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Formally Kia Chaser
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/...ue-during-xmas
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central Q..10kms west of Rocky...
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I thought it was speeding ???? But then they cann't fine you for fatigue??
Speed cameras cann't detect fatigue....yet the Police have a paranoia on speeding, when its not the main cause of accidents. Have a safe and wonderful Chrsitmas ,may 2012 be a great year for us all...
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
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Didn't they recently say speeding is a factor in 25% of crashes.
That is just a factor, not the cause. Now they admit that fatigue causes more crashes then speeding! Still nothing will change. More cameras to come. Nothing will be done about fatigue other then this 'warning' |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Outback Queensland
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Speed is a factor in all fatigue related accidents. If the car wasn't moving when you fell asleep you wouldn't crash now would you...
Getting to your destination quicker instead of endless miles of nothing is a great way to beat fatigue. What a conundrum.
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Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
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WTF thats bullcrap...im calling Sudszy...
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: On The Footplate.
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They're also studying suspicions they have that water is wet and fire could, in fact, be hot...
![]() This is also the time of year when authorities act all surprised when the road toll rises over christmas and new years times (and other holiday periods)...but it's perfectly natural when you consider a few simple factors. You have a short period of time when all of a sudden there are tensn of thousands of extra cars on the road, usually driven by drivers who don't have a lot of experience driving long highway distances and try and fit too much distance into too small a time period. We have fatigue hammered into us out here for work...lectures, posters, reminders everywhere. Not to mention highway signs as soon as you turn onto the Capricorn Highway from Rocky and begin heading inland that all say "Fatigue: The number one highway killer". The most important thing about "fatigue" is that it's completely different to being "tired"...the point being that you know when you're "tired", but you usually won't know when you're "fatigued"...until it's too late. There's a few things everyone ought to know like the signs of fatigue, which are different to being simply tired...you might feel OK, but you will find yourself: * Blinking more often. * Fidgeting in your seat, moving around more. * "Zoning out"...suddenly realising you can't recall the last few seconds. * The Stare...you find yourself fixating on a spot way down the road and everything else seems to fade out. * You think you're concentrating on driving, but you find yourself wandering in the lane and running wide in corners. You usually won't be yawning, you usually won't nod off, you'll just start to make mistakes, potentially fatal ones, like the aformentioned running wide in corners and over-correcting....in effect yes, it's just like being over the blood alcohol limit. Don't fool yourself...coffee does nothing, stay-awake pills do nothing, the only "cure" for fatigue is sleep, pure and simple. There are heroes who think they can drive for twenty hours at a time, and once or twice they might get away with it...but the rest of us out there sharing the road with you would like to say "don't be a tard and drive to a sensible shcedule"... |
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I wont be driving anywhere but to work, i hate christmas.
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Mot Adv-NSW
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW
Posts: 2,153
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Note our increasing co-operation with NZPOL re traffic and roads.
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ORDER FORD AUSTRALIA PART NO: AM6U7J19G329AA. This is a European-UN/AS3790B Spec safety-warning triangle used to give advanced warning to approaching traffic of a vehicle breakdown, or crash scene (to prevent secondary). Stow in the boot area. See your Ford dealer for this $35.95 safety item & when you buy a new Ford, please insist on it! See Page 83, part 4.4.1 http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/media...eSafePart4.pdf |
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