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05-17-2009, 08:39 PM #26Our world is full of surrender at the first sign of adversity, do not give up when the challenge meets you, meet the challenge. Through perseverance comes the rewards, the rewards that make life so enjoyable.
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05-18-2009, 03:08 AM #27
correct me if I'm wrong, but new zeleand gives licences to drivers as young as 16 but they can't have passengers after certain late hours. in ozyland we loose many many young people when cars are over loaded sometimes with people in the trunk, most have male drivers. no surprise there. females may not understand under the hood, but their less likely to kill their passengers. regardless of a relentless advertising campain particularly on tv, our road toll grows every weekend.
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05-18-2009, 05:33 AM #28
Hard topic because you this countries Public transportation is CRAP!!!
When you get older parents your life would be turned upside down if they can't drive anywhere. They would become dependent on you for travel."Hold my beer...Watch this!"
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05-18-2009, 09:07 AM #29The killer awoke before dawn.
He put his boots on.
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05-18-2009, 09:33 AM #30For example, although young people tend to have good reaction times, disproportionately more young male drivers feature in accidents,[9] with researchers observing that many exhibit behaviors and attitudes to risk that can place them in more hazardous situations than other road users.[7] This gets reflected by actuaries when they set insurance rates for different age groups, partly based on their age, sex, and choice of vehicle. Older drivers with slower reactions would be expected to be involved in more accidents, but this has not been the case as they tend to drive less and, apparently, more cautiously.
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05-18-2009, 11:39 AM #31
Older drivers with slower reactions would be expected to be involved in more accidents, but this has not been the case as they tend to drive less and, apparently, more cautiously.
Still leaves the speculation of whether they get in more accidents per distance driven.
How many accidents do they cause. While I appreciate the cautiousness to a point what is with the relationship between driving stupid slow and utterly failing to yield to those with the right of way. Rolling through stop signs to come out into traffic without adequately yielding and then driving dog slow is my personal favourite in this town.
If you're in such a hurry you can't actually stop at the sign don't you think you could pick up the pace now that you are in front of me (barely). I'm not talking speeding but just getting into the same time zone as the speed limit. Get a lot of that in this little town, I seriously think this shit leads to a lot of the aggressive driving. Failing to yield is itself pretty aggressive even if it is the result of being oblivious to all other traffic.It's not so much the model year, it's the high mileage or meterage to keep the youth of Canada happy
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05-18-2009, 11:42 AM #32
Wait, I have another rant of an insurance nature. Insurance companies deem me a higher risk of accident because I drive more than 20K a year. Shouldn't they then deem me a lower risk if I accomplish that 30 or 40k in a year without accidents or tickets. If I only drive 2k a year but still manage a fender bender maybe I should just be pulled off the road. There is something to be said for practise especially successful practise.
It's not so much the model year, it's the high mileage or meterage to keep the youth of Canada happy
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05-18-2009, 03:37 PM #33
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-turn
A J-Turn is a driving maneuver used to reverse a backwards-traveling vehicle so as to continue driving in the same direction, but with the vehicle pointed forward. The J-Turn is also called "moonshiner's turn", based on the elusive driving tactics used by bootleggers. A J-turn differs from a bootleg turn in that the vehicle starts out reversing.
J-turning is possible only in light vehicles (cars and light vans), which have their brakes biased to the front tires.
This maneuver is also known as a "Rockford", referring to the TV show "The Rockford Files" due to the prevalent use of the stunt in the show.Last edited by mocwvmit; 05-18-2009 at 04:02 PM. Reason: add wiki quote...
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05-18-2009, 04:39 PM #34
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05-18-2009, 05:22 PM #35
Sounds like age discrimination no matter how you shake a tit at it. The only way I see this going down is if you change the retesting and/or testing criteria to effect everyone. That would be something that I'd be down for.
Damn shame, throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that
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05-18-2009, 05:28 PM #36
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05-18-2009, 10:32 PM #37Registered User
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As is requiring that you reach the age of sixteen before you can be issued a license--or twenty-one before you can buy a beer.
The question is whether the law would be rationally related to achieving a legitimate governmental purpose. Of course it would, but its probably not going to happen for reasons discussed above.
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05-18-2009, 11:05 PM #38
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05-18-2009, 11:07 PM #39
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05-24-2009, 10:20 PM #40
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05-25-2009, 10:25 AM #41
Mandatory tests after a certain age... it's not like they have anything else to do anyways
The asian driver comment reminded me of this...
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05-25-2009, 06:23 PM #42
Try driving anywhere in the Lower Mainland of B.C and you will see that (bad )driving is not related to age in the least but on your geographical location prior to relocating to said area.Driving safety and ettiquitte is secondary to getting where you want to go in 2nd and 3rd world countries,I imagine.Not saying this with intent to inflame racial stereos,just observing that it seems function follows form in this case.Old people suck at driving,young people suck at driving.Lots of different people suck at lots of different stuff.BTW,anybody here know a real good driver who can't ski/board/surf/climb?Thought so.
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05-25-2009, 06:47 PM #43
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05-26-2009, 11:00 AM #44
The main "argument" against testing the elderly - that kids are a greater danger - is retarded. It doesn't matter if a completely separate group of drivers is also unsafe. It's immaterial actually.
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05-26-2009, 01:04 PM #45
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05-26-2009, 01:13 PM #46
There is so much logic fail in this thread, I think my brain imploded.
Originally Posted by blurred
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05-29-2009, 04:14 PM #47
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05-29-2009, 04:54 PM #48Registered User
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I was renting a car once in Boca Raton and the guy behind the Hotel desk said " be really careful, there's lot's of old people here." I was laughing until I had time to experience a few near misses from the locals.
Also remember the carnage from that very old guy at the Santa Monica Farmers Market a few years ago? It looked like Baghdad.
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05-30-2009, 04:08 PM #49
And another...
An elderly man was killed this morning in a traffic accident along Colorado 14 when his car careened into the Poudre River, authorities say.
The name of the man is not being released pending notification of family members.
The man was driving a Cadillac sedan when he went off the road and crashed into the river, said Trooper Ryan Sullivan, spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol
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05-30-2009, 06:32 PM #50
There are bad drivers at every age for various reasons. After being involved in a few fatality crashes in 3 million miles you see driving in a whole new light. I guess sometimes that what it takes to open your eyes to the reality and dangers of driving. Most drivers have little experience. They drive a small car/truck to work,the store,ect. and have even less training. There a NASCAR driver in their own mind. There's fast drivers and there's good drivers,but there's very few fast good drivers.
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