"Brain-dead" drivers, the stupidity...it hurts!

naroomablue · 16-07-2016, 12:46 PM

Apologies, probably been done to death.......but,

Was travelling south along Tonkin Hwy, W.A yesterday (90/100 K posted limits) when suddenly, the cars in the far right lane started to brake heavily and come to a complete stop, a group of about 40/50 cars,including myself, in the middle and left lanes, also slowed considerably, as we passed I assumed the stationary car at the front had broken down, but no! this "idiot" had missed the left exit ramp, stopped, waited for the cars in left lanes to pass, then proceeded to do a 90 degree turn across 2 lanes, a 20/30 metre painted medium strip and exited off the Highway!!

IMO, these driver's should be dragged off the road and have the absolute book thrown at them...like I said the stupidity..it hurts

blackf6 · 16-07-2016, 12:55 PM

Daily occurrence mate.

malazn mafia · 16-07-2016, 01:11 PM

Planet is full of brain dead humans. Even animals are better at getting around than us. Can't recall the last time I seen a bird have a crash, or a two horses have a head on collision. Wonder how a horse would perform if it we found a way to wire it up to a machine as a navigator.

Itsme · 16-07-2016, 02:24 PM

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Can't recall the last time I seen a bird have a crash,

Seen a few in my time hitting my windscreen.

Express · 16-07-2016, 04:37 PM

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Seen a few in my time hitting my windscreen.

I've had a few collide with the windows are the rear of my house.

That mirror effect really does knock them for a six.

jaydee · 16-07-2016, 10:13 PM

If I get caught behind some idiot like this I stand on the horn until they move.

.:4:. · 16-07-2016, 10:42 PM

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If I get caught behind some idiot like this I stand on the horn until they move.

Don't even start me. I live in a suburb with a train station not far from my house, pedestrians on their phones jump out quicker then the trees on a 12 hour drive. The people who pick then up are even more frantic. Its beyond me but airbags don't work when on foot...

Pedro · 17-07-2016, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by naroomablue

Apologies, probably been done to death.......but,

Was travelling south along Tonkin Hwy, W.A yesterday (90/100 K posted limits) when suddenly, the cars in the far right lane started to brake heavily and come to a complete stop, a group of about 40/50 cars,including myself, in the middle and left lanes, also slowed considerably, as we passed I assumed the stationary car at the front had broken down, but no! this "idiot" had missed the left exit ramp, stopped, waited for the cars in left lanes to pass, then proceeded to do a 90 degree turn across 2 lanes, a 20/30 metre painted medium strip and exited off the Highway!!

IMO, these driver's should be dragged off the road and have the absolute book thrown at them...like I said the stupidity..it hurts

It's the ever expanding self indulgence spreading throughout society like a cancer where people only care about themselves and have no courtesy for others. Selfies comes to mind. How many times do you see some empty head take up two car parking spaces on a road where parking is very limited?

Nanoraptor · 17-07-2016, 10:26 AM

I'll never forget the time my dad drove us to Sydney, and he was coming up to a turnoff.

Doing 110 in a 110 zone in the middle lane, he slowed down to 60 to do the lane change, because it was 'safer'.

wodahs · 17-07-2016, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by naroomablue

Apologies, probably been done to death.......but,

Was travelling south along Tonkin Hwy, W.A yesterday (90/100 K posted limits) when suddenly, the cars in the far right lane started to brake heavily and come to a complete stop, a group of about 40/50 cars,including myself, in the middle and left lanes, also slowed considerably, as we passed I assumed the stationary car at the front had broken down, but no! this "idiot" had missed the left exit ramp, stopped, waited for the cars in left lanes to pass, then proceeded to do a 90 degree turn across 2 lanes, a 20/30 metre painted medium strip and exited off the Highway!!

IMO, these driver's should be dragged off the road and have the absolute book thrown at them...like I said the stupidity..it hurts

the sat nav obviously didn't give them enough notification for the off ramp , cant disobey the sat nav its god

castellan · 17-07-2016, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wodahs

the sat nav obviously didn't give them enough notification for the off ramp , cant disobey the sat nav its god

Or it's the wife giving orders.

I seen some ***** in a 4X4 on the highway just north of Brisbane going down that big stupid gully we have between the highway and then up onto the highway, we were waiting for road works and I seen him do this 3 times and nearly get wiped out by cars coming down the highway.
I took off my seat belt and said right I am going to bash this bloke and toss his keys away, but my wife spun right out and the traffic just started to move so I drove off.
It's a wonder he was not killed or he did not kill others the stupidity he was doing was just total madness, what a moron he could not see cars coming for the trees and they could not see him till the moron popped out on to the road.

Vesper Martini · 19-07-2016, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by wodahs

the sat nav obviously didn't give them enough notification for the off ramp , cant disobey the sat nav its god

"do a U turn where possible"

NX74205 · 19-07-2016, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by wodahs

the sat nav obviously didn't give them enough notification for the off ramp , cant disobey the sat nav its god

To be fair, if it's the new Airport Drive / Leach Highway off ramp, the sat nav probably hasn't been updated yet.

wodahs · 19-07-2016, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NX74205

To be fair, if it's the new Airport Drive / Leach Highway off ramp, the sat nav probably hasn't been updated yet.

to be fair comment was a tongue in cheek that people rely on the sat navs too much no matter where they are , instead of the traffic around them , sat nav cant see what motorist can and if they want to rely on them so much they should go and buy an auto pilot self drive car
oh that's right
Fatal Tesla crash on autopilot sparks US investigation
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11453437
maybe they need just to be more aware of the other traffic around them instead of making idiotic manoeuvres

blackf6 · 18-07-2016, 03:50 PM

I have a lot of stories. This one will do. Travelling at 100km/hr, fully loaded fuel tanker. 50 tonne gross. Insert car. Pulls out infront. Within 50 meters of me travelling at 100. So many times people have just missed getting run over. Day in the life of a professional driver. Can't let it get to you.

Itsme · 18-07-2016, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by blackf6

I have a lot of stories. This one will do. Travelling at 100km/hr, fully loaded fuel tanker. 50 tonne gross. Insert car. Pulls out infront. Within 50 meters of me travelling at 100. So many times people have just missed getting run over. Day in the life of a professional driver. Can't let it get to you.

Yeah I know how you feel, I also have trucks pulling out in front of me & this ****** me off knowing they know I must hit the brakes otherwise I come off second best.

Day in the life of a car driver.

Cheers.

blackf6 · 19-07-2016, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by trublu

Yeah I know how you feel, I also have trucks pulling out in front of me & this ****** me off knowing they know I must hit the brakes otherwise I come off second best.

Day in the life of a car driver.

Cheers.

Cool story bro. I hope your day wasn't impeded. Heaven forbid you had to lift off the accelerator. My story involved only just being able to stop a fully loaded truck. Moral of the story is. When driving be prepared for other drivers to do very unsuspected actions. I do digress though. I have been cut off by trucks also.

wodahs · 18-07-2016, 07:55 PM

yep killed a ef falcon today
the driver thought even tho I was indicating left and turning left in to a side street with the truck and machinery float he'd try and over take me on my left came to a screeching holt with a bang but didn't fell anything so assumed he had run in to some one behind me until I got around the corner and saw him

Iggle Piggle · 18-07-2016, 10:26 PM

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yep killed a ef falcon today
the driver thought even tho I was indicating left and turning left in to a side street with the truck and machinery float he'd try and over take me on my left came to a screeching holt with a bang but didn't fell anything so assumed he had run in to some one behind me until I got around the corner and saw him

Reminds me of a sticker I used to see on the back of semis in the 80s...

<<<< Suicide........................................Passing Side >>>>>

Ben73 · 18-07-2016, 11:11 PM

No one gives a **** about anyone else on the road. No one can miss their turn and do a uturn in a safe spot or take another turn, they must make their turn and screw everyone else around them.

Many times I have seen this sort of stuff but the one that annoyed me the most was when the car in front of me jammed on their brakes (full emergency stop) at a green light. I first thought that something had happened in front of him, so I came to a stop close behind them to give the car behind me as much stopping room as possible. After stopping the car ahead turned on their right indicator and sat stopped at a green light in a straight ahead only lane for the full light cycle so they could illegally turn right from the wrong lane.
I beeped multiple times and he just looked in his mirror and completely ignored me.

TheInterceptor · 18-07-2016, 11:24 PM

Haha Tonkin hwy, i must endure it every day. The list of stupid crap that i see is endless.
Havent been to a city so full of useless drivers like this before.

If you think its bad, just add rain, when it eventually does happen.

jstanovic · 19-07-2016, 01:13 AM

On a side note, I was watching some of those dashcam videos. I reckon around half of the incidences could have been avoided if the drivers weren't so aggressive and actually drove a bit more defensively and slowed down a poofteenth. Yeah sometimes **** happens but when I am passing a line of stopped cars waiting to turn I don't go driving past them at the speed limit, I slow down a bit in case someone pulls out in front of me. 3 times so far I have braked hard and been able to avoid collisions in similar situations, I'm sure if I was driving at the speed limit I would have cleaned them up.

The Snout · 19-07-2016, 09:22 AM

If I miss a offramp then I miss an offramp and go off at the next one and figure it out. If I can't make a ramp without swerving across lanes and traffic then too bad. 5 minutes delay on a journey is better than waiting for the tow truck or worse.

Totally opposite of the wife who has no clue and thinks nothing of going across lanes. And do I let her know it.

SB076 · 19-07-2016, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by naroomablue

Apologies, probably been done to death.......but,

Was travelling south along Tonkin Hwy, W.A yesterday (90/100 K posted limits) when suddenly, the cars in the far right lane started to brake heavily and come to a complete stop, a group of about 40/50 cars,including myself, in the middle and left lanes, also slowed considerably, as we passed I assumed the stationary car at the front had broken down, but no! this "idiot" had missed the left exit ramp, stopped, waited for the cars in left lanes to pass, then proceeded to do a 90 degree turn across 2 lanes, a 20/30 metre painted medium strip and exited off the Highway!!

IMO, these driver's should be dragged off the road and have the absolute book thrown at them...like I said the stupidity..it hurts

Sad thing (I presume) they were not speeding, so according to the law, they are a safe driver - but look out if you go 3 k's over.

This is what I find frustrating, a girl did something similar on the Monash this morning kept slowing up, til she was travelling at 50k's in the right hand lane, before diving to the left and turning off. We have plenty of campaigns against speed, but nothing on road etiquette

castellan · 21-07-2016, 11:59 AM

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Sad thing (I presume) they were not speeding, so according to the law, they are a safe driver - but look out if you go 3 k's over.

This is what I find frustrating, a girl did something similar on the Monash this morning kept slowing up, til she was travelling at 50k's in the right hand lane, before diving to the left and turning off. We have plenty of campaigns against speed, but nothing on road etiquette

The powers that be are not that bright and the other thing is there is no money in it for them to do with road etiquette.

Speed kills every K over is a killer

sure but there is much more to it all.

If they could not get any revenue from the road rules, what would or could they do to get a safety message across.

**aussiblue** · 19-07-2016, 07:56 PM

Not as bad as this selfish twat: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/dr...19-gq8pbj.html

Junkyard-Dog · 19-07-2016, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by aussiblue

Not as bad as this selfish twat: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/dr...19-gq8pbj.html

1) I just can't understand why he would do that (alcohol is the excuse I guess).
2) How on Earth did he only get changed with DUI? Dangerous driving/driving recklessly should have both been added.
3) What a W anchor.

Sabantien · 19-07-2016, 10:49 PM

Drove from Brisbane to Queanbeyan and back over the weekend (okay, it was a 4 day weekend).

I had to wonder why the most people speeding were in 4wds (Landcruisers, Hiluxes and Rangers for the most part) and small hatchbacks (i20s, mazda 2s, etc).

While we're getting ad campaigns telling us to give trucks room, perhaps they also shouldn't tailgate people on the highway? (80km/hr through roadworks, and was pretty much just the one driver. Finally left him behind when the speed limit got up to 110)

Why do people do 100 in an 80 zone and 80 in a 100 zone?

But my all time favourite was the guy who hit the brakes at 110 to give way to a car merging onto the highway.

wodahs · 19-07-2016, 10:56 PM

the one that always annoys the crap out of me is when you doing the speed limit and you are the only one there then a short while later you spot some thing in the mirror next they are over taking whilst your still doing the speed limit only to pull in front of you and slow down to less than the speed limit seeing they've gotten past you

DOC · 19-07-2016, 10:56 PM

Well I am about to shove a ford right up the backside of the fecker who thinks that everyone else getting in line to turn right is not for them and that they can bypass every other person who waits in turn to cut in at the front causing everyone to brake while these tards think that they can just do as they please.

And right next to these feckers is those who do not understand about leaving a safe driving distance between cars, hell no there is a 2 inch space, let me jam my ******* in there with no indicators and cause everyone behind now to play brake lotto.

The people think they are bloody driving in Coombiare with one eye shut I am sure.