In keeping with the last theme, I’m going to talk about traffic.
More specifically, some things I am quite concerned about regarding the (lack of) thought put into roading, and the licensing system.
More often than occasionally, I am forced to perform evasive driving manouvers to ensure my vehicle is not damaged due to kamakazi style drivers. It remains a mystery to me how some people can’t even keep their vehicle within their clearly marked lane… I mean come on, if you’re driving in the middle of your lane, there’s at least 6-800mm worth of clear road on either side of your car before the lines…. yet some people still manage to have problems with it.
Keeping a vehicle straight on the road is for me, one of the most (if not THE most) basic tenets of driving. If you can’t do it, get the fuck out of the driver’s seat. Mandatory co-ordination tests as part of driver licensing. Why ? It’s bloody important isn’t it ? If you get someone who is incapable of judging sizes & distances, then they sure as hell won’t be able to perform these most basic of tasks when behind the wheel of 1+ tonnes of moving metal. They say drink driving is bad because it ruins your co-ordination & reaction times, and here in New Zealand there are MASSIVE campaigns against it, with television commercials showing death & destruction as being the result of it. Why then, is co-ordination & reaction time not properly tested when people are trying to get a license? To me, a half hour drive around hardly counts, because the testing officer is not able to accurately gauge someone’s abilities from that, and they’ll typically be biased too.
Then there are those pricks who can’t indicate properly at a roundabout… indicating RIGHT when they are in fact going straight through. Why do these people have a license ? The road code is clear, if going straight through, you flick your indicator left while passing through, to indicate that’s the ‘turn off’ you will be taking from the roundabout. The only time a right indication is required is… you guessed it… if you’re TURNING RIGHT !!!
I encounter literally thousands of bad decisions by drivers on a daily basis, some of which are minor and forgivable, while others are simply not acceptable. In saying all this, I make no claim of being the perfect driver myself, but I sure as hell pay attention to my surroundings when driving and keep my eyes on the road. Intelligence testing. People who fail to score above certain levels in basic logic & intelligence tests should not be allowed to drive either. If you’re a fucking dumbass and can’t even INDICATE properly (I mean come on, you only have three choices, left, right, and straight) where you are going to be driving, then how the hell are you not a danger to other road users ?
People who can’t maintain a constant speed, yet another total annoyance and danger to other road users. Braking heavily for 75kmh corners in their late model, $30,000+ multilink suspension car which is capable of taking said corner at 140kmh+, who then speed up to 115kmh when a passing lane comes up, forcing you to perform speeds in excess of 125kmh just to get past the evil bastards, risking a huge fine in the process… meanwhile, said shithouse driver gets off scott free. This is where the driving tests should be changed to a compulsory driving school. People should actually HAVE to be taught to drive their cars on the absolute limit, and how well their cars can actually handle. People should be taught the difference between FWD, RWD & 4WD vehicles. The purpose of this would serve both to increase their confidence in their own car & driving ability, and also increasing their actual skill at controlling a car. Tiered licensing systems for those rejects who simply won’t learn… that way they have the opportunity to keep trying, but if they continue to fail, they’ll be restricted to vehicles which will be less dangerous with them behind the wheel, or barred from driving altogether. Traffic flow would certainly improve with some decent testing & instruction.
The current system is an abysmal, pathetic failure. I think it’s criminal that the government has not addressed this, though it’s highly likely that all the members of our parliament are probably the same wankers who drive the latest model, pretentious, expensive, status symbol cars like HSVs, Mercs, BMWs, big SUVs etc, and fail to abide by the road code in the very same ways that piss me off & cause a danger to other road users… whilst preaching on about road safety & attempting to be as ‘normal & acceptable’ as possible.
My word for the day ? ‘Fuckwit’… it nicely summarises anyone and everyone who is stupid, makes stupid decisions, or whose existance is a horrible and sarcastic joke against the rest of us.
To summarise, learn the fuck to drive, you pricks !!! There’s no excuse for failure.
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