marty

Who are the worst drivers in the country?

My opinion:
NSW are by far the worst road users in the WORLD

katiepants

Melbourne.

Was there recently and couldn't get over how bad people's driving was. Especially taxi drivers. And the constant beeping... ohhhh it drove me around the twist.

garv

I've chosen ACT but QLD come close when it rains. in the dry they're great. Not used to that stuff that falls from the sky up in QLD.


Easter 2001

I had never seen so many smashes on a road as the freeway between Gold Coast and Brisbane, there were something around 20. It took over 6 hours for the usual 40 minute drive due to how many there were on the north side. Going south (probably to NSW) was even worse. The rain was pooring and people were just running into the back of each other, going to fast and to close. Saw one pile up of 6 cars. One guy knocked over a huge t-lamp pole which fell onto the other side of the road.

garv

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bawdy

Victoria is worst, then New South Wales

bhutocracy

I was on the phone to NRMA car insurance and the operator actually told me that Queenslander's were the absolute worst... That confirmed my suspicions 100% i think it's pretty self evident

bhutocracy

sounds like the queenslanders i've seen

bawdy

ha ha... when it rains here people drive faster... i swear.... must be to avoid all the other bad drivers in the rain

marty

"It doesn't rain in Queensland. Never has !" - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen

marty

NSW drivers hogg the Motorways right lanes as if it was their duty to reduce everyones speed to 90.

And forget being behind them while going through Surfers. It's like "Look, there's a highrise... look there's another one.... booaahhh".

Plus I don't think they have roundabouts down there. The number of times I have see NSW drivers STOP inside a roundabout and giving way to entering traffic.

And WTF is with the headlight turned on during the day?

Muncher

I've driven and lived in every state in the country with the exception of Tasmania.I couldn't give a flying FUCK how many busted arse polls are done on this subject by insurance companies government departments or whatever.....BRISBANE drivers are without doubt the BIGGEST bunch of FUCKWIT Drivers I have ever seen.How some of these fucking DUDS get their licenses is truly a mystery.Brisbane drivers,this ones for you:

chodadog

The testing to get a license here is way too freakin' easy. You'd swear half of the people on the road were retarded, judging by the way they drive. I'm in QLD by the way.

chodadog

Do they even have cars in the Nortnern Territory?

bhutocracy

hmm.. i think NSW has a few more highrises than surfer's tiny ones hehehe

marty

But for some reason every NSW country dickhead seams to come to Surfers and they just marvel at them while going 10km/h in the right hand lane on the Gold Coast Hwy.

Brissy is bad and I hate it.
Too many Sydney migrants there

btw Surfers is getting the tallest residential tower in the world, so

bawdy

fuck that, that thing is going to have 'target' written all over it

richard123

This is what u need to survive Sydney streets

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(It's a Glock, btw.)

Muncher

Yes they do.But in the NT they call them Camels.I drove a 73 Brown Humpback when I lived in Darwin for a while.0-60 in about half an hour but it was cheap as fuck to maintain.

Shark

YES ! I'll second that, I'm always amazed at how many fast, radical and arragant drivers are in the Melbourne CBD.

And whats the go with turning right from the far left lane in the CBD, Melbournites ??

Its dangerous enough just changing lanes in Sydney without trying to negotiate that kinda shit,

Firehorse

I have lived in every Australian State and Territory except Western Australia and in my experience I have seen some unbelievablably ignorant and reckless displays of driving.

In general the Northern Territory wld get my vote for the worst drivers, seeing large numbers of rednecks driving their 4 WD's on city footpaths close to pedestrians on a regular basis.

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auscguy

Guys, NO arguement

SA drivers are the worst, I lived there for 26 years, they are SHOCKING!

stfu_Dave

Agreed, its bloody dangerous on the roads here in S.A.

Aussie Rebel

QLD blows, it's full of gooks I thought they renamed QLD japan

marty

We might have the Japs but hey, we have the nicest roads in the country
That is just so obvious when you cross the border at Coolangatta.

Ted

In the last 18 months I've been to every state except WA and the ACT.

Tasmanians are okay, but they need to learn to indicate.
Victoria is okay unless you are driving around the melbourne CBD.
NSW is okay, it just took a while to get used to driving for so long to travel not very far, especially around sydney.
South Australia was good and bad, Driving around adelaide is a lot like driving in Tassie. Once you get into the outback, road trains are the scariest fuckers I have come across. You'll be sitting on 120kph and there will be a 3 trailer rig tail gating you. you look in the rear view mirror and see nothing but bullbar.
Queensland wasn't too bad, except the expressway between the gold coast and brisbane is fucking mad, 6 lanes doing 110kph and changing lanes like they were the only car on the road.
NT was fine, I spent all my time in darwin and at the end of the day it's just a big country town.

So if I had to pick a state with the worse drivers, it would be a toss up between the truckies in outback SA, and the fuck knuckles commuting between Brisvegas and the GC

Sambuka

All I can say is GOLD COAST Drivers KICK ASS, Nice fast driving, I got 87 in a 80 zone and everyone is passing me on the motorways.

I'm going 87 cause I only got 1 demerit point left

BUT like garv said, you should see these hopeless fucking QLD drivers in the WET. Its a 70 zone and everyone is going 60. And you hear on the radio there have been 5 or more crashes all over the place just cause it rained. We have had about 10 days of rain this year in QLD. I still can't get over how much that ROCKS!

Although we won't have any bloody drinking water left soon when that Hinds damn is empty. its at 38% and the first 20% of it is mud. so thats 19% water left and then we are farked.

No crashes on my corner of the Indy track yet hoping for a few on race day

Catch ya

Sammy

d00t

nsw drivers are by far the worst in my opinion... they also have 10x more speed cameras than any other state...

also its amazing how many aussies post here ;)

garv

ROFL

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garv

I just got sent this


BASIC RULES FOR DRIVING IN CANBERRA

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real Canberra driver never
uses them.

2. Under no circumstances should you leave a safe distance between you and
the car in front of you, or somebody else will fill in that space, putting
you in an even more dangerous situation.

3. Crossing two or more lanes in a single lane change is considered "going
with the flow."

4. The faster you drive through a red light, the less chance you have of
getting hit.

5. Never get in the way of an older car that needs extensive bodywork. The
other guy doesn't have anything to lose.

6. Braking is to be done as hard and as late as possible to ensure that
your
ABS kicks in, giving a nice, relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal
pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch your legs.

7. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as suggestions and
apparently not enforceable in the metro area during rush hour.

8. Please remember that there is no such thing as a shortcut during
rush-hour traffic in Canberra.

9. Always slow down and rubber-neck when you see an accident or even
someone
changing a tyre.

10. Everybody thinks their vehicle is better than yours, especially 4WD
drivers.

11. Learn to swerve abruptly. Canberra is the home of High-Speed Slalom
Driving thanks to the Urban services, which puts potholes in key locations
to test drivers' reflexes and keep them on their toes, not forgetting the
'Test your skill' chicanes in suburbs.

12. It is traditional in Canberra to honk your horn at cars that don't move
the instant the light changes.

13. Seeking eye contact with another driver revokes your right of way.

14. Never take a green light at face value. Always look right and left
before proceeding.

15. Remember that the goal of every Canberra driver is to get there first,
by whatever means necessary.

16. Real Canberra women drivers can put on pantyhose and apply eye makeup
at
75 kph in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

17. Real Canberra men drivers can remove pantyhose and a bra at 95 kph in
bumper-to-bumper traffic.

18. Heavy fog and rain are no reasons to change any of the previously
listed
rules. These weather conditions are God's way ensuring a natural selection
process for body shops, junkyards, and new vehicle sales. It is an
acceptable practise to increase your speed in comparison to the rate of
rain
fall, ie: the harder it rains, the faster you go.

19. There is a commonly held belief in Canberra that high-speed tailgating
in heavy traffic reduces petrol consumption as you get sucked along in the
slipstream of the car in front.

20. It's OK to cut off fully loaded semi-trailers, road trains and buses
because, hell - they have brakes.

21. It is an essential duty of the driver to preserve the life of his
passengers. Hence no matter how much of an inconvenience it may be, always
find a detour around The Causeway, Lower Kambah, Lower Wanniassa, Scullin,
Area's of Ainslie, Queanbeyan and Oaks Estate.

22. Always anticipate oncoming traffic while driving down a one way street.

23. It's O.K when driving in Tuggeranong's suburbs to air your grievances
at
bad drivers by giving the "one finger salute" while screaming out
"@r$e#()/e". But it is imperative you are driving at least a 5 litre V8
with a crow bar in your lap.

24. Canberra drivers are experts at merging, when in two or more lanes
travelling in the same direction, ensure that if you see someone politely
indicating, waiting slowly trying to merge into your lane, show them that
they must 'Wait their turn' to use your lane. Speed up, try to cut them
off,
should they succeed and get into your lane never mind that it was actually
legal for them to do that, ensure that your flash your lights, honk your
horn, use extreme hand gestures, even tailgate them, just to let them know,
IT WAS YOUR LANE.

25. Ensure that when merging into traffic travelling at any more than 40kph
that you stop in the merging lane, backing up traffic for miles behind you,
ensuring that you have given yourself or no-one else that opportunity to
merge. Again forget that the traffic hand book states that you should speed
up to meet traffic speed then merge. If you are travelling in a lane near a
merge lane, don't changes lanes to make it easy for them, instead see rule
24. After all they deserve it.

26. While using Canberra roundabouts, particularly two lane roundabouts,
ENSURE that you are in the left lane to turn right, or the right to turn
left, hell lets keep those people in those other lanes on their toes.

27. If you are an Action bus driver, you must win at all costs, getting to
your destination prior to any other driver is life and death. Never worry
about your passengers bouncing round in the back like tennis balls, hell
it's a cheap form of theme park, in fact Canberra's very own.

28. Canberra Cabs, see rule 27, except you are now qualifying for the GMC
400.

29. Pedestrian crossings - what are they?

30. If you are a cyclist, remember YOU ARE INVINCIBLE, you are stronger
than
ANY vehicle travelling at speed, MAKE SURE you take the whole lane for
yourself, and at night NEVER use lights, remember They Will See You.

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marty

If you ever see a blue 4WD in your rear mirror while hogging the right lane of the Brisbane - Gold Coast motorway, it's me driving on MY road removing Cockroaches