we drive to the road & conditions because - y'know? - we like being alive?
So: maybe go examine your own strange attitude- -
Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Lilith __,
Neat to know & thanks Lilith!
My mother has just a wee bichon frise now, but - soon as I leave here, I will get a Main Coon- -
Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Jos,
Looks absolutely delicious (best potatoes about I reckon – we’ve grown them since my Grand-dad’s time (he exited, stage left, in 1952 when I was 5…the original spuds came from Purakaunui…)
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Maz,
but how well do you hear in your car with the radio on?
I NEVER have the radio on. Or discs going. Or use my Nano.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Yamis,
I’m sick of the bitching and moaning about NZ’s driving culture. You’re basically saying that most people in NZ are uneducated, uncaring fuckwits. And we aren’t.
Me too.
There is a road problem and there is - big fat elephant- people from overseas wreaking mayhem (O! not mentioned much eh?) but actually, ANZ drivers are not all that bad-