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hosrom_951 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject: Speed vs Traffic

Hello everyone,
I just read Australia news paper today, as of 27th November, and i have a few things to say and i hope i get a lot of responses (good or bad) on this issue.

Apparently everyone believes that speed kills, that is incorrect

Apparently, people who do eventually speed down the roads, drive cars that are not built for handling such speeds (140+kpr)

Apparently, people who do have the cars that are built for speeds (BMW's, VW, Porsche, Mercedes, high-end Toyota's and Lexus etc) fail to check the vehicles tires, tire pressure, fluids, brakes and so on.

Those three reasons are all the main issue of why there are so many high-speed crashes here in the city of Brisbane.

With the exception of just carless drivers/rubber neckers, i want to just point something out.

I have lived in Brisbane for 20+ years, i visited Germany (step-father is German) and you will be so suprised on their laws/regulations. They have no speed limits on the Autobahan, i personally was travelling on speeds over 220+kpr with my step-father. Other cars were overtaking us at those speeds, but the issue is that they are very sensible and you will rarely find an accident on the highway.....

Remember, speed doesn't kill, it is the comination of a careless driver, in a low-performance car/high-performance yet badly cared for car.

I wish to see just how many of you are with/again my views, or just you're general responses.

TIA

BFG-9000 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject:

Lesser accidents on Autobahn cause even though people drive at warp speed they exercise due care, courtesy and caution. You don't see retards in a sunny/civic/echo/etc or big suburbans hogging the 'fast' lane proclaiming his/her ownership of the road.
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hosrom_951 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject:

Again, very true....

We could be suffering from having too many retards here......LOL

Anyways, this point was covered in the first post, when people speed or exceed the limit of the cars that were not built for such abuse in the first place.
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BFG-9000 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject:

hosrom_951 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject:

I don't want to go there.........that's a new topic all by itself......
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constantine · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:

Think i'll stick to taking cbsa...toooo much hassle...have to take test/fail/test/fail/...buy a car...get on the road..get bumped...WTF??...lol...stick to me cbsa...can get pissed on friday nights easier...just disgrunted... Confused

hosrom_951 · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject:

Cad drivers piss the heck out of me.........

A small handfull of them are great, but the majority are just pathetic.

They drive as if they are racing, don't care if they exceed the limit (even though the alarm goes on from the meter), squeeze in and out of traffic like their car is a Mini.......

Sorry..........
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constantine · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:16 pm Post subject:

when i was there...no problem...i am yet to live there...so i guess i will get my fairshare...