Qld Drivers

[Cyco]

I drove up to Hervey Bay last week and have some observations on Qld drivers;

1) Everyone drives in the right lane - Even if you have driven the last 10kms in the left lane with no one near you and a person is travelling faster in the right lane you should pull in front of them.

2) Tail gating is essential on country roads - If there is someone traveling in the same direction as you you should race up to their rear bumper and stay there. Then when you attempt to let them past they drive 20km/h slower then you were, till you get to and overtaking lane then they are back to light speed for the lenght of it.

3) Blinkers are not used - If there is any attempt to inform other drivers that you plan to change lanes the will box you in so you will never see them used by other drivers.

4) Overtaking should not be attempted - As you get to overtaking lanes on country roads the 2nd car in a row will pass only at enough speed to get it past the front one and then the 1st car will pull back out. This means that the que gets longer and longer. If you cross the (broken) centre line and pass a car any car coming the other way (min 300-500m away) will honk and/or flash their lights at you for performaing such a dangerous action.

You get occasionaly get these here in Sydney, but they really stood out after I crossed the border

[SlickHolden]

Just hit the brakes they aont tail gate again

[fpv_gtho]

Something my dad noticed when he went to QLD when i was 3 was merging onto freeways. He went to merge at 100km/h which was the limit at the time, and my uncle who was in the car at the time was screaming at him to come to a stop before merging. Dont know if thats an official rule or just a habit...

[Cyco]

fpv, I did see some people stopped at the end of an on ramp come to think of it, but they didnt really get in my way so it hadnt worried me that much.

[SlickHolden]

Something like that my brother told me about here, There is some freeway here where if you don't stop at these light onto a freeway they will run you in?.

[henk4]

When I first saw the title I thought: He, this is about me, and old driver. and then I noted the Q. Now I have not slightest idea what QLD means, or is it the abbreviation of Queensland

[syko]

Originally Posted by henk4

is it the abbreviation of Queensland

you got it

[henk4]

Originally Posted by syko

you got it

so do they differ from NSW drivers?

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by henk4

so do they differ from NSW drivers?

yes. we have more old people, hence

Originally Posted by cyco

I did see some people stopped at the end of an on ramp come to think of it

[fpv_gtho]

Originally Posted by SlickHolden

Something like that my brother told me about here, There is some freeway here where if you don't stop at these light onto a freeway they will run you in?.

We had one near Eastern Creek like that, but that was mainly to stop people merging into bumper-to-bumper traffic. I hate to think though how its gunna be with the current generation having to merge at 80km/h into 110km/h traffic

[SlickHolden]

If we have to stop i'll do a 1/4 dash

But yes merging in with fast traffic is not safe going 30kp/h slower.
Should have a law merging traffic must be @ freeway speed before merging like me i'm always 105kp/h going on then drop it back to 95-100.

[fpv_gtho]

The logical thing to do would have a speeding clause like that, where maybe you can go 10% above the posted limit in dire circumstances, that way it can also be extended to overtaking..as you cant speed doing that either

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by fpv_gtho

The logical thing to do would have a speeding clause like that

logical does not even come into the equation when making traffic laws

[SlickHolden]

You only need 1 thing when making traffic laws..... A place (bank) to store the profits

[fpv_gtho]

well i guess thats why pollies have deep pockets: theyre always raking in revenue, and theyre wankers